La Prensa San Diego

Frontera NorteSur     Tijuana’s city government has fired 15 police officers accused of forcing a female detainee to strip naked and dance while in custody. Alcides Beltrones, secretary-general of the municipal government, confirmed that the chief of the La Presa rural district was among the dismissed officers.     A scandal erupted earlier in the spring, [...]

    Gang-related homicides in the San Diego region appear to have dropped sharply over the last two years, according to an annual report recently released by the SANDAG Criminal Justice Research Division.     In addition, race/ethnicity, age, and gender continue to be predictors of victimization, with the risk of being a victim of a violent [...]

How the LAPD killing of a knife-wielding man once again proves unity between the department and the community will never exist Perspective By William Gallegos     Just the other night, I was changing the channel around when I saw an episode of the Spanish show “Alarma TV.” For those unfamiliar with this show, it is [...]

Commentary: By Raoul Lowery Contreras    San Diego and the nation experienced shock and surprise Friday afternoon April16th. Accused child rapist and murderer 31-year-old John Gardner III pleaded guilty to raping and murdering 17-year-old, Chelsea King, a few weeks ago and 14-year-old Amber Dubois over a year ago. Shock…!    There will be no trial. [...]

By Ryan Gabrielson California Watch Sobriety checkpoints in California are increasingly turning into profitable operations for local police departments that are far more likely to seize cars from unlicensed motorists than catch drunken drivers. An investigation by the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley with California Watch has found that impounds at checkpoints in 2009 [...]

Latino American Democratic Club members urge him to stop check points that are targeting the Hispanic community By America Barceló-Feldman – Amid criticism and bitter comments, Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher tried to explain his policy surrounding the controversial check points, to a skeptical crowd and where activists described his policies as anti-immigrant.  NORTH COUNTY [...]