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In an OpEd piece written by San Francisco Police Department Chief George Gascon, Gascon outlined how the SFPD is taking a new approach to a very old idea and it’s meeting with great success: Community Policing.  By dividing the city up into small-town style beats, police are able to better interact with members of their community and problem solve crimes both committed and feared.   This strategy is working so well, the SFPD has reorganized their entire department to accommodate it.

“Once the community feels like they have a stake in what’s going on, they feel empowered and willing to help.”  Says Police Chief George Gascon.  “Community policing is becoming the way we conduct business every day. Our efforts are being focused on the shared responsibility of working with our diverse communities to nurture our relationships and create effective problem-solving models to enhance public safety.”

But does the current policing model stack up to the department’s claims?  Before Read more »

LOS GATOS – On December 21, local police arrested two suspects believed responsible for a string of auto burglaries that took place over a two day spree.  The duo is believed to have burglarized over nine cars and one residence.

Los Gatos Police arrested Billy Auston, 29, and Monica Verni, 23, both of San Jose.  The pair allegedly smashed the windows of locked vehicles to steal a laptop, purses, credit and gift cards, a wallet, cash, a digital camera and a portable DVD player.  They also managed to pilfer an automatic garage door opener from one car, enter victim’s garage, and then steal a purse and wallet from another car that was parked inside.

Austin and Verni have Read more »

The grandson of the late President Ronald Reagan, Cameron Michael Reagan, 31 was arrested on Thursday morning  for misdemeanor resisting arrest and obstructing an officer.

According to a family member, he accidently tripped off a silent alarm in his own home which sent the Los Angeles Police Department to his location.

When the LAPD arrived on the scene, Cameron asked who they were. When they responded “who are you?” Cameron reached for his I.D.  That’s when officers reportedly tackled and arrested him believing he may be going for a gun.

In an interview with CNN Read more »

Thanks to the economic downturn, over 500 job seekers applied for civilian work in the Orange County jail system, forcing the OC Sheriff’s Department to cut off applications just 36 hours after opening them last month.

Sheriff’s officials were hoping to get enough people to sign up for the next class of correctional services assistants, said spokesman John McDonald, but the rate that they got them: “Surprised a lot of us here.” The class, which only has 50 seats, educates civilian employees in how to assist sworn personnel at the jails.

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Redmond O’Neal, son of the late Charlie’s Angels actress Farrah Fawcett and film actor Ryan O’Neal, was returned to jail after violating his probation for a series of drug offenses.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Tynan sentenced O’Neal to a 30-day, in-custody drug-treatment program thanks to his inability to stay clean.  O’Neal remains in jail without bail pending a February 2nd hearing.

Judge Tynan warned Redmond that he would go to state prison for six years if he violated his probation, back in November. “It actually strikes me that you haven’t got a clue as to what recovery means. It is a lifelong commitment and it’s grinding, hard, painful work,” Tynan told O’Neal. “You’ve got one responsibility and that’s to yourself — to get clean and sober.”

O’Neal was on a 24 hour pass from a rehab center – his first since Read more »