When Christina Corpus won voters’ support to become San Mateo County’s first Latina sheriff, she vowed to end the “pass-downs and political favors” she said dictated control of the department and carry out a reform agenda to “move our law enforcement agency to the 21st century.”

Despite turmoil and many calls for her resignation, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus has no plans of stepping down. She doubled-down on Tuesday with a letter to her staff. “While these past weeks have been tough,