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Alameda Deputy Back on Job After Alleged Drunken Crash, Assault on Homeowner
An Alameda County sheriff’s deputy is back on active duty after allegedly crashing his car into a Livermore home while driving drunk in May and punching the home’s owner – a retired Oakland police sergeant – in the face.
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Woman Petitions Supreme Court Over Alleged SFPD Handling of Rape Investigations
A sexual assault survivor announced Wednesday that she is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court over allegations that the San Francisco Police Department systematically failed to investigate rape, including her own assault in 2010.
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LAPD Internal Affairs Investigating Allegation That Officer Dismissed Nispey Hussle Murder Witness
The LAPD said it had opened an internal affairs investigation into whether an officer turned away a key witness, days after the murder of rapper and philanthropist Nipsey Hussle, when she tried to give police critical information about the case.
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Steel Border Wall Prototype Cut Through With Saw in Test
President Donald Trump has repeatedly advocated for a steel slat design for his border wall. But Department of Homeland Security testing of a steel slat prototype proved it could be cut through with a saw, according to a government report. A photo exclusively obtained by NBC News shows the results of the test after experts from the Marine Corps were...
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Trump Admin. Moved Millions in FEMA Funds to ICE Removal Operations
As Hurricane Florence threatened the U.S. East Coast with devastating storm surge and damaging winds, documents made public Tuesday showed that the Trump administration had recently moved nearly $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the agency tasked with detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants. The funds are detailed in a Transfer and Reprogramming Notifications report from the Department...
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Mountain View Police Did Not Check State's Gun Owners Database After Encountering YouTube Shooter
Mountain View police officers found Nasim Aghdam just hours before she shot three people at YouTube’s headquarters. But could they have done something to alert the company? All law enforcement officers have access to a database of registered gun owners in California. But the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit found Mountain View police didn’t use it. Liz Wagner reports in...
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SFPD Releases New Details on Officer-Involved Shooting That Killed 19-Year-Old
Ten officers fired 99 rounds at a 19-year-old who was hiding in the trunk of a Honda Civic, allegedly armed with a gun, fatally striking him about 25 times last week in San Francisco’s Mission District, police revealed Monday night at a town hall meeting.
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SFPD Releases Bodycam Video From Officer-Involved Shooting
San Francisco police on Monday released body camera footage of a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred last week in the city’s Mission District.
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Suspect Dies Following Officer-Involved Shooting in San Francisco's Mission District: Police
A suspect believed to be connected to an armed robbery died following an officer-involved shooting in San Francisco’s Mission District Tuesday night, according to police.
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Whittier School Shooting Plot Thwarted by Security Guard, Authorities Say
A security guard’s tip helped thwart a student’s plot for a mass shooting at a Southern California high school, according to authorities.
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SF Police Investigating Possible Kidnapping at Laundromat; Suspect in Custody
A suspect was in custody late Monday night after police in San Francisco responded to a report of a possible kidnapping at a laundromat in the city’s USF/Panhandle neighborhood, according to a department spokesperson.
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Woman Claims Santa Clara Deputy Broke Her Hand After Courthouse Confrontation
A woman who was videotaping inside a family courthouse in San Jose is claiming that a Santa Clara Deputy broke her hand during the confrontation.
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Two Arrests in Palo Alto Escape; Inmates Still on the Loose
The two inmates who pulled off a brazen escape from a courthouse in Palo Alto on Monday remained at large Tuesday, but two alleged co-conspirators were arrested, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.
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Two Inmates Pull Off Brazen, ‘Orchestrated' Escape From Court in Palo Alto: Sheriff's Office
Two inmates remain on the loose Monday after they managed to pull off a brazen escape attempt at a courthouse in Palo Alto, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department.
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Offensive Language, Swastikas Scrawled on School District Vehicle in Castro Valley
Authorities in Castro Valley opened a hate crime investigation after a school district truck was marred with racist graffiti and damaged, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday.
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Report of Gun at South Bay Hospital Prompts Temporary Lockdown, No Weapon Discovered
Suspicious activity at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose Sunday morning prompted a temporary lockdown, police said.
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Workers' Comp Fraud Costs the System Billions, But Some Doctors Say They're Being Unfairly Targeted
The estimated cost of fraud in California’s workers’ comp system is bigger than some countries’ budgets. With the help of insurance companies, law enforcement is stepping up its attack on cheaters. But a local doctor says after what happened to him, he’s convinced the effort to combat insurance fraud has gone too far. Liz Wagner reports on a story that...
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SF Sheriff's Deputy Has Gun Stolen From Home
A San Francisco sheriff’s deputy had his gun stolen from a lock box in his home in Visitacion Valley, according to the San Francisco Police Department.