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Woodland Police Department Officer Assaulted During Traffic Stop

A spokesperson for the Woodland Police Department said one of its offices sustained non life-threatening injuries when he was attacked during a routine traffic stop.  The incident first unfolded last Saturday morning when an unnamed officer took note of a cyclist riding on a sidewalk.  That cyclist, he said, was non-compliant in that it did not have an operative light installed.

The individual was stopped and it was soon determined he was on probation and because of that, was subject to search.  The officer said he believed defendant Reggie Dickerson was holding contraband in in his t-shirt.  At the time …

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San Diego police officer escapes injury pursuing suspect

A San Diego police officer attempted to stop a potential suspect by jumping on a moving motorcycle January 24. NBC reported that the police officer was on the lookout for a stolen motorcycle when he encountered the suspect.

Around 10 p.m., the officer began to pursue the motorcyclist as he sped up the hill to Murray Ridge Road in Mission Valley. When the motorcyclist would not stop after the officer signaled for him to pull over, the officer jumped from the patrol car and grabbed the suspect. Instead of slowing down, the motorcycle continued moving and dragged the officer for an unknown …

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SF Sheriff Sued For Defamation

The leader of the San Francisco Sheriff's Department and his wife have reportedly been sued for defaming neighbors and lying to police.  The suit is linked to Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's arrest late last year in which he was charged with domestic violence.

A neighbor said she placed a call to the SFPD in early 2012 out of concern for Eliana Lopez, who is married to the Sheriff.   The neighbor relayed to officers an incident in which Mirkarimi forcefully grabbed his wife's arm after an argument surrounding a potential vacation in South America.   She also turned over a video in which …

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CA Prisoner Realignment Increases Jail Populations

 

California lawmakers have touted the success of the state's prisoner realignment program, saying that one year later they have successfully reduced the number of inmates being detained in state prisons. The program has worked so well, they said, that the Department of Corrections has said numbers are at their lowest point in 17 years.

Implemented as AB109, the mandate was simple. Non serious non violent and non sexual offenders were to be transferred to county jails to serve out the remainder of their sentences.  This would ensure that the state prison system was only housing individuals who committed the most …

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Livermore PD Chief To Retire This Spring

A spokesperson for the Livermore Police Department has confirmed that Chief Steve Sweeney will be retiring this March.  Sweeney has been with the department since 1984.  He was promoted to the position of Chief in 2007.

Mayor John Marchand said the police department's history of excellence can be directly attributed to Sweeney's leadership.  Many say they feel privileged to have worked with a man who served the community with such high caliber.

Sweeny joined the force as a patrol officer but was quickly promoted to serve on the department's SWAT team.  He later became a detective, sergeant and lieutenant. Sweeny also served …

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Three robbed at ATMs

The San Diego Sheriff's Department is investigating three different robberies they believe were committed by the same individual between January 16 and January 21 in the neighborhoods of Santee and El Cajon.

Officials say an armed suspect approached a customer at a Mission Federal Credit Union ATM just before 11:00 p.m. January 16 and demanded the victim to withdraw the maximum amount of money possible, NBC reported. The suspect then grabbed the money from the victim before driving off.

Then, on January 21, a suspect approached a woman using the same ATM and put his hand into his waistband signaling that he was holding …

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    Authorities identify man who was recently stabbed to death.

Authorities identify man who was recently stabbed to death.

Police have identified the man who was recently found stabbed to death in a Santa Ana parking lot at the Hickory Plaza, according to the Orange County Register. The Santa Ana Police Department responded to calls of a man covered in blood, and found the victim later identified as 38-year-old Jaime Mejia Zaragoza.

The Register reported that Zaragoza died from several stab wounds to his upper body. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities believe Zaragoza, whom they determined as “on and off homeless,” frequented the plaza. Investigators also believe that there were other individuals with Zaragoza in the parking lot in the time leading up to the …

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San Diego County continues to adjust to prison realignment

The prison realignment program in California has helped state prisons reduce their inmate populations, but have increased the number of inmates packed inside local county facilities. The San Diego County jails have seen average daily inmate populations increase from 4,632 in 2011 to 5,073 in 2012, the San Diego Union Tribune reported. Much of the increase has been a result of realignment, which transfers nonviolent criminals from state facilities to county lockups and diverts others to early release and probation.

San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore has created a special unit in the last year that identifies county inmates that …

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    County considers funding jail project with sales tax revenue

County considers funding jail project with sales tax revenue

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is considering allocating revenue generated from an increased sales tax to the new jail project in Redwood City, the Palo Alto Daily News reported.

The sales tax in all of the county's cities will increase half a cent starting April 1, 2013, the source reported. In Half Moon Bay and Hillside, the sale tax will increase even more. The tax is expected to generate $60 million annually.

Using the money to finance a new jail is among a list of suggestions from County Manager John Maltbie, the Daily News reported. Other suggestions include paying …

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Inmate injured in Orange County jail

An inmate at the Theo Lacy Jail in Orange County was seriously injured in a recent attack inside the facility. The Orange County Register reported the inmate, a 28-year-old man, had a large cut across his throat after the attack in a medium-security module of the jail while inmates were eating dinner.

The injury was serious, but not life-threatening, Jim Amormino, spokesperson for the Orange County Sheriff's Department told the source. He was taken to Western Medical Center - Santa Ana.

Sheriff deputies have not been able to find the stabbing weapon used in the jail attack, the article stated. After …

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