Tag: Public Safety

  • San Diego’s Major Curfew Push: A Reader’s Guide

    No recent police initiative has received more praise from San Diego’s elected leaders than a program designed to swarm entire neighborhoods and arrest kids for breaking curfew. Police conduct monthly curfew sweeps across the city’s urban core, including City Heights, southeastern neighborhoods and parts of downtown, and have arrested more than 2,500 kids in the…

  • Tweet City Heights: Criminal Charges Unlikely for Drivers Who Hit Cyclists

    By Megan Burks Drivers Who Hit Cyclists Unlikely to Face Criminal Charges City Heights resident and bike blogger Sam Ollinger has been tracking the cases of cyclists who were killed or injured by cars in recent months. She wants to know whether the drivers face criminal charges. In San Diego, it seems they rarely do,…

  • Pepper Spray Use Rampant At San Diego Juvenile Halls

    San Diego CityBeat reporter Dave Maass says San Diego County’s two juvenile halls used pepper spray 371 times in 2011. It was used 91 times in Los Angeles County’s three facilities in 2011. Maureen Cavanaugh, Katie Euphrat and Patty Lane California is one of only five states in the nation that allow staff at juvenile detention facilities…

  • ICE Announces Change To ‘Secure Communities’ Deportation Policy

    By Adrian Florido Under a new federal policy, undocumented immigrants arrested for minor traffic violations may not be immediately flagged for deportation. On Friday, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE, announced a change to its “Secure Communities” program, under which federal immigration agents partner with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and local law enforcement to identify and…

  • Letter: Are Curfew Sweeps Worth Dividing the Community?

    By Diana Ross Diana Ross is the collaborative director for the Mid-City Community Advocacy Network. You can reach her at dross@midcitycan.org. Mid-City CAN knows that children’s safety is important. In 2009, we conducted 105 house meetings with more than 1,500 residents in 13 languages in City Heights. At these house meetings, we heard that message…