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Hensley was found suitable for parole on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case went unsolved for 10 years until Noble’s family asked the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office to reopen it, said Wagstaffe, who has a framed photo of Noble in his office — a gift from her family, for obtaining a guilty verdict in 2002.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noble’s bludgeoned body was found in her car in East Palo Alto on March 5, 1989, more than a week after the 23-year-old was reported missing by her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suspicion fell strongly on Hensley, Noble’s 19-year-old co-worker and roommate. In his interview with East Palo Alto police, he kept changing his story about whether Noble had come home to their shared apartment on the night she went missing, Wagstaffe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But soon after, the investigation went cold, as a huge volume of other cases strained the “barebones staff” of East Palo Alto police, Wagstaffe said. 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With no forced entry and Hensley holding the only other key to the apartment, he became a prime suspect.[aside postID=news_12050640 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250801-BERKELEY-OSHA-DEATH-MD-05-KQED.jpg']“It was a thorough reexamination,” Wagstaffe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hensley, who had moved to Virginia but was originally from Los Altos Hills, was arrested on Dec. 20, 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors argued that Hensley made romantic overtures to Noble, which were rejected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He made an effort one night to get romantic with her, to get physical with her. She declined it and he beat her to death,” Wagstaffe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Wagstaffe, the jurors were most impressed by the testimony of Dana Margulies, Hensley’s ex-fiancée in Virginia. She told the court that Hensley choked her “almost to unconsciousness” when she broke up with him, several years after Noble’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her graphic testimony, plus circumstantial evidence, clinched a guilty verdict of first-degree murder and a sentence of 25 years to life. 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"content": "\u003cp>California lawmakers are \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB524\">advancing a new bill\u003c/a> that would require police officers to disclose when they use generative AI to write reports. The measure, which has passed the Senate and is awaiting a vote in the Assembly, is among the first in the country to address law enforcement’s use of AI to produce incident reports. KQED \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007520/how-artificial-intelligence-is-changing-the-reports-police-write\">first reported\u003c/a> on local departments adopting these tools last October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents of the bill say it’s critical to understand how police reports are created, given their key role in the criminal justice system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From the get, this police report is used to determine whether a criminal case will be started,” said Kate Chatfield, executive director of the California Public Defenders Association, which sponsored the bill. “Then a judge would be reviewing this police report, for example, to determine the circumstances of offense and to determine whether or not to hold somebody in jail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chatfield said she doesn’t know if AI-generated police reports have caused any miscarriages of justice — and that’s part of the concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t know what we don’t know,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-06-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12006138\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"The torso of a person dressed in a police uniform holds a hand over a body camera.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Palo Alto Police Officer Wendy Venegas’ Axon body camera in East Palo Alto on Sept. 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Police technology companies like Axon offer report-writing tools that process and summarize audio from body-worn camera footage, which have some safeguards to ensure officers review the AI-generated reports and sign off on them. But Chatfield said officers could also be using commercial products like ChatGPT, which lack such protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law, introduced by state Sen. Jesse Arreguín, D-7, covers all uses of generative AI for report writing. It would require a disclosure at the bottom of each page of an AI-generated police report, along with preservation of the original draft and an “audit trail” that identifies the bodycam footage or audio from which the report was generated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chatfield said it’s imperative that officers take full responsibility for their reports and review anything written by AI. Officers — not the technology — are the ones who must face cross-examination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody deserves the right to know how that police report was generated,” she said.[aside postID=news_12007520 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg']In its analysis of the bill, the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection raised concerns that third-party tech companies could access and profit from sensitive police materials, potentially compromising privacy. KQED’s reporting was also cited in the analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is potential for a race to the bottom, where sensitive body-worn camera data could be repurposed to train other technologies, including facial recognition systems or other surveillance tools,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee added language to ensure that AI vendors cannot sell or misuse any personal information contained in the bodycam footage or report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the bill include the California Police Chiefs Association and the Police Officers Research Association of California, a police union advocacy and lobbying