October 22, 2020 DA to Dismiss Cases Linked to Cops Who Made Hateful Comments on Social Media By Jennifer Wadsworth The decision came after prosecutors reviewed hundreds of cases involving officers whose comments were first reported by SJI. Read More 10
October 21, 2020 San Jose POA Reopens Contract Negotiations for Higher Pay By The Fly The police union quietly asked to reopen contract negotiations this past week in hopes of securing a salary bump for officers. Read More 10
October 12, 2020 East Side Shooting Marks San Jose’s 33rd Homicide of 2020 By Silicon Valley Newsroom SJPD urges anyone with information about the killing to contact detectives Sgt. Lewis or Officer Meeker at 408.277.5283. Read More 1
October 12, 2020 Cars Strike Outdoor Diners Twice in a Day in San Jose’s East Side By Silicon Valley Newsroom The second such crash Sunday marked the 38th fatal traffic collision in San Jose and the 39th pedestrian fatality of 2020. Read More 4
October 11, 2020 Elderly Driver’s Crash into San Jose Mall Hospitalizes Eight By Jacob Pierce The driver of the vehicle may have been in medical distress before the accident, which was reported around 12:30pm. Read More 0
October 7, 2020 San Jose Sticks to Trapping Feral Pigs—At Least For Now By Grace Hase The council on Tuesday voted unanimously to study archery as an option a little bit longer, just to work out details of the plan. Read More 20
October 6, 2020 DA Declines to File Charges Against Activist Held on Extraordinary $500,000 Bail By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose police got prosecutor-turned-jurist Paul Bernal to sign off on the warrant on Sept. 28—and then waited five days to serve it. Read More 18
October 5, 2020 SJPD Arrests Three Activists; One Defendant’s Bail Set at $500K for Suspected Vandalism By Jennifer Wadsworth and Grace Hase One defendant’s attorney has filed writ of habeas corpus challenging the constitutionality of the detention and exorbitant bail amount. Read More 28
September 29, 2020 SJPD Officer Charged with Misdemeanor After Kicking, Dragging Woman Under Arrest By Grace Hase San Jose Officer Matthew Rodriguez could face one year in jail if he's convicted on the misdemeanor assault and battery charge. Read More 23
September 25, 2020 POA Balks at San Jose’s Release of Protest Body-Cam Footage By Grace Hase Union President Sgt. Paul Kelly argued that the city had violated officers' rights by disclosing their names, badge numbers and faces. Read More 8
September 23, 2020 LIVE UPDATES: Justice for Breonna Taylor Protest in Downtown San Jose By Silicon Valley Newsroom Not a single officer was charged with killing the 26-year-old paramedic shot to death by Louisville police in her own apartment. Read More 19
September 21, 2020 Fatal Stabbing Marks San Jose’s 29th Homicide This Year By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose police say the attack happened just minutes after 5am at Sixth and Santa Clara streets by Vintage Towers and City Hall. Read More 5
September 18, 2020 Mayor, Concerned Citizens Push Back on Loaded Language Woven into San Jose PD Protest Report By Grace Hase Internal correspondence among the department's top brass consistently refer to the George Floyd demonstrators as "rioters." Read More 10
September 16, 2020 San Jose Council Shoots Down Mayor’s Rubber Bullet Ban By Jennifer Wadsworth The City Council on Tuesday voted 10-1, with Mayor Sam Liccardo dissenting, to keep the projectiles as an option for unruly protests. Read More 15
September 16, 2020 Two Killed, Four Injured in Mass Shooting by San Jose State By Silicon Valley Newsroom Gunfire was reported around 10pm Tuesday on the 600 block of South Eighth and East Reed streets, by San Jose State University. Read More 7
September 16, 2020 BlueLeaks Hack Suggests Bad Intel Fueled SJPD’s Violent Response to Recent Protests By Jennifer Wadsworth A leaked trove of law enforcement records shows that police were told to view anti-brutality protesters as an adversarial force. Read More 18