Employees of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office felt intimidated yesterday when the sheriff’s former chief of staff, Victor Aenlle, returned to the department’s headquarters in Redwood City, according to an email a sheriff’s captain sent to employees today.
Many of those employees had cooperated in an investigation of Aenlle and Sheriff Christina Corpus.
Capt. Mark Myers said in an email (below) that it appeared Aenlle was carrying a gun. Myers also said that the sheriff’s puppy repeatedly urinated during the visit.
The county Board of Supervisors terminated Aenlle’s job on Nov. 13 and County Manager Mike Callagy banned him from entering any county facilities that aren’t open to the public. Aenlle no longer receives a paycheck from the county.
But employees weren’t aware that Aenlle could return to the sheriff’s headquarters on the Fifth Floor of 330 Bradford St. if he was accompanied by Sheriff Corpus.
Things are tense in the sheriff’s office right now because the county Board of Supervisors has put a charter amendment on the March 4 ballot that would give them the power to remove Corpus from office. An independent investigation by retired Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell found a pattern of “lies, secrecy, intimidation, retaliation, conflicts of interest and abuse of authority” by the sheriff.
Capt. Myers sent the following email to sheriff’s employees today:
“I want to address the situation that occurred yesterday involving Victor entering the HQ building and accessing the fifth floor. What has caused the most concern among staff is the lack of communication regarding this ‘exception,’ where the Sheriff can invite Victor in as long as she escorts him. This incident has raised significant concerns, particularly among our female civilian staff members who cooperated with the investigation and work on the fifth floor.”
“Some of our female staff felt intimidated by Victor’s presence and requested to leave the office early due to concerns for their personal safety. This situation has had a noticeable impact on morale and the sense of security and safety within the workplace.”
“Additionally, I want to draw attention to the first black-and-white photograph (above) where you can clearly see an imprint of an object on the left side of Victor’s jacket near his waist. This appears to be the imprint of a firearm being worn on his left hip. As you may know, Victor is left-handed (see photo with former Acting Assistant Sheriff Matthew Fox below). I was also informed that Victor was allowed to bypass the metal detectors on the ground floor and proceed to the fifth floor accompanied by the Sheriff, her puppy, and contractor Manjit Sappal.”
“This raises an important question: What is the County’s policy on allowing individuals with CCW (carrying a concealed weapon) permits to carry firearms into County buildings? I believe it is inappropriate and potentially dangerous to allow Victor to carry a firearm onto County property, especially given that he does not have a legitimate business reason to be present. Would it be possible for the County to explore obtaining a restraining order on behalf of employees to prevent Victor from entering County buildings in the future? Or is this something that we as a group of concerned employees need to explore on our own?”
“Another issue worth examining is Mr. Sappal’s contract. As seen in the attached video, Victor appears to give him a ‘bro’ hug, suggesting that they may know each other personally. Additionally, the contract’s value $199,999 raises questions. I recommend a thorough review of this contract to ensure transparency and compliance with County policies.”
“Finally, I would like to address the issue of the Sheriff bringing her puppy into the building. Staff and janitors have reported that the puppy has urinated on the floor multiple times, resulting in stains and an unpleasant odor on the fifth floor. This is not only unprofessional but also impacts the workplace environment.”
I have no dog in this fight (pun intended), but my reaction is “What the hell?”. Aenlle’s visit is wrong on so many levels, especially being armed, and with a badly behaving puppy. Hey county of San Mateo, how about you actually protect the poor people on the 5th floor just trying to do their jobs and forbid this guy from entering ANY county building, unless he has official business? Have any of you heard about “workplace violence”?
That’s a very cute puppy. Puppy “Jackie Vargas” shares a name was the director of “The Depot” where the main character, fed up with his boring office job, joins the Marines, but is instead assigned to a recruiting office counting paper clips.
Was that secretary held hostage and people didn’t see the subtle help me signs from her? That poor girl..
Victor hired Dan Parea as well as this new tool. Why do you think the Sheriff didn’t need to post job openings or interviews- everyone is one big happy friend party
Continuing the nepotism without a care about the county
So he is still pulling the strings of the puppet show at the Sheriff’s Office. There has been no announcement of that POST has decertified him as a Reserve yet, so he can technically by-pass the metal detectors, as he is still a Reserve on paper anyway (she will never fire him). So, more than ever, he is flexing and pretending to be a Deputy, when he is in no way actually doing the job. For him, it’s never been about public service, it’s been about boosting his ego and soothing his short guy inferiority complex. As for the dog, it sounds like Corpus has just about as much control over her puppy as she does over her own personal impulses and Victor’s suggestions – which is to day “none”…
Wow, Sheriff Corpus is showing us once again what a corrupt POS she is. This latest move clearly shows that Corpus does not care about her deputies and civilian staff.
