Sonoma County sheriff criticizes county's health order, says he won't enforce it
San Francisco Chronicle / May 28, 2020
Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick said Thursday that he will stop enforcing the county’s shelter-in-place order on June 1 because he believes the past and current orders put “significant restrictions on our freedoms.”
In a Facebook post, Essick said the county’s initial and subsequent health orders since the start of the coronavirus pandemic have been “far more restrictive” than guidelines in neighboring counties and in statewide orders.
He said the county — which has reported 531 coronavirus cases and 4 deaths as of Thursday — has dramatically increased its testing capacity which he said has shown the infection rate is “under control and decreasing.” County officials have conducted 23,362 coronavirus tests, according to county data.
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The sheriff's announcement came the same week that Sonoma County’s public health officer said she will hold off on allowing the reopening of some businesses because of a recent rise in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Sonoma-County-sheriff-criticizes-county-s-15302296.php#photo-16479785
Also form the link: "... Santa Rosa police Chief Rainer Navarro said he will, “continue to support the Health Officer, who is the subject matter expert, leading a safe, strategic and data driven process for reopening.”
Such a disturbing trend ... politicians, law enforcement, private citizens, etc. usurping science and scientists because of their own moral righteousness.
This asshole -- a sheriff -- was specifically elected by people to promote safety and protect them from harm. I hope they kick him out of office.
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... is that law enforcement officers have broad discretion to either enforce or not enforce a given law as they see fit. This has always been the case, afaik.
-Laelth
