The San Diego Police Department announced Tuesday that it will take action to crack down on parking violations. Click here for article.
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San Diego plans to rename a Clairemont park in honor of San Diego police Officer Austin Machitar, who died when a fleeing driver crashed into his patrol car in the neighborhood last year. Click here for article.
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council will receive a presentation at its meeting Monday on Mayor Todd Gloria's final proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026. Click here for article.
The San Diego Police Department will celebrate its 136th birthday Tuesday, with a new Changing of the Guard ceremony. The ceremony will take place from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at 1401 Broadway in front of SDPD headquarters, according to the department. Click here for article.
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony paid tribute Wednesday to local officers who lost their lives in the line of duty over the past year. Held at the county’s memorial site, the event drew families, fellow officers and friends to honor the fallen and support those they left behind. Click here for story.
City Council members and community leaders are criticizing proposals to help close San Diego’s gaping budget deficit by cutting police overtime by $13 million and eliminating five detective jobs. Click here for article.
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Police Department launched "My90," a new communication tool that sends automated text messages to the public about their service calls and that allows community feedback via survey, the department announced Thursday. click here for article.
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — On Wednesday, the community can pay tribute to fallen police officers at the San Diego Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony where three new officers will be added to the memorial wall. Click here for article.
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San Diego, California – San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria has proposed closing the San Diego Police Department’s Northwestern Division station in Carmel Valley as part of efforts to address the city’s projected $258 million budget deficit. Click here for article.
SAN DIEGO — What began as a harrowing rescue has blossomed into a touching friendship between a San Diego police sergeant and the family she helped save. Click here for article.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria has proposed closing the San Diego Police Department's Northwestern Division station in Carmel Valley as part of efforts to address the city's projected $258 million deficit. Click here for article.
Mayor Todd Gloria promised time and time again that he would protect the San Diego Police Department from budget cuts.
When San Diego Police Officer Mark Wright accepted a badge with a spoked wheel sprouting two Hermes-like wings struck through with an arrow Thursday, he became the only amputee motorcycle officer in the United States. Click here for article.
A San Diego police officer is making history. He’s the first amputee in the nation to become a motorcycle cop. NBC 7’s Joe Little shares his story. Click here for article.
The Peace Office Research Association of California, located in Sacramento, released new research highlighting the importance of women in law enforcement as agencies and organizations launch initiatives to support the recruitment and retention of female officers. click here for article.
The San Diego Police Department's Central Division on Saturday celebrated a quarter-century at its location on Imperial Avenue. Click here for article.
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Drivers in the city of San Diego will begin getting fined for violating the new statewide daylighting law starting March 1. The law makes it illegal to park within 20 feet of a crosswalk whether it’s marked or unmarked, red or not. Since Jan. 1, the San Diego Police Department says it has issued roughly 1,500 warnings, but in March violators will be fined $77 per ticket. Click here for article.
San Diego’s Police Chief Scott Wahl met Wednesday night with the Commission on Police Practices, sticking with his previous decision to keep much of the current pursuit policies intact. click here for article.
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San Diego Police Assistant Chief Shawn Takeuchi's alma mater, Palisades High, burns in devastating fires, transforming cherished memories into hope for rebuilding. Click here for article.
SAN DIEGO — Scott Wahl had one objective: to become San Diego police chief and lead the department where his father, Michael Wahl, had served as an officer for decades. Click here for article.
Gloria's administration is implementing an immediate hiring freeze and asking all city departments to stop all non-essential spending and begin looking for cuts. Click here for article.
Data obtained by CBS 8 shows guns are used less frequently than in prior years, with a rise in knives and other cutting instruments. Click here for article.
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego police officer who was severely injured in a deadly crash in August returned to duty Friday, according to a social media post. Click here for full story.
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As the holiday season approaches, local police will increase patrol officers looking to pull over drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Click here for article.
The FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division presented the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) with the 2024 Biometric Identification Award at the CJIS Advisory Policy Board meeting in Savannah, Georgia, on December 12. Click here for article.
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — For San Diego Police Sergeant Anthony Elliott, December 7 marks an emotional anniversary because it is one year since he was shot in the head while on duty. Click here for story.
San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl discusses how to defend against theft while shopping this holiday season as well as how to make your home less of a target. Click here for story.
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The Neighborhood Policing Division boasted 85 officers in its prime and is now climbing back to that level. Click here for article.
A Harbor Police officer was wounded and a suspected gunman dressed in tactical clothing was killed Wednesday morning in a shootout in Little Italy as officers searched for a man who fatally gunned down two people less than a mile away. Click here for article.
National Law Enforcement Foundation founder Jim McKay said that the Idaho center is part of an effort to reinvigorate policing after the profession was “villainized”Click here for article.
