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Deputy Juan Lopez sues Sheriff's Office

Original post made on Aug 31, 2015

Deputy Juan Lopez of the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office has filed a lawsuit against the county and the Sheriff's Office, alleging retaliation over his decision to run for sheriff against sitting Sheriff Greg Munks in 2014.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 7:32 AM

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Posted by Michael G. Stogner
a resident of another community
on Aug 31, 2015 at 9:06 am

Here is a $30,350,000.00 Law Suit filed 12 days ago by San Mateo County Sheriff Deputy Juan P. Lopez.

The key question is who accessed the State of California DMV Computer and placed Deputy Lopez's Driver License number on another persons ticket.

Here is the short list of people would couldn't care less.
Kamala Harris, Steve Wagstaffe, DA Inspector Jordon Boyd, Sheriff Greg Munks, Under Sheriff Carlos Bolanos, and the DMV. The Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County

Web Link


Posted by Menlo Voter
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Aug 31, 2015 at 9:44 am

Menlo Voter is a registered user.

In the meantime the perpetrator has plenty of time to cover his or her tracks. In the digital world, there are tracks.

The state doesn't want to even acknowledge this could happen as it would mean acknowledging their system is not as secure as they would like to have everyone believe.

If the system is secure from outside attack, then the only logical deduction is that the person that did it is in law enforcement or works for the DMV. We know how much our DA WON'T go after those in law enforcement if he can possibly avoid it. It's too bad this didn't happen in Santa Clara County. The DA there wouldn't put up with this nonsense, much less participate in it.


Posted by Mark De Paula
a resident of another community
on Aug 31, 2015 at 10:17 am

I had called California Attorney General Kamala Harris' office in San Francisco, about 2 months ago. I spoke to one of the Deputy Attorney Generals, when I asked her about Deputy Lopez's driver license being hacked, she said call theDMV ,but do not tell them I told you to do so. She said the Attorney Generals office will not investigate this issue.


Posted by Michael G. Stogner
a resident of another community
on Aug 31, 2015 at 10:42 am

Thank You Mark,

"Deputy Lopez's driver license being hacked,"

I just want to make sure this point is as clear as possible. It was the State of California's Computer the DMV Computer not Deputy Lopez's driver license being hacked.

Somebody got access to a San Mateo County Sheriff Deputy Confidential Information first and then proceeded to access the DMV Computer and place Sheriff Deputy Juan Lopez's number onto an existing ticket.

Is this even possible in Silicon Valley, San Mateo County,

Look up R.E.A.C.T. Task Force, or Palantir Tech.


Posted by Mark De Paula
a resident of another community
on Aug 31, 2015 at 8:34 pm

For you law enforcement officers and private citizens reading this post, you know that police officers(deputy sheriffs) home address' do not appear if a law enforcement officer runs another officer's drivers license.
So how did Deputy Lopez get his personal address on his DMV suspension?
Someone with personal data inputed it into the DMV.
Any guesses?


Posted by Can't find anything
a resident of Portola Valley: Ladera
on Sep 1, 2015 at 8:13 pm

So did the Almanac write about this lawsuit or not? I can't find anything on it.


Posted by Mark De Paula
a resident of another community
on Sep 1, 2015 at 10:49 pm

I should not be surprised that this story is not front page news.
Let's see how long it takes for the Bay Area advertising papers(newspapers) to cover the total lawsuit. Many persons and agencies are involved; one of the agencies is in Los Angeles County.


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