Category: Public Safety

  • Map: Middle School Students Grade the Safety of Their Streets

    Above, students identify areas surrounding their school they consider to be safe (blue), unsafe (orange), scary (red), beautiful (pink) and ugly (green). Click here to enlarge the map. By Jena Olson The AjA Project runs photography-based educational programs for refugee and at-risk youth in San Diego. AjA ran an after-school workshop at Monroe Clark Middle…

  • Behind the Screen: Cybercrimes Against Children

    By Erin Timony, Anais Bernard, Oscar Perez, Trevor Seines and Dylan Rohn Agent David Oyos of the Chula Vista Police Department and Assistant U.S. Attorney and Project Safe Childhood Coordinator Allesandra Serano talk with youth filmmakers about child exploitation on the internet. Transcript: David Oyos: The internet has made it really easy for offenders to…

  • Governor Vetoes TRUST Act, Grants Licenses to Some Undocumented Youth

    By Adrian Florido California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the TRUST Act — or so-called Anti-Arizona bill — over the weekend, while signing into law a bill to grant driver’s licenses to young undocumented immigrants who qualify for a stay from deportation under the President Barack Obama’s deferred action program. The TRUST Act was passed by…

  • TRUST Act Passes California Legislature

    By Adrian Florido The California legislature has passed a bill prohibiting local law enforcement officers from detaining arrestees on behalf of federal immigration officials. AB 1081, also known as the TRUST Act, passed the state assembly Friday and now goes to the governor for final approval. It was written by San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano…

  • A Surge in Gang Murders

    By Keegan Kyle As police push for more funding, Police Chief Bill Lansdowne and other officials have tried to bolster their case with some alarming statistics about violent crime in San Diego. Violent crime is a category that law enforcement authorities use to track the total number of murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults. Last year, San Diego…