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The San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego Union-Tribune
SAN DIEGO — San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez won't implement a recommendation to tighten rules for booking transgender people into county jails that coincide with their gender. The Citizens' Law Enforcement Review Board, or CLERB, recommended last year that the current policy be revised “to mandate that an arrestee shall be taken to a facility that coincides with the arrestees' gender identity.” But in a letter released late Thursday, sheriff's officials said they would not be changing the policy because no change is needed. “The department believes CLERB's desired outcome, properly boo…
