Holy Excrement Batman! I did a little research on this guy, and even by California standards, he's a nut job...
-Wife Beater
-Founder of the California Green Party
-As a city councilman, helped ban smoking on golf courses (WTF?)
-Helped get a ban on grocery bags
So it seems he has no law enforcement background, purely politics...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Mirkarimi