Overview
- Alameda County’s Board of Supervisors approved the $36 million payout Tuesday, ending the Tran family’s wrongful-death lawsuit.
- The county expects insurers and a shared risk pool to cover most of the cost, and the sum ranks among the largest tied to the Sheriff’s Office.
- Off-duty Deputy Devin Williams used his department-issued gun to kill Maria and Benison Tran inside their Dublin home in September 2022 as their 14-year-old son and relatives looked on, and he was later convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to 50 years to life.
- Court filings say a month earlier, responding deputies treated Williams as “one of us,” failed to follow domestic-violence rules, advised against an emergency protective order, turned off body-camera microphones, and falsified the 911 record.
- Records show Williams had failed a pre-employment psychological exam with a “D. Not Suited” rating, and a subsequent audit found about 47 deputies received the same rating even though California rules say such candidates should not be hired as peace officers.