Tag: San Diego Police Department

  • When Police Can Enter Your Home

    It’s not altogether clear what words were exchanged between police officers and two brothers one night in City Heights last July before Luis and Diego Lobaton, as well as their mother, Hedy Julca, ended up in handcuffs. READ MORE: Their Crime: Walking Into Their Own Home Police reports after the incident emphasized that one of…

  • Report Released On San Diego County Officer-Involved Shootings

    Suspects shot by San Diego County law enforcement officers over a 20-year period were mostly young, white males who suffered from mental illness, were under the influence of drugs or both, a county report released Thursday shows. The study from the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office found 367 suspects were shot by law enforcement…

  • Council Members Tackle Questions of Race Relations, Community Involvement

    Several City Council members said Wednesday that further engagement with the community is necessary to strengthen public trust in the San Diego Police Department — part of the fallout from fatal shootings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Mo., and New York City. The comments at a meeting of the council’s Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods…

  • Citizens Review Board Brings in Backup

    Sharmaine Moseley, center, attends Albany’s Citizens Police Review Board meeting on Oct. 11, 2012 at the GWU Center in Albany, New York. | Photo Credit: Cindy Shultz, Times Union By Megan Burks The San Diego Citizens Review Board on Police Practices provides a second set of eyes on police misconduct cases, but it has operated…

  • Protesters Gather in Mid-City After Ferguson Decision

    Demonstrators gather in City Heights Nov. 25 in the wake of a Missouri grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot a black teenager. | Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers Following a Missouri grand jury announcement not to file criminal charges against white Missouri police officer Darren Wilson,…