A mayoral contender agrees with an audit that says police who lie to investigators should be fired.

The San Jose Police Department blotter for April 14-15 includes carjackings, a shooting and several robberies.

Two San Jose cops had sex while on duty, lied about it and still kept their jobs, according to an audit out this week.

The San Jose Police Department blotter for April 10-13 includes a road-raging assailant, a mystery shooter and a home invasion that ended with several arrests.

The San Jose Police Department blotter for April 6-9 includes gang suppression sweeps, a physical assault and cellphone theft from a hotel restroom.

The San Jose Police Department blotter for April 3-5 includes a carjacking, gang suppression and a neighborhood meeting.

A proposal making its way to the City Council this week would relax some of the disability retirement rules for public safety workers imposed by voter-approved pension reforms.

San Jose mustered up at least some of the money it needs to buy body cameras for police officers, so they can record their interactions with the public.

As Americans grow increasingly anxious about the scope of government spying, a recent report found that at least nine Bay Area public agencies—including the San Jose Police Department (SJPD)—use a controversial surveillance system that mines real time phone data.

In his final budget message before he terms out at the end of this year, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed says it’s time to invest in public safety again.

It’s come to this: Labor blasting city of San Jose officials via poetry. Bad poetry. Like really, really awful poetry. The missive at hand is a 12-line poem written in couplets by police union head Jim Unland.

City leaders on Tuesday will consider placing a measure to extend an about-to-expire library parcel tax on the June ballot.

Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio's plan to change the way San Jose funds it police department comes back to the Rules and Open Government Committee this week.

Police on Wednesday arrested a man suspected of lighting at least a dozen fires in downtown San Jose, one of which gutted a Victorian home and almost killed an elderly couple.

A video campaign launched by the San Jose Police Department and the Office of the Independent Police Auditor aims to solicit tips from the public to solve homicide cases that have gone cold. “Make the Call, San Jose” airs on CreaTV and is funded by the SJPD.

San Jose will start looking for ways to pay for body-worn cameras on police officers, which Independent Police Auditor LaDoris Cordell says will lessen citizen complaints and keep officers accountable for the way they conduct themselves in the field. That and more at this week’s Rules and Open Government Committee meeting.