San Jose Police Misconduct in the News. Issues involving Police Misconduct, Brutality in San Jose, California, Corruption in the Santa Clara County Criminal Justice System, etc. - Featured in the News Media. Raj Jayedev, Cary-Andrew Crittenden, Phuong Ho,

San Jose Police Under Fire
Special Mercury News report examines San Jose cops' use of force and public drunkenness arrests.

Series: Tainted Trials, Stolen Justice
A Mercury News investigation into the Santa Clara County justice system uncovers problems.

	More than a dozen San Jose officers repeatedly used force in resisting arrest cases, probe finds 12/27/2009 - More than a dozen San Jose police officers repeatedly used force in taking people into custody on...ability to keep track of such incidents.
	Legislators call for state audit on San Jose police use of force Two South Bay assemblymen are calling for a state investigation of the San Jose Police Department's widespread use of force in resisting-arrest cases
	San Jose officials ask assemblymen to back off request to audit police. By Sean Webby ( Mercury News )
	Students protest suspected police brutality
	San Jose detective faces criminal probe over police work

SJPD - A Chief with Opaque Policies By Dr. Christopher Ehrentraut Sr. Email
Article about San Jose Police Chief: Robert Davis concerning public records disclosure policies at SJPD.
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Santa Clara County District Attorney SHOPS for Soviet Style Justice. By Dr. Christopher Ehrentraut Sr. Email
In an extremely rare rebuke of a sitting judge, Santa Clara County District Attorney Dolores Carr instructed her staff Friday to stop bringing all criminal cases before Superior Court Judge Andrea Bryan, who recently angered prosecutors by finding that a trial prosecutor committed numerous acts of misconduct, including giving false testimony. This is not unusual for a Santa Clara County DA. We have witnessed similar “tampering of evidence” from her predecessor, former DA George Kennedy. This is an assault against the criminal justice system, our citizens and our (US) Constitution.

Mercury News Story by Tracy Kaplan ( Email )
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Protesters Demand Justice for Police Beating and Vietnamese Immigrant: Phuong Ho

Article by Leticia Miranda

San Jose State University Student and Vietnamese Imigrant: Phuong Ho was Brutaly Beaten and Tazed by San Jose Police Officers in September, 2009

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San Jose use of Tasers faces new scrutiny after federal court ruling

Advocating for San Jose Police
Department Reform:

Rev. Cary-Andrew Crittenden

www.SanJoseCopwatch.org

Reverend Cary-Andrew Crittenden is a Silicon Valley Political Pro-Activist who operates several business and community websites including SanJoseCopwatch.org. Crittenden and other community leaders have been working extensively to reform the San Jose Police Department and have been strongly advocating for the creation of a Citizen's Advisory Board to guide and monitor revisions and reform within San Jose Police Department and to assist San Jose city officials in crafting effective and legitimate public safety policy.
Rev. Cary-Andrew Crittenden has led community efforts to advocate against police misconduct at Markham Plaza Apartments under the former property management of EHC Lifebuilders in 2006 & 2007, and more recently, at The Plant Shopping Center. ( Monterey Road / Curtner Avenue ) in San Jose in September and October of 2009. Both locations have had a bad reputation of being plagued by Police Misconduct.
Rev. Cary-Andrew Crittenden is one of several community leaders who have been calling for the resignation of San Jose Police Chief Robert Davis.

Hear Cary-Andrew Crittenden's Recent news interview on KPFA Radio 94.1 Berkeley regarding a new pilot project that the San Jose Police Department may soon be implementing that may require all San Jose Police Officers to wear Axon recording devices over their left ears to record their interactions with members of the public in an effort to deter Police Misconduct.

Rev. Cary-Andrew Crittenden Can be
contacted at 408-401-8940
Email: webmaster@San-Jose-California.us

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In an effort to deter Police Misconduct in San Jose, California. The san Jose Police Department may soon require all San Jose Police officers to wear head-mounted cameras intended to record SJPD interactions with the public.

