Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said Tuesday that she would not be able to enforce Gov. Gavin Newsoms stay-at-home orders because she was too busy re-arresting accused criminals set free under the states new zero-dollar bail policy.
Mims appeared on the Trevor Carey Show, discussing the challenges facing law enforcement during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the economic hardship. She pointed out that government employees were also vulnerable to the economic damage, because the decline in tax revenues meant that state and local governments would cut services.
Carey asked her: Ive heard multiple sheriffs around the nation state they will not enforce their governors shelter-in-place orders. Is that your position?
That is my position. We do not stop the public to find out what theyre doing when theyre not sheltering in place. We dont ask those questions, we dont ask if theyre essential. Weve got our hands full trying to re-arrest people that are released due to zero-dollar bail. So weve got other things that are on our mind that are more important than stopping normally law-abiding citizens.
Listen (from 11:44):
Fresno is the fifth-largest city in California and the hub of the states agricultural Central Valley. As of Wednesday, the county had recorded 1,014 coronavirus cases and 13 deaths.
California adopted zero-dollar bail after criminal justice reform advocates argued that cash bail was discriminatory.
California began phase two of Gov. Newsoms re-opening plan late last week, with limited reopening of businesses.
The Trevor Carey Show, which broadcasts live from Fresno on FM 96.7 and AM 1400 from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Pacific, is available any time nationwide via iHeartRADIO.
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