however, the sheriff himself is defending his actions on the merit saying in releasing this guy he not only followed the law but he was doing the right thing. >> being a sanctuary city makes san francisco safer or more dangerous? >> it makes it safer. i firmly believe it makes it safer. we're a world renowned city with a large immigrant population. of that population is a population that is also here undocumented. for a law enforcement perspective we want to build trust with that population and our sanctuary city and other laws have allowed us to do that. >> former l.a. homicide detective and fox news contributor. so you are in los angeles. he is in san francisco. not only does he stand by the policy but goes on to say he will continue to ignore ice detainer requests.