Tag: San Diego Police

  • Police Investigating Possible Hate Crime After Teenage Syrian Refugee Beaten On Trolley

    Police Investigating Possible Hate Crime After Teenage Syrian Refugee Beaten On Trolley

    Detectives are reviewing video footage that corroborates a teenage Syrian refugee’s report of being attacked on a San Diego trolley by a man shouting epithets about the victim’s ethnicity, a police spokesman said Thursday.

  • San Diego Police Chief to Present Progress on Federal Audit Recommendations

    By Megan Burks San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman is scheduled this week to update the city on progress she’s made since federal auditors found gaps in supervision and accountability for police officers. In a report to the city’s Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee, Zimmerman said she has implemented, or is in the process…

  • San Diego Police Give Inside Look at Training to Deter Racial Profiling

    Paul Alexander takes notes during a San Diego Police Department presentation on racial profiling June 20, 2015 at the Tubman Chavez Community Center in southeastern San Diego. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks Every year the San Diego Police Department invites the public to experience what police recruits go through in the academy.…

  • A Few Bad Apples or A Prejudiced System?

    By Brian Myers Last weekend in City Heights marked two radically different responses to law enforcement in diverse and lower income communities. San Diego Police Department Community Liaison Officer David Felkins greeted residents and community groups Saturday morning outside the City Heights Community Development Corporation office on El Cajon Boulevard. They participated in an hour…

  • Emerald Orders Independent Review of SDPD Racial Profiling Data

    By Megan Burks San Diego Councilwoman Marti Emerald has ordered an independent review of police data on racial profiling. Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman presented to the City Council’s public safety committee Wednesday an update on racial data from traffic stops. Like the last round of numbers, it was inconclusive on whether there’s a practice in…