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Sheriff Gore allowed a Wild West mentality and culture to flourish within the Sheriff’s Department.

Speakers include family members of people who had died in police shootings.

Print In a bid to foster trust and cultivate relationships, San Diego County deputies recently connected online with three dozen Spanish-speaking community members during an inaugural, five-week academy. The academy began in January and ended with a drive-by ceremony last month. It covered issues such as traffic stops, immigration, gangs, hate crimes and domestic violence during weekly, two-hour Zoom sessions. The sessions were held in Spanish. Some in the Spanish-speaking community — as de...

By Marielena Castellanos Mario A. Cortez | La Prensa San Diego Under a hot sun last Sunday, a group of protestors marched through the streets of Nestor calling for justice and accountability from the police. The march and a rally that followed were organized by the family of Raul Rivera, who suffered from mental illness and was fatally shot by police back in May of this year. A statement from the San Diego Police Department said he allegedly refused to drop a knife when confronted by police. Ri...