Tag: San Diego Police Department

  • 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…

  • Does San Diego’s Police Force Mirror the Community?

    By Lisa Halverstadt San Diego’s police force mirrors some parts of the community better than others. Demographic data released by the San Diego Police Department earlier this year showed the agency had about 8 percent fewer Asian American officers and 9 percent fewer Hispanic officers than the percentages reflected in the 2010 U.S. Census for…

  • Killing of Missouri Teen Reminds Locals of Tensions Between Minorities and Police

    Lei-Chala Wilson, president of the San Diego chapter of the NAACP, and Benjamin Kelso, president of the local Black Police Officers Association, join KPBS Evening Edition to discuss what San Diego’s black community is saying about the police killing of Missouri teen Michael Brown and about local police officers’ relationship with minorities. | Video Credit:…

  • Zimmerman: ‘I Will Not Tolerate Any Instances of Racial Profiling’

    In partnership with the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association and the San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association, San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman released this public service announcement stating that police racial profiling will not be tolerated and offering ways to report profiling incidents. | Video Credit: Verdict Videos for San Diego La Raza Lawyers…

  • That Big Investigation of SDPD Isn’t Actually an Investigation

    By Liam Dillon Expectations are high for the Justice Department’s review of the San Diego Police Department. Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman and other have billed it as an “independent audit,” a deep dive to get to the bottom of officer misconduct problems that have plagued the department the past three years. Except…