Also, please note that as "Google Alerts" is a based on users signing up to receive the alerts, not all employees will have subscribed to receive them.MuckRock is a non-profit collaborative news site that gives you the tools to keep our government transparent and accountable. He previously reported in Washington, D.C., Salinas and the East Bay, and is a middling triathlete. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! “It’s a well-oiled machine, and to throw a wrench in the system, it will take more than bolstered training to stop those wheels.”Police Chief Eddie Garcia said Tuesday while the use of force is under investigation, what he has seen so far is troubling, and emphasized that a use-of-force review was already underway when the video surfaced Thursday. SAN JOSE — Video that surfaced last week of a San Jose police Calling the video “deeply disturbing” and the officer’s actions “appalling,” Mayor Sam Liccardo said there needs to be “immediate change, and I expect there will be severe consequences that will be plainly visible.”Still, critics of the department argue that the video — which shows the officer dragging the woman across the McDonald’s lot on East Santa Clara Street following a vehicle stop, and kicking her as children cry from the backseat — is further evidence the issues plaguing the department are deeply systemic, and unlikely to be resolved through policy alone.LaDoris Cordell, a retired judge who served as the city’s independent police auditor from 2010 to 2015, said the footage raised deep concerns about the police department.“The officer clearly knows there are bystanders, it’s broad daylight, and knows it’s likely he’s going to be recorded, and it didn’t matter,” Cordell said. Are California police officers trained enough and in the right things? This came about because of the culture of the San Jose Police Department.”The officer in the video, who has not been publicly identified by SJPD, is on leave and under investigation by the police department. A San Jose native, he attended UCLA and has a Master's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.Subject: Re: California Public Records Act Request: Google Alerts (San Jose Police Department)- BestYour request has been received. Google Alerts may be identified by any or all of the following:1. MuckRock users can file, duplicate, track, and share public records requests like this one.
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A new oversight team with the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has also said it is looking at the incident.“For the community, this conduct we saw on the video is indicative of a history of policing we know all too well,” said Derrick Sanderlin, an organizer with People Acting in Community Together and former police bias trainer who was seriously injured when an officer shot him in the groin with a rubber bullet. A U.S.
Chief of Police Jeff Tudor arrested a carjacking and robbery suspect Tuesday morning, authorities said. There are no quick fixes to something like this. The driver of the car, who was the woman kicked, was arrested on suspected misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, possessing drug paraphernalia, and driving with a suspended license.The emergence of the video followed a series of controversies for the department including viral footage of But Garcia objected to criticism that his department has culture problems, and pointed to a “We have empirical data that says there is no culture issue here,” he said.Still, he acknowledged such data offers little comfort to people on the receiving end of officer misconduct.“We’re not just going to fall back on the fact we have this data,” he said. It doesn’t look good,” he said. A San Jose man was taken into custody Monday following a statewide Amber Alert after police said he stabbed his girlfriend and fled with their 2-year-old daughter.