SAN DIEGO — Four people, including two San Diego Police officers, were hospitalized Saturday after a car crashed into a police vehicle with its lights and siren on when responding to a call. click here for article.
San Diego Police Department’s Northeastern Division successfully defended its “best chili” title during Rancho Bernardo’s third annual Chili Cook-Off. Click here for article.
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — City leaders are touting the progress of crime-solving technology across the city since its deployment in December 2023. Click here for article.
After a 26-year career with the San Diego Police Department, Beveridge opened a business that provided traffic accident reconstruction expertise in legal cases Click here for article
Rancho Santa Fe Foundation, a leading philanthropic force committed to transforming communities in San Diego, provided crucial support in the wake of the recent tragic death and injury of two San Diego police officers, according to a news release. click here for article.
San Diego police officers are getting a renovated storefront in Pacific Beach where in the future they can file reports and meet with residents, thanks to the Pacific Beach Town Council. Click here for article.
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A Lubbock couple is encouraging everyone to thank a first responder, after their son nearly lost his life in the line of duty. San Diego Police Officer Zachary Martinez is now home to begin his journey to healing, after being critically injured in a crash. Click here for story.
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A memorial service will be held in honor of the San Diego police officer who died in a deadly crash in Clairemont last month. Click here for full story.
A man who shot and wounded a San Diego police officer following a car chase in a stolen vehicle was sentenced Friday to 47 years to life in state prison. Click here for full story.
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Authorities reached out to the public Tuesday for help in identifying the suspect or suspects who fired a pellet gun at night spots in the Hillcrest area last spring, injuring one person in what is being investigated as hate crimes. Click here for article.
SAN DIEGO — The family of Zachary Martinez, the 27-year-old San Diego police officer who was severely injured in a deadly car crash is speaking out. Click here for story.
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — First responders lined overpasses along Interstate 805 Friday morning for a procession in honor of the San Diego police officer killed in a fiery crash in Clairemont as he heads to his final resting place. Click here for article.
Officer Zachary Martinez, 27, suffered burns, a broken back and multiple facial injuries when the patrol car he was riding in was broadsided by a teen driver on Aug. 26 Click here for article.
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego Police Department is encouraging residents who believe they may have been victims of illegal towing practices by S&S Towing over the last three years to come forward with their experience to aid investigators looking into the company. Click here for article.
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Bill Bevill, started at the Northeastern Division in 1997. He's been an extension for the department to lighten its caseload and bring justice to victims. Click here for article.
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department's Lifeguard Division and members of the San Diego Police Department's Northern Division Monday shared information regarding beach, boating and fireworks safety ahead of Independence Day. Click here for article.
New San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl says he is overhauling the police department to better address its needs, service provided and create a pipeline of future leaders. Click here for article.
The initial crime involved the suspect allegedly threatening a transient and driving a car into the other man's tent while the victim was inside it, officials said click here for story.
San Diego’s new police chief visited the NBC 7 studios on Wednesday morning, answering questions about what changes he wants to make to the department. Click here for story.
San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit, a 36-year veteran of law enforcement and a lifelong resident of the city, retires this week after over six years leading the department. Click here for story.
For the first time in more than a decade, the San Diego Police Department’s overall response times inched downward last fiscal year, but officers are still taking longer than the department’s benchmarks — sometimes hours — to get to many calls. Click here for article.
One key to being successful in life is learning from your mistakes and how to take advantage of second chances. That’s precisely what California voters can do as the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act looks set to qualify for the general election ballot. The initiative makes commonsense reforms that address the glaring problems created by Proposition 47, particularly for reversing the lack of accountability for repeat drug and theft offenders who now have little incentive to c...
On Saturday, the National Police Dog Foundation held its annual National Police K-9 Memorial Service in Washington D.C. The memorial honored fallen K-9 officers who died in the line of duty in 2023, including San Diego K-9 officer, Sir. Click here for article.
The San Diego City Council unanimously approved San Diego Police Department Assistant Chief Scott Wahl as its next police chief Monday. Click here for article.
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Lawmakers on Capitol Hill unveiled a bipartisan bill Thursday aimed at reducing police officer shortages nationwide. Click here for article.
A select group of San Diego law enforcement officers — including a police dog — were honored this week in Washington, D.C., for their extreme acts of courage and sacrifice in the line of duty. Click here for article.
click here for article. Coinciding with National Police Week, lawmakers announced their bill in front of the U.S. Capitol, emphasized its potential to reduce law enforcement staffing shortages by double federal grant dollars available to support hiring at local police departments
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Authorities shot and killed a man suspected of robbery and holding a victim hostage on Monday in the Morena neighborhood, according to law enforcement. Click here for article.
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