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Residents urge supervisors to place sheriff oversight board on county ballot
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the board to refer a proposed Humboldt County Sheriff's Office policy and practice board — modeled on a recent grand-jury recommendation and Eureka's oversight board — to the ballot, arguing it would raise transparency and community trust; supervisors took public comment but did not agendize an action during the meeting.
Multiple residents urged the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors to place a ballot measure creating a Humboldt County Sheriff's Office policy and practice (civilian oversight) board before voters.
Caroline Griffith, speaking on behalf of residents who drafted an initiative and distributed it to supervisors, cited an April 2024…
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