April 16, 2021 SJPD Seeks Information on Wednesday Night Fatal Shooting By Eli Walsh, Bay City News People with information about the shooting are encouraged to contact SJPD’s Homicide Unit. Read More 0
April 15, 2021 UPDATE: San Jose Shooting Suspect Taken into Custody By Bay City News Police marked the Wednesday night shooting victim's death as the 12th homicide of the year in San Jose. Read More 9
April 14, 2021 Santa Clara County Officials will Revisit Laura’s Law Debate By Madelyn Reese County elected officials punted on making a final decision about Laura’s Law in 2019, but a new state bill is forcing a vote. Read More 12
March 4, 2021 Rash of South Bay Burglaries Puts Residents on Edge By Grace Stetson An uptick in local home burglaries has homeowners taking matters into their own hands while police have few leads. Read More 29
January 20, 2021 Lawsuit: SJPD’s Jared Yuen Shot Rubber Bullets Into Woman’s Apartment During Protests By Grace Hase Jared Yuen went viral last summer for taunting civilians during the George Floyd protests in downtown last summer. Read More 5
November 19, 2020 South Bay Police Say They Don’t Plan to Enforce State Curfew By Grace Hase Some Silicon Valley law enforcement agencies say they’ll take a cue from Fresno and Sacramento counties by urging voluntary compliance. Read More 5
October 30, 2020 Bay Area Police Prepare for Potential Post-Election Unrest By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Some Bay Area police departments say they’ll have officers working overtime on election night. Read More 2
October 26, 2020 SJ Officials Balk at Plan to Arm Pig-Trappers with Crossbows By Grace Hase San Jose Public Works Director Matt Cano and SJPD Assistant Chief Dave Knopf recommend doing away with the proposal altogether. Read More 7
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 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
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 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 14, 2020 SJPD Report Details its Handling of the George Floyd Protests By Grace Hase The nearly 250-page report details everything from use of force to an hourly play-by-play of what happened during the protests. Read More 4
August 29, 2020 San Jose Mayor Liccardo’s Home Vandalized Amid Friday Protests By Janice Bitters A second incidence of vandalism happened Friday at City Hall, resulting in one felony arrest, according to San Jose police. Read More 15
August 24, 2020 SJ Mayor Tells Police to Hasten Release of Protest Footage By Grace Hase Even if Mayor Sam Liccardo gets his way, the videos would only see the light of day by fall—up to five months after the demonstrations. Read More 5