Category: Public Safety
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New Top Cop’s Big Choice: Crime Response or Crime Prevention
By Liam Dillon The city of San Diego received international acclaim in the 1990s for its approach to policing, thanks to a method that focused on preventing crime and building community trust rather than just responding to incidents. Shelley Zimmerman, who is expected to be approved as the city’s new chief Tuesday, knows about that…
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The Fine Line Between Gang Policing and Gang Behavior
Some community members community have likened members of the San Diego Police Department’s gang suppression unit to Stormtroopers or a gang itself. One officer admitted his unit is less connected with the community than it should be, but said it’s moving in the right direction. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego…
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That Other Time SDPD Used Body Cameras
A San Diego Police Department officer makes a traffic stop on Imperial Avenue. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Liam Dillon San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne’s big reveal at last week’s City Council committee hearing on racial profiling was a request to outfit patrol officers with body cameras. Video and audio tapes of police…
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Recruiting a Police Force That Looks Like San Diego
Benjamin Kelso, head of the local Black Police Officers Association. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Lisa Halverstadt Law enforcement experts and community leaders often say a police department should look like people in the neighborhoods they serve. San Diego’s police force isn’t quite there yet. Racial breakdowns going back to 2010 show the department…
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San Diego Leaders Announce New Campaign to Combat Sex Trafficking
Under a California SB 1193, a broad range of San Diego businesses, including massage parlors, bars, farms, bus stops and emergency rooms, will be required to display a poster, similar to this one, that includes a telephone hotline for human trafficking victims seeking help, or to report unlawful activity. | Photo Credit: Roland Lizarondo, KPBS…