Tag: San Diego Police Department

  • 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…

  • The Big Flaw in the Chief’s Crime Warning

    For years, San Diego police have been touting falling crime rates alongside their efforts to become a more efficient agency. But now, after a few months of rising crime, police say they need more money or crime will spike. It’s no small request from the cash-strapped city of San Diego. Police want an additional $66 million…

  • 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…

  • Police Response Times Increasing

    How San Diego reports the Police Department’s performance to the public today is substantially simpler than it was two decades ago. The city’s annual budget used to measure neighborhood involvement, community satisfaction and many other metrics of a police officer’s job. Today, just two metrics remain: crime rates and response times. When the mayor and…

  • City Heights Man In Deportation Proceedings Following Traffic Stop

    By Marissa Cabrera On Sept. 24, an officer pulled over a 29-year old City Heights man. The man’s family said he was driving with his music too loudly. However, instead of issuing a citation, the officer called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and now the driver is facing deportation. San Diego’s Executive Assistant Chief of Police David…