A San Jose Police Officer wears a head-mounted recording device as part of a SJPD pilot program that may eventually mandate all San Jose Police Officers to wear these devices in an effort to deter Police Brutality in the San Jose Police Department.

Community members San Jose demonstrate outside San Jose City Hall with represtitives from several civil rights organizations for an end to police brutaility and the creation of a civilian review board / citizens advisory board to monitor SJPD reform

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San Jose police mount cameras on officers' heads
12/29/2009 - SAN JOSE, Calif.—Grainy cell phone images are often used against cops accused of using excessive violence. Now, officers are being armed with their own cameras.

Raj Jayadev - Silicon Valley De-Bug

Raj Jayadev is co-founder and coordinator of Silicon Valley De-Bug. A San Jose Based Magazine and community civil rights watch dog group has worked hard to bring about pro-active change to the San Jose Police Department and the Santa Clara County Criminal Justice System.

Silicon Valley De-Bug
701 Lenzen Avenue.
San Jose, California.
svdebug@newamericamedia.org

Silicon Valley De-Bug is one of the major forces behind organizing many of the civil rights demonstrations at San Jose City Hall and other locations. The De-Bug Community Center is located at 701 Lenzen Avenue at the corner of Stockton Avenue in San Jose.
De-Bug helps to shed the light on major issues that San Jose has had to face concerning officer involved shootings, racial profiling by San Jose Police Officers, and numerous other important issues. If you want to be more involved in bringing positive change to the San Jose Area or if you have issues pending with the courts / criminal justice system in Santa Clara County, you can contact De-Bug at 408-971-4965 or by email at: svdebug@newamericamedia.org

Community Members hold a demonstration outside San Jose City Hall speaking out against Police Misconduct in San Jose and the problem of San Jose Police Officers targeting Latino's and other minority groups.

Scenes from a Civil Rights Demonstration at San Jose City Hall. Protesters are demanding that members of the San Jose Police Department stop targeting Latino's and other minority groups, and calling for the creation of a citizen's advisory board to monitor and facilitate change within the San Jose Police Department.

Ramon Vasquez was Falsely Arrested for Murder by the San Jose Police Department.
		I’ve lost faith in the criminal justice system because it has let me down. It’s funny because every attorney I speak to ask the same thing, "Why did you talk to the police?" -- Ramon Vasquez

San Jose Police Misconduct
in the News.

Issues involving Police Misconduct, Brutality in San Jose, California, Corruption in the Santa Clara County Criminal Justice System, etc. - Featured in the News Media.

See also: Silicon Valley, San Leandro

Legislators call for state audit on San Jose police use of force
Two South Bay assemblymen are calling for a state investigation of the San Jose Police Department's widespread use of force in resisting-arrest cases

San Jose officials ask assemblymen to back off request to audit police. By Sean Webby ( Mercury News )

Students protest suspected police brutality

San Jose detective faces criminal probe over police work

Protesters Demand Justice for Police Beating and Vietnamese Immigrant: Phuong Ho

San Jose Police Misconduct in the News. Issues involving Police Misconduct, Brutality in San Jose, California, Corruption in the Santa Clara County Criminal Justice System, etc. - Featured in the News Media. See also: Silicon Valley, San Leandro

Legislators call for state audit on San Jose police use of force Two South Bay assemblymen are calling for a state investigation of the San Jose Police Department's widespread use of force in resisting-arrest cases

San Jose officials ask assemblymen to back off request to audit police. By Sean Webby ( Mercury News )

Students protest suspected police brutality

San Jose detective faces criminal probe over police work

Protesters Demand Justice for Police Beating and Vietnamese Immigrant: Phuong Ho

San Jose Police Misconduct
in the News.

Issues involving Police Misconduct, Brutality in San Jose, California, Corruption in the Santa Clara County Criminal Justice System, etc. - Featured in the News Media.

See also: Silicon Valley, San Leandro

Legislators call for state audit on San Jose police use of force
Two South Bay assemblymen are calling for a state investigation of the San Jose Police Department's widespread use of force in resisting-arrest cases