Category: Public Safety

  • Suspensions, Expulsions Down In San Diego Schools

    A student runs up stairs at Monroe Clark Middle School in City Heights. | Photo Credit: Cecia, The AjA Project By Megan Burks A new law aiming to limit school discipline measures that take students out of class went into effect Jan. 1. But new data from the California Department of Education shows districts have…

  • Citizens Review Board Brings in Backup

    Sharmaine Moseley, center, attends Albany’s Citizens Police Review Board meeting on Oct. 11, 2012 at the GWU Center in Albany, New York. | Photo Credit: Cindy Shultz, Times Union By Megan Burks The San Diego Citizens Review Board on Police Practices provides a second set of eyes on police misconduct cases, but it has operated…

  • Protesters Gather in Mid-City After Ferguson Decision

    Demonstrators gather in City Heights Nov. 25 in the wake of a Missouri grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot a black teenager. | Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers Following a Missouri grand jury announcement not to file criminal charges against white Missouri police officer Darren Wilson,…

  • City to Expand Two-Person Fire Crews, But Could Skip Over City Heights

    Jason Hewitt and Steve Vandewalle are part of the Fire Department’s Fast Response Squad based in Encanto. | Photo By Jamie Scott Lytle By Liam Dillon Another San Diego neighborhood might soon have relief for lengthy emergency response times. Mayor Kevin Faulconer is planning to add a second two-person first-responder crew to the citywide fleet,…

  • Effects of Prop. 47 Immediately Felt in San Diego County

    By Megan Burke, Tom Fudge, Peggy Pico Under newly passed Proposition 47, certain non-violent crimes would be lowered from felonies to misdemeanors. Those crimes include drug possession, petty theft, shoplifting, receiving stolen property and forging and writing bad checks. Chief Deputy District Attorney Dave Greenberg said new misdemeanor cases would be handled by the San…