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Daily Report: Public Safety

Harris starts push for state crime database

August 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
California Attorney General Kamala Harris wants the state’s police departments to talk to each other. That is, she wants them to exchange crime data and information about parolees as part of a broad effort to create a statewide electronic network. Such a system would pump local police... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

In a twist, public defender fights (civil) gang injunctions

December 16, 2010, 12:05 AM
The Tulare County public defender has taken an unprecedented step in redefining gang injunction law – by representing alleged gang members fighting the restraining orders. A gang injunction is a civil case, which means the state is not mandated to provide lawyers to those under the... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Gang injunctions face federal test in OC, skepticism in Oakland

November 19, 2010, 12:05 AM
On fronts in Southern California and the Bay Area, the increasingly popular use of legal injunctions to isolate gang members faces a test for its survival. The ACLU is suing the Orange County district attorney’s office, accusing it of abuse of power and subversion of due process in a... + read more
Proposed Norteños "safe zone"
Daily Report: Public Safety

Oakland targeting Norteños gang with injunction

October 14, 2010, 12:05 AM
For the second time this year, Oakland is pursing an injunction to prevent gang members from operating in a part of the city designated a “safe zone.” City Attorney John Russo and Police Chief Anthony Batts announced the planned legal action yesterday. It targets 42 alleged members... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Street gang defrauds Medicare of wheelchairs, revealing big problems

September 16, 2010, 12:05 AM
The inspector general overseeing the Medicare program delivered jaw-dropping testimony to Congress yesterday, describing widespread fraud in the Medicare program meant to supply wheelchairs, artificial limbs and pacemakers to seniors. In prepared remarks during a hearing held by the House... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

State steps up efforts against Nuestra Familia

September 7, 2010, 12:05 AM
Authorities are planning to expand efforts to shut down the 45-year-old Nuestra Familia prison gang following a massive sweep in the Central Valley last week that netted dozens of alleged Nuestra Familia street operatives on drug trafficking charges. Measures targeting gang leaders... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Long-enduring gang, Nuestra Familia, target of new state raids

April 28, 2010, 12:05 AM
Over the years cops have learned the hard way not to underestimate the mettle of the Nuestra Familia. The 45-year-old Latino gang has survived major police takedowns by turning the criminal justice system on its head: The group’s headquarters is in a maximum-security California prison,... + read more
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Daily Report: Public Safety

16 years after failed attempt, Oakland again seeks gang injunction

March 29, 2010, 12:05 AM
Oakland City Attorney John Russo caused a stir last month when he filed a request for an injunction against the Northside Oakland street gang. Both the city attorney's office and the Oakland Police Department believe the measure, which would prevent alleged gang members from congregating... + read more
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