I just read the Marin County Sheriff’s Department annual report for 2023, all in all a good report

Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive

A couple of things jumped out at me in reading  the annual Marin County Sheriff’s Department report today. (It is now on the Sheriff’s website, by the way.)

– When use of force was applied, 86.9 percent of the time it was applied on men; 11.5 percent was on women; and in 1.6 percent of the time, the gender was unknown. Unknown? I can’t think why law enforcement would not know the gender – eventually, at least – of a person upon which force was applied?

– When looked at by race, 44 percent was on white people, 56% was on Black, Hispanic, Asian and “others.” (The equity crowd will be complaining about that, you can bet.)

– Crime numbers were about the same as 2022.

– 2023 Search and Rescue missions: 54. 

– The entire report is written in ALL CAPS, which makes for a very hard read. Otherwise, I’d call that a fairly good report for Marin County’s finest.

Thanks for reading. Until next week, avoid soreheads, laugh a little and always question authority. 

(This is a sneak peek at our “Properly Subversive” column by Sherman Frederick. The full column will appear in the newspaper on May 3. “Properly Subversive” is a commentary written by Sherman R. Frederick for Marinscope Community Newspapers, the “mother ship” of the Novato Advance, San Rafael News-Pointer, Mill Valley Herald, Ross Valley Reporter, Twin City Times and the Sausalito Marin Scope. Mr. Frederick is an award-winning journalist and co-founder of Battle Born Media, a news organization dedicated to the preservation of community newspapers. You can reach him by email at shermfrederick@gmail.com.)