To parade this loser Victor tyrant through the office, a man who caused so much chaos was to intimidation the women who so bravely spoke out against him.
Shame on Jackie Vargas and this overpaid weakling Sappal..they should be ASHAMED to walk next to Victor Aenlle. They are truly despicable.
Vote YES on Measure A and let’s get these scumbags out.
When will this madness end? There was clear direction provided to Corpus from executive county leadership that Aenelle was prohibited from entering “non-public” areas of the county facility, let alone he was allowed to bypass security protocols and was likely armed! At a minimum, there needs to be a protective order in-place to address his further presence in county facilities and the carrying of any concealed weapons. Come on A.G., DA or grand jury, step in and stop this! Corpus’ blatant disregard for the physical and psychological safety of sheriff employees, her involvement in the unlawful arrest of Dep. Tapia and her unbridled pattern of abusive and discriminatory actions cannot be allowed to continue unabated. The county is at significant monetary risk, as is the more important aspect relating to the personal safety of sheriff office employees. As for the puppy…what would you expect? Corpus isn’t capable of even cleaning up her own mess,
By the way. love the” professional” handshake Victor gives Christina. It is actually comical.
That’s a pretty wide hairline you can see on surveillance video at top of Christina’s head. That’s what happens when you harbor secrets and know it’s all coming to an end ..
So reserves walk around with guns and in civilian clothes?
What did Aenle take in his big brown bag out of the Sheriff Office ? County property? Laptop? Cell? Cameras? Ammo? I am sure noone will know the truth.
100% sure Aenlle will say the buldge on his left side is something else- a cell?
Allegedly, the Sheriff also brought her Keebler Elf boy toy to the Sheriff’s Activities League headquarters, which is a shared office space with sworn San Mateo County School Resource police officers. SAL’s Secretary/Treasurer Kat Petrick quit the board, which is reflected already on her LinkedIn profile, because allegedly the Sheriff wanted to create a high salary position for Victor in SAL as a way to bypass the County’s act of firing of him.
On a side note, it was reported by the Coastside news that Victor is an alleged slumlord to farmworkers. The article is well researched and written. I highly recommend others read it.
Out of all the men in the world, the Sheriff truly picked a (/s) Winner to be her lover.
“I was also informed that Victor was allowed to bypass the metal detectors on the ground floor and proceed to the fifth floor accompanied by the Sheriff, her puppy, and contractor Manjit Sappal.” Allowed special treatment by which of those three named, “…the Sheriff, her puppy, and contractor Manjit Sappal”?
It would seem that only one of the three, the Sheriff herself, would have the authority to compromise some the $750,000 of security features that Aenlle claimed he had installed in the remodel! Special treatment of Aenlle? That is likely to be denied by the Sheriff, yet again. I for one am hoping that Aenlle doesn’t lash out at Captain Myers. Does the Sheriff really care much about her workforce members who voted no confidence in Aenlle and were fearful for their personal safety? It’s likely there will soon be another media blast explaining how the Sheriff has arranged for mental health support, because she is the first ever elected SMC Sheriff who actually does care about her workforce. Her behaviors are not consistent with her words. It seems like only yesterday that the Sheriff released a video professing her care for another workplace violence incident on the coast. How sincere was that? Or, was it another opportunity to try to appear caring and sincere?
The Sappal contract, for those who aren’t aware of county protocols regarding the contract value banding, may have been crafted at $199,999 to avoid scrutiny or approval by the Board of Supervisors. Paying nearly $200K to a guy who had to retire because of debilitating back agony is incredible. Then again, in the Cordell Report Aenlle claimed he had severe back pain as the reason he only flies first class.
Another well timed and informative article that directly affects community safety and kudos to the Daily Post for publishing it.
No offense but Aenlle flies first class because he said he’s not a child. He’s also just careless and mismanaged county funds and the Sheriff lets him- she doesn’t care about rules, policies, deputies, captains, sergeants, office staff or let alone the voters.
