Vicki Hennessy

Vicki Hennessy
Sheriff of the City and County of San Francisco
In office
January 8, 2016 – January 8, 2020
MayorEd Lee
Mark Farrell
London Breed
Preceded byRoss Mirkarimi
Succeeded byPaul Miyamoto
In office
March 21, 2012 – October 9, 2012 (Interim)
MayorEd Lee
Preceded byRoss Mirkarimi
Succeeded byRoss Mirkarimi
Personal details
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Vicki Hennessy was the sheriff of San Francisco and the city'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 not related to former San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey.

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.