KENNETH BINDER NAMED SAN MATEO COUNTY'S NEW SHERIFF

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to appoint Kenneth Binder as the county's next sheriff, marking the beginning of a new chapter in the sheriff's office after more than a year of scandals that culminated in the ouster of former sheriff Christina Corpus.

Binder became the interim police chief in Gilroy this June after spending more than two decades in the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, where he worked his way up to the position of undersheriff. He also briefly served as acting sheriff in 2022 after former Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith retired early just before a civil grand jury convicted her of corruption and willful misconduct.

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