San Diego supervisors expand jail death oversight to include medical staff

The San Diego Union-Tribune

SAN DIEGO — The civilian board that monitors the Sheriff’s Office and Probation Department will see its oversight authority expanded to include health care workers in cases of in-custody deaths, following a divided vote Tuesday by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.

Elected supervisors voted 4-1 to broaden the jurisdiction of the Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board, or CLERB, in the wake of continuing deaths of people in the custody of the San Diego County sheriff…

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