“Incidents such as this retard the progress that Sheriff Marlin Gusman and his team are trying to make, in order to bring the jail up to the constitutional standards required by the federal consent decree,” Cannizzaro said. “The smuggling of contraband by trusted deputies poses a very real threat to inmates, staff and fellow officers. It also is a betrayal of the city such deputies are sworn to serve. It is vitally important that individuals such as this continue to be weeded out, so that the jail can be made safer for all.”