Body cameras could be worn by Anaheim police, and nepotism gets attention in Garden Grove.
Tag: Anaheim Police
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Jury: Anaheim Officer Did Not Use Excessive Force in Shooting
The ruling comes in a lawsuit over the 2012 killing of Manuel Diaz by an Anaheim police officer. Diaz’s death and others led to riots downtown.
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Anaheim Police Tout Improvements in Community Relations
Police Chief Raul Quezada presented a report Tuesday night showing the efforts officers have made to build community ties since a riot, mostly by Latino youths, engulfed downtown last year.
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Protests Return to Anaheim, This Time Peacefully
One year after protests of back-to-back police shootings led to a downtown riot, activists staged peaceful demonstrations.
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Anaheim Neighbors Confront Police
Volatile crowds in the West Guinida Lane neighborhood are increasingly confronting police officers who enter the poor Latino community.
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Tensions With Police Simmering Again in Anaheim
The latest dust-up happened Saturday when the mother of a gang member, shot and killed by police last year, claimed she was harassed.
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Anaheim to Develop Proposal for Greater Oversight of Police
The debate about oversight of the police department has become so contentious that Police Chief John Welter publicly accused a blogger and former council candidate of spreading “bullshit lies.”
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Anaheim Mayor: Time Has Come for Civilian Reviews of Police
The Anaheim City Council is considering the formation of a citizens review commission that would examine allegations of police misconduct.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
History of Anaheim’s Thin Blue Line
There will be four independent reviews of a police shooting death that shattered trust between Latinos and the Anaheim Police Department. But penetrating the police “code of silence” could prove difficult.
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Can Anaheim Repair a Broken Trust With Latino Community?
After years of gains, recent police shootings have pushed the level of distrust between the police department and Latinos back to where it was a decade ago, when the department kept dossiers on Latino leaders.
