August 18, 2020 WATCH: City Hall Camera Offers Fresh Look at San Jose Protests By Silicon Valley Newsroom While SJPD withholds footage from body cameras and helicopters, San Jose has been releasing security footage caught from outside City Hall. Read More 18
August 18, 2020 SJPD Reports Drop in Domestic Violence Calls; Nonprofit Advocates See Upward Trend By Grace Hase While law enforcement may be getting fewer calls about family violence, community organizations have been inundated with pleas for help. Read More 3
August 17, 2020 San Jose Police: Woman Who Coughed on Baby Claimed to be Victim of Mistaken Identity By Jennifer Wadsworth Nancy Nordland told police that they have the wrong suspect, reportedly asking: “Do I have a twin walking around somewhere?” Read More 16
August 14, 2020 Op-Ed: The Time Has Come for DAs to Create Police Crime Units By Aram James and Richard Konda Police might change their behavior in the line of duty fs they see that they will not be handled by prosecutors with kid gloves. Read More 33
August 13, 2020 Op-Ed: ‘Bending the Arc’ Requires Truth-Telling and Humanity By Sajid Khan The DA cannot bend the arc toward justice until he stops the dehumanization of people who are accused and convicted of crimes. Read More 11
August 13, 2020 Q&A: Chief Eddie Garcia Reflects on Nearly Three Decades of Service with San Jose PD By Grace Hase We caught up with San Jose police Chief Eddie Garcia to talk about his storied tenure in law enforcement and what the future holds for SJPD. Read More 7
August 12, 2020 San Jose Teacher Who Coughed on Baby Faces Assault Charge By The Fly Nancy Nordland, who became a household name after surveillance video captured her willfully hacking on a baby’s face, is on the lam. Read More 21
August 5, 2020 Standoff at San Jose Main Jail Ends with Suspect in Custody By Silicon Valley Newsroom Authorities say Joseph Castro was being brought into jail when—despite being handcuffed—he managed to grab a firearm and shoot at officers. Read More 1
August 5, 2020 San Jose Council OK’s Ballot Measure to Up Tax on Cardrooms By Grace Hase The cardroom tax, which comes to voters on the fall ballot, would generate about $15 million annually for city services. Read More 3
August 4, 2020 Op-Ed: Automated Traffic Enforcement Can Ease Some of Bay Area’s Policing Problems By Ted Stroll It’s time to give cameras a chance, ending the Driving While Black phenomenon and reducing traffic chaos in Bay Area streets. Read More 20
August 4, 2020 SJPD Officer Accused of Fraud, Wage Theft, Tax Evasion By Silicon Valley Newsroom Robert Foster allegedly used his private security firm to commit fraud, evade taxes, steal wages and launder about $18 million. Read More 3
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 10
August 3, 2020 Lawsuit: CHP Unconstitutionally Targeted Men at I-280 Rest Stops By Jennifer Wadsworth The arrests were discriminatory because no women or drivers with families were targeted, attorney Bruce Nickerson argues. Read More 6
July 24, 2020 SJPD Initiates Excessive Force Investigation After Officer Seen Kicking, Dragging Woman By Grace Hase An SJPD spokesperson said that officers used force after the woman failed to comply. Read More 21
July 20, 2020 WATCH: Day 2 of San Jose’s George Floyd Protests By Silicon Valley Newsroom This video, which has been edited from several hours to just two, documents the hours from afternoon to midnight on May 30. Read More 12
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