County to Keep Paying Sheriff’s Legal Tab
The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors will continue to pay to defend Sheriff Baxter Dunn, who is the target of a civil rights investigation.
Two supervisors wanted to stop using tax money after hearing details of the allegations, but they were outvoted by three supervisors who said they saw no reason to stop paying a defense lawyer, who has charged $49,000 for seven weeks of work.
Dunn is accused of physically abusing a Manteca man during an arrest in 1998. Deputies used a fire hose to get the man off a roof after a three-hour standoff
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