Category: Public Safety

  • San Diego Has Fallen Behind On Combating Police Racial Profiling

    The San Diego Police Department has often failed to follow its own rules regarding the collection of racial data at traffic stops, saying the community isn’t concerned about racial profiling. A local black officers group, the NAACP and a city councilman disagree. Video Credit: Megan Burks and Brian Myers By Liam Dillon and Megan Burks…

  • Survey Finds Muslim Students in California Are Subject to Bullying

    By Erik Anderson A new survey by the California branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations found that half of the Muslim American students who responded are subject to some form of bullying or bias at school. The survey was distributed by the group to California mosques, and tried to pinpoint incidents of bias-based bullying…

  • How Does Someone Get Identified As a Gang Member In San Diego?

    By Marissa Cabrera, Maureen Cavanaugh, and Peggy Pico How accurate is the statewide database of gang members and how does a person get their name off the list? Last week, the San Diego Association of Governments announced there are 7,500 documented gang members in San Diego County. Their names are in the database called Calgangs.…

  • San Diego Unified’s Discipline Plan Exists – On a Shelf

    By Mario Koran The San Diego Unified School District disciplines black and Latino students more often and more harshly than other students, and “has been diligently working on addressing disproportionate suspensions rates” for years, said R. Vernon Moore, the district’s executive director of student services. Moore emailed me in response to this story highlighting racial…

  • SD Unified’s Lopsided Suspensions Ratio

    By Mario Koran When Daniel Noriega was in the elementary school he cussed at teachers, he refused to do his work and he was sent home. Again and again. Between the sixth and eighth grades, Noriega, who’s now a sophomore at E3 Civic High, was suspended about two dozen times by his count. One teacher…