# Santa Clara Sheriff Indicted For Pay-to-Play **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Current Events\ **Created:** [December 15, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/santa-clara-sheriff-indicted-for-pay-to-play/78399 "2021-12-15T19:57:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BeanCounter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/beancounter/32/173526_2.png) [@BeanCounter](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/BeanCounter)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/santa-clara-sheriff-indicted-for-pay-to-play/78399/1 "2021-12-15T19:57:17Z")
The Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury has indicted Sheriff Laurie Smith for willful and corrupt misconduct in office. On Tuesday, the Civil Grand Jury accused Sheriff Smith on seven counts. heriff Smith is being indicted for: Count 1: Illegally issuing **concealed carry weapon permits** (CCW) to VIP’s Count 2: Failing to properly investigate whether non-VIP’s should receive CCW permits Count 3: Keeping non-VIP CCW applications pending indefinitely Count 4: Illegally accepting suite tickets, food, and drinks at Sharks game Count 5: Failing to report Sharks game gifts on financial documents Count 6: Committing perjury by failing to disclose Sharks game gifts Count 7: Failing to cooperate with internal affairs investigation surrounding treatment of Andrew Hogan How’s your County Sheriff doing? Mine’s great but he’s not running for re-election. > **[Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith indicted over alleged misconduct](https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/santa-clara-county-civil-grand-jury-indicts-sheriff-laurie-smith-over-misconduct/)** > > The Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury has indicted Sheriff Laurie Smith for willful and corrupt misconduct in office. ---
**Author:** ![Fred\_G](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/fred_g/32/1702_2.png) [@Fred\_G](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Fred_G)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/santa-clara-sheriff-indicted-for-pay-to-play/78399/2 "2021-12-16T00:09:17Z")
If she is guilty, I hope they throw the “book” at her. It bugs me when people think they are above the law, especially if they are in law enforcement. ---
**Author:** ![BeanCounter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/beancounter/32/173526_2.png) [@BeanCounter](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/BeanCounter)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/santa-clara-sheriff-indicted-for-pay-to-play/78399/3 "2021-12-16T00:21:54Z")
She reminds me of the police chief in L.A. Confidential. Only in movies, it’s not. ---
**Author:** ![Johnnyq60](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/johnnyq60/32/181828_2.png) [@Johnnyq60](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Johnnyq60)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/santa-clara-sheriff-indicted-for-pay-to-play/78399/4 "2021-12-17T00:41:47Z")
If she is guilty she needs to pay for her crimes law enforcement or not. It is an embarrassment to those clean officers who try to do the job the right way. I will follow the trial and get the facts before I make judgement. ---
**Author:** ![Mike270](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Mike270](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Mike270)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/santa-clara-sheriff-indicted-for-pay-to-play/78399/5 "2021-12-28T20:52:51Z")
I doubt any of the permits she issued will be recalled.