A judge ordered Norman Wielsch, the former drug task force commander in Contra Costa County, freed on bail after Wielsch agreed to receive a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he is suicidal.
Wielsch's father posted the $100,000 bail in the federal court in Oakland, reported the San Francisco Chronicle.
Wielsch, age 50, reportedly wiped away tears as he entered a plea of not guilty to drug and corruption charges of stealing drugs from police lockers, robbing prostitutes of cash and operating a brothel in Pleasant Hill.
