Tag: Public Safety

  • Immigration Holds Plummet in First Year of Trust Act

    By Jill Replogle California law enforcement officials have granted far fewer requests to hold detained immigrants for federal immigration authorities since the state’s Trust Act went into effect this year. The Trust Act limits the ability of local law enforcement to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement requests to hold immigrants longer than their scheduled…

  • San Diego Cops Risk Being Fired for Not Pressing Record on Body Cameras

    San Diego Police Officers Association President Brian Marvel, San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman, San Diego ACLU Policy Director Margaret Dooley-Sammuli, San Diego NAACP President Lei-Chala Wilson, and San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association Board Member Victor Torres discuss San Diego’s new policy for police body cameras. Voice of San Diego reporter Lisa Halverstadt moderates…

  • The End of ‘Willful Defiance’ School Punishments (Sort of)

    When a child gets in trouble at Cherokee Point Elementary School, Principal Godwin Higa, talks quietly to the student to sort things out. | Photo Credit: Jane Stevens By Mario Koran On this, most school officials agree: “Willful defiance,” a kind of catch-all reason for ejecting students from class is overbroad and problematic. But for…

  • Council Supports Initiative to Fight Gangs

    Members of the Community Assistance Support Team go door-to-door at the Casa Sierra apartment complex in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of San Diego. They check in on residents for months after they’ve witnessed a gang shooting to ensure they have the services they need to move forward rather than becoming wrapped up in the gang…

  • Encanto Sees Quicker Emergency Responses, Mid-City Still At Risk of Delays

    Family members of Rickquese McCoy share memories of him over a memorial in a canyon near their home. McCoy was shot and killed in June 2012. It took fire crews 12 minutes to arrive at his aid. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Liam Dillon Sometimes solutions to problems are as easy as they seem.…