California
The San Diego Police Department enjoys an almost impeccable reputation.
May 26, 1985
San Diego would be the biggest U.S. city to use cameras and plate readers as part of a single network. But the community will get to weigh in first.
March 2, 2023
Some hail the disclosures as an important step toward police accountability. Others say internal investigations -- ‘police investigating the police’ -- still control what gets released.
Jan. 2, 2023
Spurred by complaints of decaying relations between the San Diego Police Department and Southeast San Diego blacks, a City Council committee Wednesday unanimously approved plans to create a 15-member citizens’ panel to monitor police activities.
June 20, 1985
San Diego County Sheriff John Duffy requires deputies from the Poway sheriff’s station to respond to all emergency calls at his new Scripps Ranch home, even though the San Diego Police Department provides law enforcement services in that area.
Nov. 29, 1989
L.A. Now
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Jan. 17, 2013
Minutes after midnight on March 8, Arthur Velasco and Bennett Moore were released from the downtown County Jail.
April 9, 1987
Southeast San Diego residents, dissatisfied with a City Council plan to establish a police-community relations panel, recommended Thursday night that a citizens’ review board independently investigate police misconduct.
June 21, 1985
The number of people shot by local law enforcement officers has more than tripled in the past five years, a fact that prompts questions by police critics but is defended by lawmen as a justifiable response to a rising tide of drugs, crime and violence.
June 3, 1990
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in Voice & Viewpoint, a weekly newspaper serving San Diego’s black community.
Jan. 24, 1988