Contra Costa Sheriff to Provide Quarterly Oversight Report

On Tuesday, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will receive its oversight report from the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office.

The report features a variety of data points which includes total bookings, calls for service,  racial data, population data, in-custody deaths, Narcan deployments, assaults on staff, ICE reporting and other data. This report was suggested last August in an effort by the Public Protection Committee aimed at improving communication from the Sheriffs Office and the community

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Total MDF Bookings

• January to June – 6,940 (an increase of 328 from 2022)

Total Custody Alternative bookings

• January to June – 702 (a decrease of 74 from 2022)

Bookings by Race (April to June 2023):

• Asian – 131 (3.2% of bookings)
• Black – 1,288 (31.4% of bookings)
• Hispanic – 1,307 (31.9% of bookings)
• White – 1,1178 (28.7% of bookings)
• Other – 198 (4.8% of bookings)

Total Number of Bookings by Agency (Jan – June 2023): 7,437

• 1,772 – Sheriff Office
• 780 – San Pablo Police Department
• 633 – Concord Police Department
• 525 – Richmond Police Department
• 482 – Walnut Creek Police Department
• 468 – Antioch Police Department
• 436 – CHP Martinez
• 428 – Pittsburg Police Department
• 371 – Brentwood Police Department
• 248 – BART Police Department
• 201 – Pleasant Hill Police Department
• 189 – San Ramon Police Department
• 157 – Martinez Police Department
• 153 – Hercules Police Department
• 109 – Pinole Police Department
• 101 – El Cerrito Police Department
• 44 – Contra Costa Probation
• 42 – CHP Oakland & Solano
• 24 – Moraga Police Department
• 24 – Oakley Police Department
• 23 – East Bay Regional Park Police
• 21 – Clayton Police Department
• 13 – Contra Costa County College Police Department
• 18 – State Parole
• 8 – US Marshall
• 7 – Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office
• 6 – Other (non county)
• 2 – State Agencies (other)
• 2 – Kensington Police Department
• 2 – Amtrak police
• 1 – Fire Inspector

Other Tidbits:

• Assaults on Staff: 28 assaults have been reported for 2023 year to date while in 2022 there were 51.  On April 19th, a recently released inmate tried to grope a female deputy in the lobby of the Martinez Detention Facility. He was re-arrested and later charged by the District Attorney’s Office for attempted sexual battery. The deputy sheriff was not injured and returned to work the following day.
• Coroner Cases: 443 year to date (448 in 2022)
• Coroner (autopsies): 237 year to date compared to 246 in 2022)
• Mental Health: 209 evaluation deployments.
• Mental Health
  • Total Welfare & Institutions 5150 calls: 613 total calls year to date compared to 716 in 2022.
  • Total non-violent welfare & institution calls 5150: 549 total calls to date compared to 643 in 2022.
  • Total violent welfare & institution calls 5150: 64 calls year to date compared to 73 in 2022.
• Request for Notifications for Ice I-247: There was a total of 237 year to date when compared to 199 in 2022.  In terms of total notifications made, 68 were made while in 2022 it was 71.
• Narcan Deployment: While in 2022, they had 0 deployments, thus far in 2023 they have had a total of 11. The deployments began being tracked in July 2022.
• Tenant Removal
  • Writ of Possession of Real property: 185 year to date compared to 117 in 2022.
  • Tenant Removal with Use of Force: 1 year to date which matches last year which had 1.

Full Report: Click Here

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