Mayor Ed Lee Name Vicki Hennessy Nationality United States | Succeeded by Ross Mirkarimi Preceded by Ross Mirkarimi | |
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Vicki hennessy candidate for sheriff
Vicki Hennessy is the Sheriff of San Francisco and is the San Francisco's first female sheriff. She was appointed interim sheriff by Mayor Ed Lee pending an ethics investigation of the elected sheriff, Ross Mirkarimi, who was charged with domestic violence battery and later agreed to a plea bargain in which he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor false imprisonment. She is no relation to former Sheriff Mike Hennessey.
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- Vicki hennessy candidate for sheriff
- Vicki hennessy for sheriff 2015
- Career
- 2015 Campaign for Sheriff
- References
Hennessy is a native of San Francisco and a graduate of Lowell High School. Her husband is a retired San Francisco police officer. She is the mother of two grown children.
Vicki hennessy for sheriff 2015
Career
In December 1975, Hennessy joined the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, reached the rank of captain in 1983 (becoming the youngest in California), and became chief deputy sheriff in 1997. In 2006, she became the Deputy Director of the San Francisco Department of Emergency Services and Homeland Security, and from 2008 to 2011 she was San Francisco's Director of Emergency Management. She retired in 2011, but came out of retirement in 2012 to become interim sheriff during the six-month period in which Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi was suspended.
2015 Campaign for Sheriff
On November 17, 2014, Hennessy announced that she would run for Sheriff of San Francisco. In March of 2015, she received the endorsement of the one hundred members of the San Francisco Sheriff’s Managers and Supervisors Association, 77 percent of whom voted to endorse Hennessy. Hennessy defeated incumbent Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi with 61 percent of the vote.
