The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office investigates and independently reviews all officer-involved shooting incidents resulting in injury or death, as well as all other uses of force resulting in the death of individuals while in custody or under the control of law enforcement officers. This review addresses whether the officers involved committed any violation of criminal law. It does not consider issues of civil liability, police tactics, or department policies and procedures.
Our role is to ensure that the investigation and review of these incidents is conducted in a fair and objective manner that will serve the interests of justice, the community, the involved officers, those persons injured, and the families of those affected.
At the conclusion of the investigation and review, the District Attorney’s Office will issue a written report detailing factual and legal findings. This report will be made available to the public.
Our practice in use of force reviews is to refrain from public comment beyond the publication of the letter to the involved law enforcement agency and any press release regarding the letter. Everything that we can and should say regarding the event is included in our detailed letter. All letters are listed below by incident date.
– View the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Protocol for Investigation and Review of Officer-Involved Shootings and Other Uses of Force linked here.
– View Officer-Involved Shooting FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) and answers linked here.
2021
In-Custody Deaths
November 19, 2021 (Mata, Peter)
November 1, 2021 (Johnson, Edward)
September 23, 2021 (Bocci, David)
July 24, 2021 (Noble, Timothy)
May 28, 2021 (Hutton, Karl)
April 2, 2021 (Barrett, Jadmon)
February 26, 2021 (Watts, Deyyj)
February 16, 2021 (Stevens, William)
January 26, 2021 (Smith, Untwan)
January 14, 2021 (Paul, Darrell)
2020
Officer-Involved Shootings
December 13, 2020 (Zenka, Jordan)
November 14, 2020 (Morales, Augustine)
October 26, 2020 (Shumaker, Bruce)
September 5, 2020 (Hernandez, Miguel)
August 4, 2020 (Wheeler, Albert)
July 15, 2020 (Southern, Jeremy)
April 11, 2020 (Wilcox, Malcolm)
February 24, 2020 (Slycord, Devon)
2019
In-Custody Deaths
December 31, 2019 (Martin, Richard)
December 9, 2019 (Thomas, Antonio)
August 12, 2019 (Gonzalez, Maria Luisa)
August 8, 2019 (Sciosciole, Anthony)
July 19, 2019 (Overbey, Nicholas)
July 7, 2019 (Debbs, Brian Arriaga)
July 2, 2019 (Matthews, Mario)
June 11, 2019 (Armstead, Andrew)
April 13, 2019 (McDade, Simmie Henry)
May 28, 2019 (Santamaria-Escalante, Franklin)
March 28, 2019 (Holdman, Rakeisha)
February 20, 2019 (Dietrich, Duane)
February 5, 2019 (Harrison, Ronn)
2018