Category: Public Safety

  • San Diego Law Enforcement Agencies React to Immigration Opinion

    By Katie Orr California’s attorney general told local law enforcement agencies that they can choose whether to follow the 2008 federal Secure Communities law. It requires departments to send the fingerprints of undocumented people they arrest to federal immigration officials. San Diego Executive Assistant Police Chief David Ramirez said if an undocumented person is arrested…

  • ‘His Spirit is Right Here on the Block’: Healing 44th Street

    Jasiri Lacey shares a few words about his brother Rickquese McCoy, who was killed in a June 30 shooting. Residents on 44th Street honored McCoy with a tree-planting ceremony earlier this month. | Photo Credit: Dennis Wood By Megan Burks Ricky McCoy Jr. spreads his son’s ashes in the planting bed for the memorial tree.…

  • Healing 44th Street

    The murder of 18-year-old Rickquese McCoy stunned the City Heights block where he lived. Now his father, Ricky McCoy, Jr., and his grandfather, Ricky McCoy, Sr., are bringing together neighbors on the block to try to end youth violence in their neighborhood. | Video Credit: Brian Myers By Megan Burks Healing 44th Street, Aired on…

  • Mayoral Candidates Not Far Apart on Immigration

    By Lisa Halverstadt Mayoral candidate Bob Filner has repeatedly linked rival Carl DeMaio to tough immigration enforcement but the two actually claim similar views on how San Diego officers should enforce the laws. DeMaio told Voice of San Diego he thinks city police officers should focus more on keeping residents safe than on crackdowns against…

  • Where Gang-Related Murders Happen in San Diego

    By Keegan Kyle The number of murders reported by police each year has generally followed the city’s overall crime patterns, which have been decreasing since the 1990s. With 38 murders last year, San Diego registered far below most major cities. Police reported 89 murders in San Antonio, 116 in Phoenix and 324 in Philadelphia last…