group. Neither responded to KQED’s request for comment, but PORAC submitted a statement to the legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bill raises serious concerns about unintended consequences that would undermine officer integrity, impose significant administrative burdens, and introduce unnecessary legal vulnerabilities,” the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It said that the mandatory page disclosures “imply to the public, courts, or defense attorneys that such reports are inherently less reliable or credible” and that defense attorneys “might argue that AI introduced errors or biases, casting doubt on the officer’s account, regardless of the officer’s oversight or edits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED.jpg?ver=1727233046\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12006137\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a pink shirt stands in front of a man and woman dressed in police uniforms.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Palo Alto Police Officers Wendy Venegas (left) and Spencer Lawrence take a statement from a subject while responding to a call in East Palo Alto on Sept. 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the tools promise to save officers time so they can spend more of it on the street, PORAC said the disclosure mandates would undermine those potential benefits and increase administrative work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill is currently with the Assembly Appropriations Committee. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In its analysis of the bill, the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection raised concerns that third-party tech companies could access and profit from sensitive police materials, potentially compromising privacy. KQED’s reporting was also cited in the analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is potential for a race to the bottom, where sensitive body-worn camera data could be repurposed to train other technologies, including facial recognition systems or other surveillance tools,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee added language to ensure that AI vendors cannot sell or misuse any personal information contained in the bodycam footage or report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the bill include the California Police Chiefs Association and the Police Officers Research Association of California, a police union advocacy and lobbying group. Neither responded to KQED’s request for comment, but PORAC submitted a statement to the legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bill raises serious concerns about unintended consequences that would undermine officer integrity, impose significant administrative burdens, and introduce unnecessary legal vulnerabilities,” the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It said that the mandatory page disclosures “imply to the public, courts, or defense attorneys that such reports are inherently less reliable or credible” and that defense attorneys “might argue that AI introduced errors or biases, casting doubt on the officer’s account, regardless of the officer’s oversight or edits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED.jpg?ver=1727233046\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12006137\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a pink shirt stands in front of a man and woman dressed in police uniforms.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240923-AI-IN-POLICING-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Palo Alto Police Officers Wendy Venegas (left) and Spencer Lawrence take a statement from a subject while responding to a call in East Palo Alto on Sept. 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the tools promise to save officers time so they can spend more of it on the street, PORAC said the disclosure mandates would undermine those potential benefits and increase administrative work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill is currently with the Assembly Appropriations Committee. If approved there, it will go to a floor vote later this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law is narrow by design, Chatfield said. It doesn’t prohibit the use of AI or dictate which programs can be used.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All we’re saying is you have to be transparent about it,” she said. “That’s it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 10:20 a.m. Monday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, for the first time, you can look up serious use of force and police misconduct incidents in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED, along with journalism and police accountability advocates, is publishing a database that houses thousands of once-confidential records gathered from the state’s nearly 700 law enforcement and oversight agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#Howtousethepolicerecordsdatabaseyourself\">How to use the police records database yourself\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The free \u003ca href=\"http://policerecords.kqed.org/\">database\u003c/a>, which has been in the works for seven years and contains files for almost 12,000 cases, promises to give anyone — including attorneys, victims of police violence, journalists and law enforcement hiring officials — insight into police shootings and officers’ past behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cephus Johnson, whose nephew Oscar Grant was fatally shot in the back by a BART police officer in Oakland in the early morning hours of Jan. 1, 2009, knows firsthand just how important this database will be to other families who’ve lost people to police violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ For impacted families, the first question is: ‘What happened?’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They can now find details of what happened to their loved ones and how the police investigated it — or what they overlooked — without having to deal with the often frustrating process of trying to obtain the records themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting those answers, Johnson said, “is the beginning of part of the healing process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Click \u003ca href=\"https://policerecords.kqed.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a> to search the database.