Sheriff Kelly Martinez held an open house of sorts on Wednesday, inviting reporters to Sheriff’s Department headquarters to learn about reforms she has implemented across the jail system to better ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — Sheriff Kelly Martinez wasn’t expecting a few dozen staffers and sworn deputies to line the hallway, applauding as she showed up for work on Jan. 3. After 37 years of working up ...

Re “Once again, federal judge orders sheriff to release documents in lawsuit over jail death” (Aug. 31): I voted for Kelly Martinez for sheriff last year. And for this reason, I owe everyone in San ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Sheriff Kelly Martinez made history when she was elected San Diego County Sheriff, becoming the first woman to hold the position. Martinez, who has been with the sheriff's office ...

Sheriff Kelly Martinez faced a tough crowd Wednesday night. It was the first time she had attended a meeting of the county’s law enforcement review board since taking office in January 2023. More than ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Tens of thousands of people filled the streets in downtown San Diego and other communities in the county on Saturday for the “No Kings” protests. "Just the size of the crowd, I ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO – Kelly Martinez officially began ...

Weeks after Sheriff Bill Gore quit in mid-term amid a crisis of fatalities in the county jails he oversaw, then-Acting Sheriff Kelly Martinez promised that internal reviews of in-custody deaths would ...

Lawyers suing the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department are asking a federal judge to compel Sheriff Kelly Martinez to submit to a deposition and answer questions about jail practices and conditions ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego County's top law enforcement official faced some tough criticism from the families of inmates who've died while in custody. Speaking at the Citizens Law Enforcement Review Board, ...

San Diego County last month agreed to pay $16 million to the family of Hayden Schuck after his 2022 death in sheriff’s custody, the single largest payout yet in a succession of lawsuits filed over ...