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The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday allowed the sheriff to buy more military equipment, while also demanding that an independent auditor conduct another, more thorough investigation into how state hospitals get patients to take their medicine other than using tear gas.
As the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is set to vote Tuesday on whether to allow the sheriff to continue using tear gas in the jails and buy more military equipment, a closer look at an independent auditor's review shows that gassing people to make them comply didn't work more than half the time.
A special committee that advises the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Thursday recommended that the sheriff should look for alternatives in convincing incarcerated people to take their medications and obey orders as they discussed the overall use of deploying tear gas in the jails.
Santa Clara County uses tear gas in its jails, the only Bay Area facility to do so, a KTVU investigation has found. Its use has halted further purchases of more military equipment.
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