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Captain Rikki Goede of Willow Glen has been promoted to assistant chief of the San Jose Police Department.  Goede is 48 years old and has 15 years served with SJPD.  Prior to that she spent 10 years with San Diego Police Department.  Through her years of experience, her assignments have included patrol, community services, narcotics, day detectives, internal affairs, gain investigations and homicide.

Goede spent her last year as captain of the Southern Division and is the highest ranking female on the force.   Not only has she graduated from the LAPD’s Read more »

Actor Nick Nolte is well-known for his many starring roles, and is clearly comfortable portraying a police officer. This star has started on another rise it seems, with his performance in the UFC drama Warrior which opens in theaters September 9th.

That Oscar-worthy performance has people looking at Nolte with a fresh pair of eyes. And now, his upcoming supporting role in Ruben Fleischer’s Gangster Squad is adding to the shine on this actor.

Nolte will be playing Bill Parker, LAPD’s new chief of police. In a time where so many officers have been tainted by corruption. Sean Penn will be playing Mickey Cohen, leader of a local criminal organization. Nolte’s character Read more »

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 »

After 12 plus years as an organization, the Orange County Bail Agents Association this week voted unanimously to dissolve.  More specifically, the OCBAA agreed to dissolve and Read more »

Santa Ana Police Chief Addresses Jail and Bail with OC Bondsmen

The monthly meeting of Orange County bondsmen welcomed Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters, Mike Edwards, his legal counsel, and Russ Davis, Santa Ana PD Jail Administrator. Police Chief Walters began the meeting with an interesting recount of how he came to the Department nearly 20 years ago and evolution of the Santa Ana Jail.

Apparently, many years ago, the Santa Ana Police Department made the decision to release all misdemeanors on a citation (known as “O.R.” or “Cite Out” and also called a “promise to appear”) and house only felony arrestees. According to Chief Walters, the Santa Ana experience was that 95 to 98% of bailees returned to court to address the charges compared with only 25% of defendants who were cited out. In the case of non-appearance, a bench warrant is issued for the defendant which, in the case of Santa Ana at the time, put additional duties on an already stretched-too-tight police force. The results of this practice carried a clear message: Read more »