Her new tactic will be a stall tactic to do a recall and remove her the right way allowing her 2 more years of this nonsenses and little boy games. Maybe she will have enough convicts and prisoners that will vote against her “ousting” she sure seems to be spending time with them.
Karma has a way of working out.
It would seem Victor was at the Sheriff’s Office to film Christina’s public service announcement she posted on IG regarding the mass shooting that ironically happened on Victor’s property (make love to the camera baby, show them that you care but don’t mention I own the property). I’m sure Christina is just livid over Victor’s hand placement on Jackie. Bet it’s going to be a rough weekend at whatever resort they hide choose to hide out at. Also, nice bro hug with Sanjit. Tack on some more zeros to Tapia’s lawsuit. This is Sons of Anarchy meets Sheng Thao. Hopefully they all get the knock knock soon.
I mean I gotta be honest. If you’re a Keebler elf you probably need to carry a gun. Plus, if you need to protect the sheriff you can’t trust you need a gun, because a coup with entrenched resistance is after her. The sheriff you can’t trust should just have Garcia stand in front of her. That’s cover and concealment. Oh well here is to the sheriff pissing on the voters and her tax payer funded puppy can pee all over a county building. Super professional. A sheriffs you can trust?
The absolute filthy disrespect to her employees!!! She is completely unhinged!! He has NO business carrying a concealed forearm, bypassing the checkpoint. GET HER OUT NOW!!!!! Preferably in handcuffs with little Vicky handcuffed with her!! They are inept, corrupt, incompetent and flat out a complete stain on what was the greatest Department in the County!
They could be playing together with handcuffs as we speak…
Be prepared for more fun and games. The conspiracy theorist have plotted some fun media trickery prior to February 3 and March 4th.
Then the plan to see the fight against the March 4 voters.
I do not know what this issue is here, she is corrupt in all ways. She is just trying to get a huge paycheck from the County! Get rid of her for breach of contract!
Three questions.
1. What does County Manager Mike Callagy have to say about this? He wanted Aenlle to stay away, but apparently Aenlle found a loophole and returned.
2. If Aenlle no longer has a job and isn’t getting paid, why is he involved in this? Why does he care? This chapter of his life is over, unless he gets indicted. A normal person would move on.
3. When Corpus sued to stop the election, why didn’t her lawyers seek an emergency restraining order or something similar to get an immediate hearing on her request? They have no chance of winning now, since the first ballots are going out to overseas voters. The election has started. I guess she’s just incompetent.
Better yet why does the Sheriff want this guy to work at the Sheriff office. It is blatant chaos and a complete disaster because of Aenlle. If someone, anyone causes this much animosity and complaints any normal employer would put them on leave, take the complaints seriously and likely just eliminate them from working in this environment. How many people have to say Aenlle is not qualified to be a Sheriff – he is a tool
She probably shook his hand to hand him something. The brown bag
Poor dog doesn’t know what she’s got herself into. Anyway why does the sheriff get to bring her dog to work? Nobody else does in the county and wouldn’t be allowed to. Is it a therapy dog in training? Seems like it needs more work.
Please Don’t be so quick to disparage Jackie Vargas. She had the misfortune to be promoted to an executive secretary to the Sheriff executive staff, a position she was probably thrilled about initially. I’m sure she would get out if she could, but there are many reasons why she may not be able to do so. It’s not always possible to extract yourself from a toxic workplace… I doubt that she’s enjoying the experience OR the negative attention.
I’m sure Jackie can stand up and be a strong woman and refuse to be part of the disgusting displays by her corrupt boss.
She could have refused to be part of the Victor escort detail . If she were to be retaliated against it would have been an opening for her to file a lawsuit. Something Corpus doesn’t need right now .
We need strong women willing to stand up in the SO not weak people like Jackie . Stand up girlfriend .
You can’t stop an election that is legally on the ballot and voters can legally vote and 4/5nboard of supervisors can legally remove the sheriff WITH CAUSE
For God sakes people 44 of 58 California counties have this same removal process in place. This sheriff and her friends have a plan and have all along. They have been up to no good since day 1 they just hid behind their first command staff that was respected- now they’re gone and the only people working for Corpus are corrupt or greedy. Noone is working it is dysfunctional.
