Misty Carausu is a Lieutenant with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO, California) and was born and raised in the heart of the Bay Area in Hayward, California. She began her career in 2005 with the ACSO. She served several units within ACSO, including Detention & Corrections, Court Services, the Eden Township Substation, Peralta Police Services. In 2014, Misty was transferred to Dublin Police Services, where she was assigned as a general detective with an expertise in sexual assault investigation. 

Her keen detective skills cracked the Denise Huskins’ case (as seen in the docuseries American Nightmare) and other linked sex assault cases. Carausu continued working in this role until 2018, when she was promoted to Sergeant and assigned to Glenn E. Dyer Jail in Oakland. A year later, she transferred to Santa Rita Jail, where she worked in the Grievance/Litigation Unit and Security Unit. In 2024, she was promoted to lieutenant and is currently assigned to oversee the Projects, Supply, Kitchen and Laundry Units at Santa Rita Jail. She is also Coordinator for the Agency’s Health and Wellness Unit, and she consults with other law enforcement agencies and organizations around modern policing, leadership, and best practices in investigations.