Tag: Cop Cams

  • San Diego Cops Risk Being Fired for Not Pressing Record on Body Cameras

    San Diego Police Officers Association President Brian Marvel, San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman, San Diego ACLU Policy Director Margaret Dooley-Sammuli, San Diego NAACP President Lei-Chala Wilson, and San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association Board Member Victor Torres discuss San Diego’s new policy for police body cameras. Voice of San Diego reporter Lisa Halverstadt moderates…

  • Victims of Police Violence Honored at City Heights Vigil

    Jack Cairncross ties a strip of red fabric on the arm of a vigil attendee. | Photo Credit: Tarryn Mento, KPBS By Tarryn Mento At 20 minutes after 4 p.m., more than 100 San Diegans in City Heights — and in cities across the country — held a national moment of silence Thursday for victims…

  • Where SDPD Stands on Phone Searches, Facial Recognition and Drones

    By Catherine Green With new technologies come new opportunities for police to take down the bad guys more efficiently – and new challenges in keeping basic freedoms intact for the rest of us. Here are a few of the ways we’ve seen San Diego Police embrace or shy away from some key advancements. Smartphones The…

  • Three Takeaways on the Future of SDPD

    By Liam Dillon Tuesday night in City Heights we had a great panel discussion on the future of the San Diego Police Department. Here are three things we learned: SDPD is at the bottom of the transparency pack. Jim Hererra, vice chairman of the Citizens’ Review Board on Police Practices, said he wished SDPD would…

  • Police Body Camera Videos Will Stay Private — For Now

    By Liam Dillon Twice in recent months San Diego police officers were present at shootings while cameras on their bodies captured what happened. But, at least for now, the Police Department says those videos won’t become public. SDPD is gearing up to outfit all of its nearly 1,000 patrol officers with cameras in response to…