Tag: San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman

  • The Big Federal Report on SDPD Is Finally Coming

    A long-awaited federal review of the San Diego Police Department officer misconduct policies will be released in mid-March, a Justice Department official said Wednesday. The review, which began almost a year ago, is focusing on SDPD’s policies for handling officer training and misconduct, which police experts and a federal court judge criticized last year for…

  • Council Members Tackle Questions of Race Relations, Community Involvement

    Several City Council members said Wednesday that further engagement with the community is necessary to strengthen public trust in the San Diego Police Department — part of the fallout from fatal shootings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Mo., and New York City. The comments at a meeting of the council’s Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods…

  • 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…

  • Zimmerman: ‘I Will Not Tolerate Any Instances of Racial Profiling’

    In partnership with the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association and the San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association, San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman released this public service announcement stating that police racial profiling will not be tolerated and offering ways to report profiling incidents. | Video Credit: Verdict Videos for San Diego La Raza Lawyers…

  • San Diego Police Chief Hears Racial Profiling Complaints Firsthand

    Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman told an audience at Cherokee Point Elementary School in City Heights she’s committed to regaining the trust of the community at a March 26, 2014 town hall meeting. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks The San Diego Police Department has come a long way since January, when then Chief…