ALAMEDA COUNTY, Calif. — Alameda County supervisors voted Tuesday to overhaul the controversial Urban Shield law enforcement training program run by the sheriff’s office, stripping the annual conference — attended by agencies throughout the Bay Area — of trainings that police say were vital. The move eliminates SWAT deployment exercises and the event’s vendor show, which […]
A man fired shots inside a residence in San Anselmo on Saturday, prompting a large police response as heavily armed officers took up positions in the neighborhood and evacuated residents, authorities said. The tense scene ended seven hours later when the body of the man was found in the backyard. Read More…
The chances that a legal dispute between a Marin County union and its retirement association will determine the future of public employee pensions statewide increased Monday. Marin Association of Public Employees v. Marin County Employees’ Retirement Association is one of six cases on the California Supreme Court’s docket that could potentially challenge the “California rule,” […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Two Sacramento officers involved in the fatal shooting of Stephon Clark last year will not be charged, the district attorney announced Saturday. The shooting of Clark, 22, in his grandmother’s backyard on March 18, 2018, sparked protests. The two officers said they believed Clark had a gun and was in a shooting […]
Posted by Sherry Graham-Potter I don’t know you, and truthfully, if today you were to draw your last breath, as a Christian woman, I would struggle greatly with my duty to pray for your soul. There are moments that I cannot conceive of a heart so black and ugly that you would call for a […]
The Napa County Sheriff’s Office reported that a deputy fatally shot an armed motorist in the south county Sunday night after the driver fired first. The incident occurred shortly after 11 p.m. on the 1100 block of Henry Road when the deputy stopped to investigate a parked car on the rural road. The male driver, […]
In response to proposed legislative changes to the use of force standard in California, PORAC has issued a press release with a new bill in an effort to meet halfway regarding concerns over the current standard. Please take the time to read the attached link for the official press release. PORAC-UOF-press-release-Final-public-2.11.19
Pierre Ahuncain, who assumed his new role Monday as interim chief of Belvedere’s police department, brings more than two decades of law enforcement experience to the post. “I’m totally looking forward to it,” Ahuncain said. “This is such an engaged community and such a beautiful place to be able to work.” After 22 years working […]
David Kong, a longtime Mill Valley resident who served as an infantry scout in the U.S. Army during World War II, will be honored with the one of the nation’s highest civilian awards. Kong, 93, was one of approximately 20,000 Chinese-Americans who served in the armed forces during that war, at a time when many […]
Authorities are hunting for a prison inmate who bolted from San Quentin and might have carjacked a vehicle in San Rafael. Shalom Mendoza, who is serving time for attempted carjacking and evading police, was part of a work crew at the prison when he absconded Wednesday. The prison discovered he was missing during a head […]
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