San Jose Mercury News, USA
On the police union Web site, www.sjpoa.com, and on a new site, www.protectsanjose.com, leaders of the San Jose Police Officers Association mocked and exaggerated the testimony of Raj Jayadev at a council hearing. Jayadev is the founder of Silicon …
San Jose Mercury News
San Jose Mercury News, USA
By Sean Webby Two San Jose City Council members Monday scolded the powerful police union for its new tactic of "fighting back" against the department's critics, which include a sarcastic YouTube video that targets a community activist and a column by a …
San Jose Mercury News
New York Times
By ANDY NEWMAN As the city prepared a funeral with full honors for a police officer who was fatally shot by another in East Harlem on Thursday night, elected and civic leaders and the officer's grieving relatives called on Saturday for circumspection …
The Associated Press
Albany Times Union
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
The Alameda County District Attorney's Office is set to decide Monday whether to file charges against an Alameda police K-9 officer whose dog died after he allegedly left it unattended while he was on duty. The officer, who has not been named, …
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San Francisco Chronicle
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
The committee voted to ask city departments to reduce their travel budgets by 20 percent, and their training budgets by 5 to 10 percent. Council members agreed the police cuts were "tier two" recommendations, not to be implemented unless absolutely …
San Jose Mercury News, USA
About half of the event's 750 tickets were sold as of May 12. Tickets can be purchased online at www.alamedatheatres.com and at the Alameda Theatre & Cineplex, 2713 Central Ave. The theater will sell tickets on Monday. "I would love to see us get to …
The Associated Press
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand police opened fire from armored personnel carriers Friday so they could retrieve the body of a colleague killed outside a house by a gunman who has held authorities at bay for more than 30 hours.
Bloomberg
Stuff.co.nz
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The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce honored recently-retired Fire Marshal Dan Firth for his work in documenting hazardous sites in Palo Alto. He also helped create a standardized online record system for keeping track of hazardous materials. …
Gilroy Dispatch
Palo Alto Online
San Francisco Chronicle, USA
(04-23) 21:29 PDT Oakland — The BART Board of Directors selected an organization Thursday to conduct a comprehensive review of the transit agency's police force. The special probe was set off by the Jan. 1 shooting by a BART police officer of an …
San Jose Mercury News
Contra Costa Times
Bay Area Indymedia
Washington Post
By Michael D. Shear and Anita Kumar President Obama has named Virginia Technology Secretary Aneesh P. Chopra to be the nation's first chief technology officer.
Los Angeles Times
San Jose Mercury News
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