Category: Public Safety

  • Cops: Proactive Policing’s Taken a Hit

    By Keegan Kyle A year ago, the San Diego Police Department’s top brass pushed against an article I wrote about the city’s new policing strategy. I found the department had gradually shifted away from the proactive, problem-solving concept that gained international acclaim in the 1990s. San Diego’s cops were spending much more time reacting to crimes…

  • Teens and Safety Series: Undercover Police Officers in Colina Park

    By Brian Myers In the fourth video of an eight part series on teens and safety in City Heights, Crawford High School students continue to shed light on the broken relationship between mid-city police and area teenagers. Below, they question why undercover police officers are sent to Colina Park, a sprawling neighborhood park near Crawford…

  • Canyons Considered Dangerous Despite Improvements

    By Brian Myers Rosa Olascoaga never walks alone through the canyon next to her home in City Heights, opting to take the longer route to get to the other side of the neighborhood. Despite steep illegal dumping fines, garbage, broken furniture and toxic pollution find their way into the canyons from residents and storm runoff.…

  • Teens and Safety Series: What Time of Day is City Heights Safest?

    By Brian Myers In the second video of an eight part series on teens and safety in City Heights, Crawford High School students discuss the time of day they feel most safe in City Heights. An analysis by Speak City Heights partner Voice of San Diego found that “daytime” might not be the easy answer.…

  • Finding Resolution Through Dance

    Dancers in City Heights’ transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project explore conflict resolution for an upcoming dance performance. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks Behind a metal security gate on a busy stretch of University Avenue, teenagers gather to work out choreography for an upcoming dance performance. When the music…