Category: Public Safety

  • Court Rules Dumanis Must Extend Prop. 47 to Juveniles

    By Megan Burks The 4th District Court of Appeal Thursday ruled a state law that reduces sentences and charges for some crimes applies to youth and adults alike. The ruling stems from a San Diego case in which District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis held that Proposition 47 did not apply to juveniles. That meant minors could…

  • Local Congressman Wants to Punish ‘Sanctuary Cities’

    By Jean Guerrero San Diego County Rep. Duncan Hunter said he plans to introduce a bill to restrict funding to “sanctuary” cities that do not always cooperate with immigration authorities. The effort by Hunter, R-Alpine, follows the fatal shooting last week of Kathryn Steinle, 32, as she walked with her father at a popular San…

  • San Diego Police Give Inside Look at Training to Deter Racial Profiling

    Paul Alexander takes notes during a San Diego Police Department presentation on racial profiling June 20, 2015 at the Tubman Chavez Community Center in southeastern San Diego. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks Every year the San Diego Police Department invites the public to experience what police recruits go through in the academy.…

  • Using ‘Darkness’ to Shed Light On Racial Profiling Claims

    With cell phone videos, cop cams and federal audits, law enforcement agencies now have an unprecedented amount of data on their officers. But are they making sense of it? San Diego’s police department has long said ITS data can’t tell us much about racial profiling. Now, independent researchers are taking a stab at it, and…

  • San Diego Faith Leaders React to Charleston Shooting

    By Megan Burks San Diego’s faith leaders are taking extra care with their sermons for the weekend following the fatal shooting at a church in Charleston, S.C. Their message isn’t one of pain – or about race, even. Those who spoke with KPBS said the conversation should focus, instead, on how poverty and broken systems…