According to LinkedIn, Manjit Sappal is an investigator and consultant for MS Investigative Services and Consulting (clearly his own business). However, according to the CA Bureau of Security & Investigative Services, Manjit does not hold a license to conduct private investigations. This is where it gets interesting. Manjit is listed as a PI on a website for Chaplin & Hill and is using Jay Hill’s license to perform those duties. In CA, a new PI can use another individual’s license to perform the duties of a PI until he has worked enough hours to apply for his own license. You know who DOES have a PI license in the state of CA? Christy’s boyfriend, the good little doctor Victor Aenlle. Given the apparent closeness of the two men (as evidenced by the bro hug), it is highly likely Manjit is now using Victor’s license to conduct internal investigations of sworn officers at the Sheriff’s Office. And he’s not the only one. Christy has also brought in the recently retired Antioch police chief to conduct secret investigations of the sworn staff, despite not having made any mention of the guy.
Christy is dirty. Far dirtier than anything any of the past sheriffs. Who do you think she learned from? It is time to clean house and start over.
Interesting thing is they list 5-6 people under that license on the website yet this is who can work under that license technically:
LICENSE RELATIONSHIPS
MANAGING MEMBER
LICENSE/REGISTRATION ROLE: BUSINESS LICENSE
RELATED PARTY ROLE: PRINCIPAL
NAME: HILL, WILLIAM JAY
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ADDRESS NOT DISCLOSED
MANAGING MEMBER
LICENSE/REGISTRATION ROLE: BUSINESS LICENSE
RELATED PARTY ROLE: PRINCIPAL
NAME: CHAPLIN, THOMAS EDWARD
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ADDRESS NOT DISCLOSED
PI TO QUALIFIED MANAGER
LICENSE/REGISTRATION ROLE: PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
RELATED PARTY ROLE: QUALIFIED MANAGER
NAME: CHAPLIN, THOMAS EDWARD
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ADDRESS :
WALNUT CREEK CA 94598-1726
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What about Parea? Where/when did he meet Aenlle? How are these corrupt people- Parea, Sappal all connected? Real Estate? Travel? Same membership somewhere? Rehab? Car show? Gun club? Their kids or maybe a Dan Noyes Christmas party?
Figure out why they all came together and continue this corruption and why they want more time in the Sheriff office together – they don’t work, they don’t community police, they don’t have relationships with ANYONE, the entire county wants this Sheriff out. What is the point? What is the link to their conspiracy theories? They must go down together. They are all in it!
The recent complaints and claims made by a Sheriff’s Captain highlights a troubling shift away from the professionalism and focus that law enforcement should embody. Alleging intimidation and a puppy urinating or feeling threatened by another individual carrying a firearm reflects a pettiness and lack of judgment that undermines the seriousness of their role. Such grievances suggest a deeper ignorance and perhaps even personal bias, rather than legitimate concerns tied to public safety or departmental integrity. Law enforcement officers are expected to demonstrate resilience and composure, not to indulge in trivial matters or exaggerated fears.
It is clear that Sheriff Corpus is working to challenge the entrenched “good old boys” network that has historically dominated law enforcement, and in doing so, she is facing resistance cloaked in false, degrading, and prejudicial tactics. This resistance is not surprising, as systemic change often threatens those who have long benefited from the status quo. Instead of supporting the forward-thinking leadership Sheriff Corpus embodies, some officers appear more concerned with asserting dominance and undermining progress, often resorting to misogynistic and prejudiced behavior to maintain their hold on power.
The behavior observed in the Sheriff’s Office further underscores this cultural issue. I witnessed deputies laughing and joking about the current sheriff, while speaking about the former sheriff, while showing no visible signs of fear or concern, starkly contrasts with the narrative of intimidation and fear they claim. These actions suggest that their grievances are less about genuine professional challenges and more about perpetuating a culture of bullying and resistance to change. Rather than addressing these personal insecurities and biases, such officers should focus on their duties and support the efforts of leadership to foster a fair, inclusive, and effective law enforcement environment.
I have only encountered professional behavior from deputies I have personally encountered. Thank you for your service and I hope we can all make it through this for the best of our county and our cities. Thanks.
Anyone notice all of the papers publishing get rid of Corpus theough recall not Measure A? A stall tactic to confuse people not following this Sheriff’s ongoing issues – would but her 2 more years in office that way. She’s trying to extend her time.
The grand jury takes time, recall takes time
Be like a general county it’s not unconstitutional- let the board of supervisors get rid of corruption.
Oh come on. How did you not insist on “Peeing Puppy” in the headline?
Well my vote just changed. I was actually against what the BOS wanted. However when I read this & watched video and reading the comments…she just lost my support. I’m voting in favor of getting rid of her.