When a San Mateo county inmate allegedly shared his detailed plan to kill San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus in threats made in November and February — using a metal tray or a part of a trash can to repeatedly hit her in the head until she died — Corpus was filled with anxiety, concern and fear, she said.

“This was an object that he would have been able to have access to,” Corpus said.

This was the first threat she had received in the course of her work as a public elected official, she said, but one that prompted her to implement more security at her home to ensure the safety of herself and her two children. She expressed concern that she was not immediately notified of the threat through official channels — saying she had been told by a correctional officer who heard about the t

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