Folsom resident alleges repeated traffic violations by retired sheriff sergeant; asks council to investigate

Todd Pfeffer, a Folsom resident, told the City Council during the public comment period that a retired Sacramento County sheriff sergeant repeatedly endangered pedestrians and made threatening gestures on multiple occasions in Folsom.

Pfeffer said he reported six incidents to Folsom Police, including multiple red-light violations and two episodes when the driver entered a crosswalk while Pfeffer and his wife were present. He said the incidents were recorded on the city’s closed-circuit camera archive and that repeated public records requests yielded no records of citations. "How is this blatant disregard for public safety by no less than a retired peace officer allowed to occur without consequences?" Pfeffer asked the council. "What the hell is going on?"

Pfeffer told the council he had asked Officer Kyle Raider and Police Chief Rick Hillman whether citations had been issued but received no replies. He also said his public records requests produced no documents and that he had asked City Attorney Steve Wang whether staff had been directed to withhold records; he said he received no response.

The council did not take immediate action on Pfeffer’s comments during the meeting. The mayor thanked him for speaking, and the meeting proceeded to the next speaker.

The remarks occurred during the public comment portion of the March 11 meeting and therefore did not include council deliberation, direction to staff, or any formal vote on the matter. The transcript records Pfeffer’s allegations and requests for follow-up but does not record any staff response or investigation report during the meeting.

Council members did not provide a public response on the record at that time. The city’s police department and city attorney were mentioned by name in Pfeffer’s statement but did not speak in the hearing segment captured in the transcript.