NEWS
Daily Journal / May 3, 2022
This is no time to change leadership of the Sheriff’s Office and to install someone who offers vague promises. With concerns about crime becoming elevated...
Daily Journal / April 22, 2022
I have always felt that safety of the people of this county should be the number one priority and I feel Carlos has done an excellent job in keeping that in the forefront of everything he has done.
Half Moon Bay Review / April 19, 2022
The candidates also both address the need for improved mental health services. Bolanos helped introduce the CARES program in Half Moon Bay, which brings unarmed specialists to intervene in non-violent situations. Corpus supports similar programs.
Daily Journal / April 18. 2022
Bolanos highlighted his effective leadership and experience of over 40 years of law enforcement in updating programs and policies. Bolanos pointed to his extensive work in addressing mental health through an Enhanced Crisis Intervention Team...
San Mateo County Sheriff Carlos Bolanos, along with other officials, broke ground Wednesday on a new headquarters building at the old county jail facility at 330 Bradford St., in downtown Redwood City...
Daily Journal / April 14, 2022
Daily Journal / April 14, 2022
The first woman to finish high school while in custody of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office will be honored at a graduation ceremony later this month...
Daily Journal / April 7, 2022
The Sheriff’s Office is the largest agency in the county, with around 773 total staff. Bolanos’ goal is to return to pre-pandemic levels of 20 to 30 vacancies, a more manageable number...
“ECIT is an extremely valuable program which has resulted in multiple successful de-escalations of dangerous incidents. This facilitates a greater focus on a resolution that strengthens public safety and mental health solutions for the public,” Sheriff Carlos Bolanos said...
Daily Journal / March 29. 2022
Daily Post / March 27, 2022
San Mateo County Sheriff’s Capt. Christina Corpus, who is running for sheriff in the June primary, confirmed rumors yesterday (March 16) that her husband had a tattoo of the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a Confederate flag...
KRON 4 News / March 26, 2022
“With an abundance of pride, I announce a significant development in a 1993 Cold Case Murder of Shu Ming Tang, having occurred in the City of San Carlos. This was a cold case for nearly three decades,” said San Mateo County Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos in a statement.

“It’s really about being as transparent as we can with the communities and residents that we serve. Obviously, over the last couple of years, there has been more and more interest in what law enforcement does,” Sheriff Carlos Bolanos said...
Daily Journal / February 17, 2022
Climate Magazine / December 15, 2021
Gearing up for the election in June 2022, W.L. Butler Construction held a fundraiser for the reelection campaign of San Mateo County Sheriff Carlos Bolanos...
Daily Journal / December 15, 2021
“I’m glad the District Attorney’s Office investigated it and determined that there was absolutely no merit to me being involved with that organization,” Bolanos said...
San Mateo County is hosting the first of its five planned gun buyback events on Saturday, one month after the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a grant of more than $200,000 to create the buyback program.
Redwood City Pulse / December 8, 2021
In a statement, Bolanos said it had become apparent to him that complying with the requests from ICE was “undermining the trust we need to protect the community”...
The Mercury News / November 10, 2021

San Mateo County Board of Supervisors / June 2021
Program Performance Award: Access to Programs and Services to Inspire Reentry and Empowerment (ASPIRE) Program - Sheriff’s Office...
To be proactive and train deputies on better responses to specific mental health crisis situations, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is launching a new Enhanced Crisis Intervention Team program, the first of its kind in the state...
Daily Journal / December 14, 2020
Daily Journal./January 15, 2020
At least six drones for the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office to use in cliff rescue, hostage situations, locating fleeing suspects and other emergencies won praise Tuesday from the Board of Supervisors...
In a video posted to social media Monday, San Mateo County Sheriff Carlos Bolanos sought to calm local fears over the possibility of increased federal immigration enforcement action by reaffirming his office “does not investigate or enforce immigration laws.”
Climate Magazine / July 9, 2019
In an effort to put jail inmates with mental health conditions on a path toward self-sufficiency, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is aiming to bolster support for programs providing inmates with specialized mental health treatment and education while they are in custody....
Daily Journal / March 19, 2019
Daily Journal / December 6, 2018
County supervisors gave Sheriff Carlos Bolanos the green light Tuesday to refine protocol the Sheriff’s Office has been developing for the technology in a two-year trial run...