Overview

• The five-member board voted unanimously on June 5 to issue a Notice of Intent to Remove Sheriff Corpus after a closed-door review brought the allegations into public session.
• Measure A, approved by 84% of voters in March, empowers supervisors to remove elected officials for cause under a defined due-process framework.
• The investigation led by retired Judge LaDoris Cordell detailed allegations including abuse of power, retaliatory actions, racist and homophobic language and improper suppression of rifles.
• Corpus denies all misconduct, has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the board and county leadership and her attorneys plan to seek a stay of the removal proceedings.
• A pre-removal hearing led by the county’s chief probation officer is set within days and the full removal process, including appeals, could span up to four months and requires a four-fifths vote for final action.