The San Francisco Sheriff's Office said it now plans to restart a controversial electronic pretrial monitoring program after a ruling from the Ninth Court of Appeals.
Sheriff Paul Miyamoto, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and city's attorney David Chiu said it is essential to keep the public safety.
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WATCH HERE"Because the order prevented our office from requiring a warrantless search condition from program participation, I do not feel that this was in the best interest of public safety," he said. "But today is a new day, this sets a new precedent for protection and public safety."
The program was suspended last year by a court in Oakland. A judge back then said that those searches opened the door to enormous intrusions. But Lurie thinks otherwise.
"If you are charged with a serious crime abs and released before trial, the public has a right to expect the are safeguards in place,” he said.
Andres Brender has more in the video above.
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