Tag: Mid-City Division

  • City Heights Seniors Want Park Curfew After Alleged Crimes Leave Them Fearful

    City Heights Seniors Want Park Curfew After Alleged Crimes Leave Them Fearful

    Management and residents at a senior apartment facility say a public park next door is drawing criminal activity that’s affecting the building’s tenants.

  • Retiring Assistant Police Chief Reflects On Race, Gangs and the Budget

    Marti Emerald has proclaimed today Lawrence McKinney Day. McKinney is one of three black officers to take a top post at the San Diego Police Department. He retires Thursday. | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker By Megan Burks Retiring Assistant Police Chief Reflects On Race, Gangs and the Budget, Aired July 30, 2013 on KPBS [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/MCKINNEY_rad.mp3]…

  • Police Gathering Curfew Stats, But Not the Key Ones

    The San Diego Police Department has begun compiling thousands of documents in an effort to better understand its curfew sweeps, a major initiative aimed at cutting crime among kids younger than 18. But this new effort still won’t an answer a major question about the program’s overall effectiveness. Police won’t know whether the sweeps have…

  • City Heights Man In Deportation Proceedings Following Traffic Stop

    By Marissa Cabrera On Sept. 24, an officer pulled over a 29-year old City Heights man. The man’s family said he was driving with his music too loudly. However, instead of issuing a citation, the officer called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and now the driver is facing deportation. San Diego’s Executive Assistant Chief of Police David…