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California State University police chiefs Friday banned the use of the carotid restraint and pledged to implement policing recommendations offered by a 2015 federal task force on the CSU's 23 campuses, which include San Diego State and Cal State San Marcos. -
The Border Patrol received more than $800 million dollars for medicine, food, housing, and humanitarian aid last summer from Congress. But now the federal Government Accountability Office said some of the money didn’t go to those things. -
The KPBS Roundtable returns from hiatus to discuss the two major stories driving our coverage. A KPBS investigation looks into use of force by local police, residents of Southeast San Diego describe their interactions with law enforcement, and more places reopen in San Diego County as COVID-19 restrictions ease. -
Authorities say Bruno Suarez Soto, who was on an economic development commission, and David Romero accepted $35,000 in bribes from an FBI agent they thought represented investors who wanted to open a cannabis dispensary in town. Court documents say the men promised to expedite a permit and block rivals. -
The policies unanimously adopted by the group on Wednesday are the culmination of a project that began last June with the creation of a committee tasked with exploring the hot-button issue, according to the regional police leadership group. -
The request comes amid a major push for police reform and defunding across the nation in the wake of the in-custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day. -
Lawmakers are wondering why, amidst a global pandemic, the Border Patrol is getting involved with local law enforcement and under what authority. -
Leslie Furcron, 59, was hospitalized in an intensive-care unit in a medically induced coma after she was struck in the forehead with a projectile during a police protest last month. -
The majority of callers asked for the police to be defunded, with funds going toward marginalized and vulnerable communities instead. Speakers asked for the money to be used for homeless outreach, mental health services, racial equity commissions and rent-assistance programs, among myriad other ideas. -
KPBS Midday EditionChristy Lopez, a professor at Georgetown Law School and a co-director of the school’s Innovative Policing Program, says "defunding the police" doesn't mean zeroing out budgets. It means to reduce the demands placed on police and redirecting funding to mental health care, housing and other social programs.
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