County balks at prisoner transfers

The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday demanded changes to Gov. Jerry Brown's realignment plan, alarmed that the month-old state law was putting unarmed probation officers in charge of violent criminals, one of whom is due for release Friday. Chrustuba Villacorte in the Daily News,

"This was not the profile that the governor was telling the counties we'd be receiving and be responsible for," Supervisor Michael Antonovich said Tuesday.

"Our facilities and our personnel are not equipped to handle this type of individual. They belong under state supervision and control."