California Highway Patrol

CalMatters: CHP to Equip All 7,600 Officers with Body Cameras

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According to a CalMatters report, the CHP is still in the process of slowly rolling out body cameras to all of its officers.

Three years after CalMatters’ reporting revealed that only 3% of California Highway Patrol officers wore body cameras, one of the state’s largest police forces plans to equip all its officers with the technology by next year. In 2015, now-retired Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer pitched a $10 million plan to give all CHP officers body cameras. Lawmakers … Read more

Arrests Made in Jewelry Store Smash and Grab

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Sunnyvale DPS officers arrested five men allegedly connected to a smash and grab robbery at a local jewelry store on June 12.

Sunnyvale DPS investigators say they have arrested five people connected to a smash and grab at a Sunnyvale jewelry store. On June 12, officers received calls that approximately 20 people were using hammers to break the jewelry display cases at PNG Jewelers on E. El Camino Real, north of Wolfe Road. It happened just before … Read more