San Mateo County begins a new law enforcement era today with the naming of new Sheriff Kenneth Binder. Binder replaces Sheriff Christina Corpus, whose two-year tenure was rife with controversy, and who retired last month after county supervisors voted to remove her.
Kenneth Binder, who is currently the interim chief of police in Gilroy and was the former undersheriff in Santa Clara County, was selected Wednesday from a group of three finalist candidates by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors to become the new sheriff of the county. Binder will serve out the remainder of Corpus’s term, which runs until 2029, before he faces reelection.
During an interview last week, per NBC Bay Area, Binder told the board, “One of the first things I need to do when I come in, if the board appoints me, would be to stabilize the organization. They haven’t had solid leadership for a period, and coming in, I would want to have someone that is that trustworthy, respected by the rank and file, and that knows the organization inside and out.”…