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Supervisors receive 6‑month CED report; ask sheriff for expansion plan, confidential briefings
Summary
After a six‑month pilot, the sheriff’s office reported limited deployments of conducted energy devices (CEDs) in county jails and recommended broader access. The board voted to accept the report, direct the sheriff to return with options for expanding the program and to provide confidential operational material to the board for review.
On Oct. 21 the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors received a six‑month status report on the sheriff’s conducted energy device (CED, commonly called Taser) pilot and directed the sheriff to return with a plan for possible expansion and additional oversight information.
The pilot, launched March 31, 2025, placed 60 CEDs at the county’s main jail facilities and Elmwood. Sheriff’s office presenters said deputies and jail training officers received certification and crisis‑intervention training; the devices were deployed nine times in 252 use‑of‑force incidents reviewed during the reporting period. County and independent oversight reviewers told the board that in 39 unholstering incidents — about 56.5% of those instances — the device’s presence or display achieved compliance without the device being fired.
The sheriff’s team and the…
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