Panel Finds SFPD 'Code of Silence,' Outsized Influence of Police Union
A blue ribbon panel report looking into biases in policing in the San Francisco Police Department is out. It was prompted, in part, by a scandal that revealed police officers were exchanging racist text messages. The three judges who made up the panel took a harsh view of the police union, saying it obstructed the investigation. One judge said the union "set an ugly tone" in the department.
San Diego's Methamphetamine Problem Strains Criminal Justice System
San Diego was known as a methamphetamine capital in the 1980s -- and the problem hasn't gone away. In the second part of our series on meth in San Diego, we look at how serious abuse of the drug is straining the city's criminal justice system.
