August 3, 2020 SJPD Chief Eddie Garcia to Retire By Grace Hase The 28-year SJPD cop got his start in the department in 1992 as part of the Narcotics Enforcement Team. Read More 11
July 20, 2020 Lawsuit: SJPD Enabled Brutality Against Protesters by Failing to Adequately Train Officers By Jennifer Wadsworth The complaint claims San Jose failed to teach officers how to use reasonable crowd-control tactics, exposing bystanders to excessive force. Read More 34
July 7, 2020 San Jose POA President Apologizes to Members for Response to Bigoted FB Posts By Jennifer Wadsworth Faced with calls to resign and many members defecting to the Fraternal Order of Police, Sgt. Paul Kelly has since changed his tune. Read More 35
July 1, 2020 SJPD’s Condemnation of Bigoted FB Posts Gives New Resonance to 2018 Islamophobia Lawsuit By Jennifer Wadsworth Nabil Haidar says he’s thrilled to see SJPD denounce bigotry. He just wishes the agency held the accused in his case to the same standard. Read More 21
June 26, 2020 DA to Investigate Bigoted Online Posts; POA Promises to Hold SJPD Officers Accountable By Jennifer Wadsworth Outraged by bigoted comments allegedly made by San Jose cops, Santa Clara County DA Jeff Rosen vowed to take unprecedented action. Read More 47
June 17, 2020 Calls to Defund Local Law Enforcement Push San Jose to Rethink Future of Policing By Jennifer Wadsworth After witnessing SJPD respond to protests against police brutality with bone-breaking force, it seems the whole city has trust issues. Read More 61
June 10, 2020 Hundreds of Rubber Bullets Later, San Jose Confronts the Human Toll of Forceful Tactics By Jennifer Wadsworth More than a week has passed since SJPD responded to protests with alarming force. How many people were hurt in the fray is still unclear. Read More 46
June 10, 2020 Police Should Wear Masks—But in San Jose, Officers Shrug Off Santa Clara County Health Order By The Fly San Jose isn’t alone in having a police force shirk the burden of masking up. NYPD has come under fire for the same reason. Read More 27
June 9, 2020 San Jose Police Defend Use of Force at George Floyd Protests By Grace Hase Dozens of community members phoned in to express their anger with city leaders and demand that they slash funding to SJPD. Read More 17
June 8, 2020 SJPD Agrees to Tighten Rules on Riot Guns, Review Controversial Crowd-Control Measures By Jennifer Wadsworth The chief also pledged to prevent cops fired for misconduct from being hired elsewhere, and affirmed his own willingness to do better. Read More 18
June 6, 2020 SJPD Maims Activist Who Helped Train Officers About Implicit Bias By Jennifer Wadsworth Because of the injury inflicted by a rubber baton round that hit his groin, Derrick Sanderlin may never be able to have kids. Read More 17
June 5, 2020 San Jose Police Agree to Slight Expansion of Civilian Oversight By Jennifer Wadsworth Two years after derailing attempts to bolster IPA powers, the San Jose Police Officers’ Association has quietly ceded a compromise. Read More 9
June 3, 2020 Multiplicity of Crises, Years of Police Brutality Stoked Anger Over George Floyd’s Killing By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose deploys curfews, tear gas and rubber bullets to quell protests. Perhaps it's time for a fundamental rethink of American policing. Read More 75
June 2, 2020 San Jose Council Votes to Lift Citywide Curfew Thursday By Grace Hase The council voted 10-1 to lift the curfew in a few days, with District 6 rep Dev Davis the sole dissenter. Read More 7
June 2, 2020 SJ Mayor Calls Detention of Reporters ‘Very Troubling’ By Grace Hase San Jose has joined the ranks of cities targeting reporters by detaining journalists covering the George Floyd demonstrations. Read More 16
June 1, 2020 Protests Show How Behavior of SJPD Cop Jared Yuen Point to Larger Problems in Policing By Kyle Martin While SJPD’s top cop condemned the behavior of one officer, activists say the problem extends far beyond a few “bad apples.” Read More 22