Crime in nearly every category decreased in East Palo Alto in 2014, largely due to recent police crackdowns on gang activity.
In East Palo Alto, crime drops in nearly every category Read More »
Palo Alto is training cops and hotel workers to better identify signs of human trafficking in preparation for Super Bowl 50, which is at Levi’s Stadium next February.
Palo Alto joins nearby cities in anti-trafficking push ahead of Super Bowl Read More »
Menlo Park police citations and vehicle impounds for driving with a suspended license nearly tripled from 2008 to 2014, and many impounded cars are never recovered by owners.
Driving with suspended license top crime in Menlo Park, many lose cars Read More »
More than 209,000 cybersecurity jobs in the U.S. are unfilled and postings are up 74 percent over the past five years, according to government data.
Demand to fill cybersecurity jobs booming Read More »
Since the last permanent police chief left, East Palo Alto has had four interim police chiefs, leaving the department in a state of flux. Things are now changing with new Chief Albert Pardini.
Especially during a moment when police departments nationwide are re-examining their connection to their citizens, Mountain View is an example of how social media can be harnessed to help police do so.
@MountainViewPD becoming a social media model for police outreach Read More »
A new community garden. Facebook’s second campus. The drop in violent crime points to a public safety shift that’s characterizing a vast transformation of Menlo Park’s historically most-dangerous neighborhood.
Shootings vanish as Menlo Park’s Belle Haven neighborhood transforms Read More »
Profiles of Silicon Valley communities in transition, from transformations in Menlo Park’s Belle Haven neighborhood to the unsheltered homeless in Santa Clara County to North Fair Oaks’ revitalization efforts.
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Since California’s Proposition 47 passage in November, prosecutors and public defenders across the region have been scrambling to identify prisoners eligible for release
Local courts scramble to downgrade offenses, release inmates under Prop 47 Read More »
Santa Clara County is training law enforcement, hospital and airport workers to combat human trafficking, which some activists say seems to spike during mega sporting events.
Santa Clara County tackling human trafficking ahead of Super Bowl Read More »
Though data encryption on smartphones might slow their investigations, police in Silicon Valley say it is unlikely to impede local level crime fighting long term.
Local Silicon Valley police unshaken by smartphone data encryption Read More »
Helping to keep juveniles out of actual court, the East Palo Alto Youth Court is a community-centered courtroom staffed by youth who are trained to serve as the attorneys, jurors, bailiffs and clerks.
