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The chief also pledged to prevent cops fired for misconduct from being hired elsewhere, and affirmed his own willingness to do better.

The San Jose Police Department has a roughly $450 million budget, the vast majority of which (about $442 million) covers personnel costs.

The council also wants to hear from the top brass about whether the city could simply ban the use of rubber bullets and beanbag rounds.

We caught up with IPA Shivaun Nurre to learn more about her oversight powers and how the public can use them to hold cops accountable.

While weed stores in some parts of the U.S. have been hard hit by looting this week, only two of San Jose’s 16 dispensaries reported break-ins.

The main difference between the city’s law and the county’s is that San Jose also requires masks for anyone standing in line at the store. 

After his first brush with the law, the Assembly hopeful said he’s even more motivated to bring “deep reform of our policing” to Sacramento. 

At least that’s the verdict from city officials, who say a mea culpa that appeared to be from the infamous protester-taunting cop is fake. 

San Jose deploys curfews, tear gas and rubber bullets to quell protests. Perhaps it's time for a fundamental rethink of American policing.

Defense lawyers feared that in addition to violating due-process rights, the closure further exposed defendants to COVID-19 as they wait in jail. 

The council voted 10-1 to lift the curfew in a few days, with District 6 rep Dev Davis the sole dissenter.

San Jose has joined the ranks of cities targeting reporters by detaining journalists covering the George Floyd demonstrations.

While SJPD’s top cop condemned the behavior of one officer, activists say the problem extends far beyond a few “bad apples.”

Isn’t this the moment to start policing our community differently by not actively policing them—especially with armed cops?

SJPD Officer Jared Yuen’s apparently antagonistic behavior emerged in tens of thousands of posts on social media since Friday’s protest.