Tag: Mid-City Police

  • Police: ‘We Do Our Very Best to Reach Everyone’

    Police Chief William Lansdowne let a key check on racial profiling slide because he hadn’t heard it’s a concern in the community. Here’s what the department does to open lines of communication, and why some voices aren’t being heard. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks Assistant Police Chief…

  • Retiring Assistant Police Chief Reflects On Race, Gangs and the Budget

    Marti Emerald has proclaimed today Lawrence McKinney Day. McKinney is one of three black officers to take a top post at the San Diego Police Department. He retires Thursday. | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker By Megan Burks Retiring Assistant Police Chief Reflects On Race, Gangs and the Budget, Aired July 30, 2013 on KPBS [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/MCKINNEY_rad.mp3]…

  • Police Gathering Curfew Stats, But Not the Key Ones

    The San Diego Police Department has begun compiling thousands of documents in an effort to better understand its curfew sweeps, a major initiative aimed at cutting crime among kids younger than 18. But this new effort still won’t an answer a major question about the program’s overall effectiveness. Police won’t know whether the sweeps have…