CA Governor Reviewing Recommendations for Changing Police Protest Response
The advisors recommended that police not wear military-style helmets or use armored vehicles during protests to minimize a “militaristic presence.”
October 14, 2020
The advisors recommended that police not wear military-style helmets or use armored vehicles during protests to minimize a “militaristic presence.”
October 14, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed a number of police reform bills that ban chokeholds and carotid restraint techniques and allow the state's Justice Department (DOJ) to probe police shootings.
October 1, 2020
An officer with the Bakersfield Police Department calmed a distraught nine-year-old boy by sharing his interest in Pokémon. Now he carries with him in his vest a Pokémon card given to him by the boy.
August 20, 2020
K-9 Ozzy—a drug-detection dog—was found dead in the patrol vehicle by his handler in August 2019.
August 14, 2020
An officer with the Lodi (CA) Police Department is being hailed as a hero after she rescued a man in a wheelchair stuck on train tracks just seconds before a freight train passed.
August 13, 2020
A gunman fired on a sergeant who had responded to a home following a call of a suicidal subject armed with a gun, striking the sergeant's patrol car several times.
August 6, 2020
An officer with the San Leandro (CA) Police Department fatally shot a man armed with an "assault-style rifle" late Wednesday night.
August 6, 2020
The chief of police for the Los Angeles Police Department recently told a gathering of command staff that amid calls for defunding the department patrol officers must "show their relevance" in order to keep the budget from being slashed.
July 23, 2020
A crowd of several dozen people gathered in front of the City Council Chambers in the city of Chico, CA, to show support for law enforcement on Saturday morning.
July 21, 2020
The council approved Mayor Jesse Arreguin's omnibus measure, which includes elements, such as creating a Department of Transportation that will make and enforce traffic stops, rather than utilize Berkeley police officers, hire a consultant to analyze police calls and responses, and determine which calls can be answered by non-police officers.
July 15, 2020
Law enforcement officers with the Los Angeles Police Department were joined by civilian police supporters at a rally on Saturday in response to the growing "defund" movement across the country.
July 13, 2020
Proponents of the legislation acknowledge there will still be a role for police officers on Berkeley streets, like if an unarmed official conducting a traffic stop is confronted by a violent person with a weapon.
July 10, 2020
A 21-year-old woman has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon after she reportedly struck an officer with her vehicle early Thursday morning in San Diego.
July 10, 2020
"For law enforcement required to enter the building is there any description other than a hostile work environment?", National Police Association asks.
July 9, 2020
In certain anti-gang units, everyone or nearly everyone called in sick at once, sources told the Times.
July 8, 2020