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San Francisco supervisors press for data, changes after full hearing on electronic monitoring
Summary
Supervisors, public defenders and community groups debated the city nd county gencies' use of electronic monitoring, raising concerns about equity, legal authority for searches and device-related re-arrests; the committee agreed to continue the Sheriff's EM rules to allow departments to craft revised language and pursue additional study.
San Francisco—oard of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee Chair Sandra Lee Feuer brought the committee to a close Dec. 2 after a four-hour hearing that focused on the city nd county gencies' use of electronic monitoring (EM).
The hearing combined a staff presentation from the Sheriff's Office, reports from juvenile and adult probation, the superior court's perspective, and testimony from Pretrial Services. Crispin Hollings, the Sheriff's Office chief financial officer, told the committee that EM placements are ordered by judges and that the county—M population "during this time grew threefold," a shift he said was one factor in reducing the jail population. Hollings said the Sheriff's Office is partnering with the California Policy Lab on a study expected in about a year to evaluate EM's effectiveness.
Deputy Public Defender Matt Sotorosin argued that EM often "is not an alternative to incarceration. It's kind of another form of incarceration," and urged the board to adopt immediate rule changes. He proposed three changes: require…
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