April 18, 2024 San José Mayor and Council Appoint New Independent Police Auditor after Nationwide Search By San Jose Inside Eddie Aubrey, currently working with the Richmond Police Department, has been investigating police misconduct since 2016 Read More 1
June 27, 2023 San José City Council Approves Hiring Acting Independent Police Auditor By San Jose Inside Karyn Sinunu-Towery is a former assistant district attorney and victims’ rights advocate with the Northern California Innocence Project. Read More 0
August 5, 2020 San Jose City Council Approves Three-Part Initiative for the November 2020 Ballot By Grace Hase The initiative would empower the IPA, expand the Planning Commission and provide a flexible redistricting timeline if census results are late. Read More 1
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
June 5, 2020 San Jose Mayor Asks SJPD to Justify Projectiles, Tear Gas, Other Crowd-Control Tactics By Grace Hase The council also wants to hear from the top brass about whether the city could simply ban the use of rubber bullets and beanbag rounds. Read More 12
June 5, 2020 Q&A: San Jose Independent Police Auditor Shivaun Nurre Talks Oversight, Accountability By Grace Hase We caught up with IPA Shivaun Nurre to learn more about her oversight powers and how the public can use them to hold cops accountable. Read More 1
June 3, 2020 Multiplicity of Crises, Years of Police Brutality Stoked Anger Over George Floyd’s Killing By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose deploys curfews, tear gas and rubber bullets to quell protests. Perhaps it's time for a fundamental rethink of American policing. Read More 74
August 15, 2019 As Complaints Rise, San Jose Police Auditor Calls for More Transparency About Use of Force By Nicholas Chan The annual report from the city’s civilian cop watchdog made less of a splash this year, but that doesn’t mean it gave police a pass. Read More 8
August 13, 2019 San Jose Police Union Backs Deal to Expand IPA’s Authority By Nicholas Chan However, new legislation such as the transparency measures provided by SB 1421 may render the proposed pact feckless. Read More 5
April 11, 2019 SJ’s First Police Auditor, Teresa Guerrero-Daley, Dies at 67 By Jennifer Wadsworth The retired judge, who served for more than a decade as police auditor and spent a dozen years on the bench, died in her home Sunday. Read More 2
August 24, 2018 San Jose Police Auditor Aaron Zisser Resigns Under Pressure From Cop Union, City Leaders By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose’s civilian cop monitor is stepping down, citing the police union’s personal attacks as a distraction to community-led reforms. Read More 20
June 25, 2018 San Jose Police Watchdog Aaron Zisser Denies Union’s Claims of Bias in Annual Oversight Report By Jennifer Wadsworth The police union is calling for an outside investigation to see if independent police auditor Aaron Zisser should be removed from office. Read More 6
May 23, 2018 SJPD Watchdog Aaron Zisser Draws Criticism From Top Brass on Approach to Oversight By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose’s new cop watchdog, Aaron Zisser, has won praise from activists but criticism from police over his brand of oversight. Read More 17
May 21, 2018 Police Auditor: More SJPD Officers Disciplined Despite Fewer Citizen Complaints By Jennifer Wadsworth Though fewer people have been filing complaints against San Jose cops, a greater share of those cases resulted in officer discipline. Read More 12
January 16, 2018 San Jose Debates Pros, Cons of Bolstering Police Oversight By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose will host a City Council study session on Tuesday to talk about possibly strengthening civilian oversight of the local police force. Read More 3
September 25, 2017 Audit Finds that San Jose’s Dept. of Environmental Services Has Poor Oversight of Contracts By Jennifer Wadsworth Weak controls over consulting contracts in San Jose’s Environmental Services Department put the city at risk of cost overruns, an audit found. Read More 7