Lopez gets 150 hours suspension??!! Any company would have fired him. The Sheriff's office has one scandal after another.

To Janet: Any other Board of Supervisors would have forced Sheriff Munks and Bolanos out after they were caught in the FBI brothel sting in Las Vegas. Jackie Speier talked a good game about doing this but then in the end folded.

Why does that Menlo Park Police officer caught with a prostitute while on duty still have a job?

I would like to see a paper look at the various punishments given to Deputies over the years for misconduct... Some are never charged at all. The disciplinary standards for law enforcement are all over the map.

I have read all along that Lopez is accused of bringing cell phones to gang members in the jail. What happened to this? If that's true, I agree, fire him. But it seems like if it were true, that would have been part of the disciplinary hearing.

Hugging an inmate who's leaving his cell block doesn't seem to rise to the level of firing to me, Janet. Seems Lopez developed some good relationships with the inmates which could be viewed as a positive in terms of a more sophisticated view of how to maintain order in the jail. I can buy it's against the rules, but remember, the sheriff routinely defends his officers for doing a lot worse, like killing citizens.

Bottom line is this seems like a politically motivated situation to me.

Thoughtful that is a good observation.

Deputy Lopez testified that he had known that inmate for about 10 years.

Breaks rules and potentially the law.

Defend him by attacking others?

Defend him by saying he knew the criminal for a decade?

What's going on here?

This is both funny and sad at the same time.

Usually police are taking heat for defending seemingly inexcusable actions by cops like choking a man to death who might have been selling cigarettes in NYC, or how about the San Mateo deputy who pulled his gun out in a courtroom and pointed it at a janitor recently? Oh yes, it was perfectly okay when the sheriff and his deputy were visiting an underage prostitution house also. A non-event.

In this case, the San Mateo sheriff and his organization want to throw the book at a cop for the grievous crime of embracing an inmate who was leaving.

The cop happens to have tried to run against sheriff Munks in the last election. I'm sure this has nothing to do with anything.

Really pitiful and transparent nonsense.

Awful. Rules are rules, umless you hate someone else and want to blame him - then no accountability for the lawbreaker.

Funny that.

The Supervisor can give outside food,but a line officer( Deputy Sheriff) can not. This was a statement brought up at the Commission hearing. Deputy Lopez said he gave his leftover food from home to inmates. The Commission ruled that he should not have given his food from home. I was there and heard that issue. Deputy Juan Lopez said if he had to do it all over, knowing now what has happened, he would throw his leftover food away.
Comments from SAD is correct.
Janet comments- are surprising, Sheriff Greg Munks and Undersheriff Carlos Bolanos were caught and detained by the F.B.I. and Metro Police of Las Vegas--OPERATION DOLLHOUSE--[part removed - sex slavery not proved]
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors could and should have fired both of them per California Code. [Please cite code that gives supervisors authority to fire an elected Sheriff.]

Deputy Juan Lopez showed the Commission panel on how he escorted the inmate, his son was used in the demo.Very professional technique.
The 2 Correctional Officers that were sent to remove the inmate testified, their statements were not the same on time issue, the first Correctional Officer said 30 minutes in the cell, the other Correctional Officer said 5 minutes.
Deputy Lopez said 5 minutes in the cell with the inmate, Deputy Lopez did this to keep tensions low in the Pod.
In this Pod there were about 86 inmates. Each cell has 2 inmates, the Bro -embracing was between the other cellmate.
I advise all to request a transcript from the Commission.
FYI--this was not a courtroom hearing.

This is strange. Maybe I was too much into Sons and the crooked cops on that. Watch that and all the bro-hugs inside a cell and smuggling "food" into jail make one wonder.

Food?

But the strangest is Mr. Lopez's defenders odd tactic, the recurring theme is someone else broke a law ten years ago.

I await more facts. What's next?

To all commenters, do you think OPERATION DOLLHOUSE that happened in April 2007 should be a non issue?
I say no, these 2 law enforcement agents are the Sheriff & Undersheriff--Bolanos & Munks.
Both Bolanos and Munks will not talk about their detainment by the F.B.I. and Metro Police of Las Vegas.
What about the info these 2 agencies have on our 2 top law enforcement agents. To set the record straight, Bolanos and Munks could ask the 2 agencies to release the detainment info. The 2 agencies of Las Vegas will not give the info to requesting public.

What was mentioned in yesterdays hearing about the incident 10 years ago?

How does that defend Mr Lopez?

You made my point - thank you. You repeated ignore the subject at hand and slander someone else. Like George W. Bush, when asked to defend why we didn't stop bin Ladin - blaming John Wilkes Booth.

Amazing.

The Munks/Bolanos incident doesn't defend what Lopez did per say, but it is relevant to show that the "rules" Lopez is being held to account for are not enforced in a consistent basis across the board, but rather in a political way. As we all know, rules that are enforced selectively and politically tend to undermine faith in an organization and system.

Exactly when was Juan classified as a "Brady" officer? Was it after he filed as a write-in candidate?

Does he still have a job as Deputy Sherrif?

It is incomprehensible that the Almanac keeps closing comments off on topics that are of vital importance to the citizens of San Mateo County.

It should be mandatory for ALL Almanac reporters and editors to see the new movie "Spotlight" , about how a team of Boston Globe reporters dug into the coverup by the Catholic Church of pedophile priests in their ranks. Their dogged investigative work earned them all Pulitzers. Perhaps it might inspire the Almanac to stop censoring comments and start digging. God knows there's enough corruption in San Mateo County to keep them busy for at least a decade.