DA, mayor seek law to ensure no sheriff conflict
By Terry Collins
Topics: From the Wires, News
In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi speaks during an interview in his office in San Francisco. After about two weeks back on the job, San Francisco's sheriff said he is humbled and ashamed of the domestic violence case that ended in his criminal conviction and nearly forced him out of office. But Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi said he would not accede to demands by the district attorney and the mayor that he recuse himself from domestic-violence-related programs in the county's jails. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)(Credit: AP)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s mayor and top prosecutor are seeking legislation that would prohibit reinstated sheriff Ross Mirkarimi from overseeing any domestic violence programs in his department while he is on probation.
District Attorney George Gascon announced plans for the proposed ordinance on Monday. Gascon and Mayor Ed Lee say it would prohibit any top law enforcement official in the city from overseeing programs in an area where they have been convicted of a crime.
Mirkarimi is on probation following his conviction in a domestic case stemming from a New Year’s Eve argument with his wife, Venezuelan actress Eliana Lopez.
Mirkarimi says he doesn’t think he has any conflicts of interest and previously told Gascon in a letter those programs are led by a command chain of highly experienced members of his department.
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