By David M. Greenwald
Executive Editor
Woodland, CA – When I recently attended the League of Women Voters forum up in Woodland featuring the two candidates for Yolo DA – incumbent Jeff Reisig and challenger Cynthia Rodriguez – I was struck as I panned the audience and took photos of the crowd just how many people there were either current or former Deputy DA’s or law enforcement.
Some of you will argue that there is nothing wrong with that, that the people who work with Reisig every day support him. Others of you will see it more skeptically wondering how deep into the community the support for Reisig goes and questioning whether a cozy relationship between the DA and law enforcement itself represents a conflict.
I’m not here to weigh in on that point. That is a decision that every voter must make for themselves.
For his part, Reisig does not shy away from the relationship.
Reisig at the forum pointed out, “I am the chief law enforcement officer. That means every single day, my job is to work in collaboration with the law enforcement officers around the county. Imagine if I had a terrible relationship or if I pronounced on day one, I’m going prosecute every one of you, it’s not going to go very
well, i.e. San Francisco, Los Angeles.”
He added, “I have very strong relationships with police officers.”
One thing I have noticed is that if you read the large number of letters of support for Reisig, many of them are current and former employees or otherwise law enforcement.
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