John Hemmerling conceded to Kelly Anne Martinez in the race for San Diego County Sheriff. Martinez is poised to become the first woman to hold the department's top job.
John Hemmerling conceded to Kelly Anne Martinez in the race for San Diego County Sheriff Monday night. Martinez will become the first woman to hold the department's top job.
"I'm feeling really good with the early numbers. It looks really good for me, and am really relieved and excited and grateful," Martinez said Nov. 8."Grateful for all my supporters, and I'm grateful for all the voters in the community of San Diego County, and I look forward to serving another six years."
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department has more than 4,700 employees spread between jails, courts, a crime lab and 21 patrol stations and substations. It provides law enforcement for all unincorporated parts of the county and the cities of Del Mar, Encinitas, Imperial Beach, Lemon Grove, Poway, San Marcos, Santee, Solana Beach and Vista.
The department has been under fire on several issues in recent years, including an epidemic of deaths in local jails. An audit found San Diego jails had a higher death rate than any of the other large counties in the state between 2006 and 2020.
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