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1002px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050667 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1002\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/image-7.png 1002w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/image-7-160x65.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of the Police Records Access Project database.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Shedding light on secret records\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For decades, misconduct and use-of-force records for California law enforcement officers were among the most difficult to obtain. That began to change in 2018 with the passage of \u003ca href=\"https://projects.scpr.org/california-reporting-project/\">Senate Bill 1421, the “Right to Know” Act\u003c/a>, which came about with the help of Johnson and other police accountability advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law unsealed records for incidents in which officers fired a gun or used force resulting in serious injury or death, and for officers who were found to have been dishonest or committed sexual assault. In 2021, the passage of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB16\">another bill\u003c/a> expanded the law to include cases of officer discrimination, excessive force and wrongful arrests or searches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11854857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Oscar-Grant-Mural.jpg\" alt=\"Oscar Grant mural\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1394\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Oscar-Grant-Mural.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Oscar-Grant-Mural-800x581.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Oscar-Grant-Mural-1020x741.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Oscar-Grant-Mural-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Oscar-Grant-Mural-1536x1115.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural of Oscar Grant outside BART’s Fruitvale Station, where a now-former BART police officer fatally shot Grant as he lay face-down on the platform on Jan. 1, 2009. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the new laws were just the beginning of the fight to pry open the black box of police accountability — which continues today. Agencies often slow-walk or refuse to provide records, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-police-records-california-20190630-story.html\">and have even destroyed them\u003c/a>. KQED and other outlets have sued multiple agencies, including the state attorney general, in order to force compliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faced with these obstacles — and the difficulty of navigating California’s disparate law enforcement agencies, including 58 sheriff’s departments, hundreds of police departments, transit authorities and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation — KQED co-founded \u003ca href=\"https://projects.scpr.org/california-reporting-project/\">The California Reporting Project,\u003c/a> a collaborative of more than 30 news outlets which is now led by \u003ca href=\"https://cjlab.stanford.edu/projects/big-local-news/\">Big Local News\u003c/a> at Stanford University, the \u003ca href=\"https://journalism.berkeley.edu/programs/mj/investigative-reporting/\">UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://bids.berkeley.edu/\">Berkeley Institute of Data Science\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We knew from the start that this information needed to be available to the public,” KQED Editor-in-Chief Ethan Toven-Lindsey said. “Police misconduct records shouldn’t be locked away in filing cabinets where only a few people can see them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11639714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11639714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R) Cleopatra Pendleton-Cowley, mother of Hadiya Pendleton; Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant; and Lezley McSpadden, mother of Mike Brown stand on stage prior to delivering remarks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Johnson says she talks regularly with other mothers who have lost loved ones to police violence.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Cleopatra Pendleton-Cowley, mother of Hadiya Pendleton; Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant; and Lezley McSpadden, mother of Mike Brown, stand on stage prior to delivering remarks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Johnson said she talks regularly with other mothers who have lost loved ones to police violence. \u003ccite>(Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eventually, The California Reporting Project joined forces with the Police Records Access Project, a transparency coalition which includes the ACLU, the Innocence Project, Stanford and UC Berkeley. In 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom allocated \u003ca href=\"https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/state-funds-development-first-its-kind-police-misconduct-database#:~:text=The%20funding%20will%20%E2%80%9Ctransform%20that%20effort%20and,launched%20by%20a%20consortium%20that%20includes%20BIDS\">$6.7 million\u003c/a> for the effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jumana Musa, director of the Fourth Amendment Center at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), said her organization joined the collaborative because justice requires transparency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This information gets hidden, it gets buried, it is not accessible,” she said. While Musa will use the database to help defend her clients, she said there’s an even more acute need for law enforcement agencies get familiar with the tool: “to ensure that you’re not gonna hire people and give them a weapon and give them a badge when that person has been known to be problematic [or] dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Police Chiefs Association did not respond to KQED’s request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Howtousethepolicerecordsdatabaseyourself\">\u003c/a>How can I use the database?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The nearly 12,000 cases make up about 1.5 million pages at the time of publication — but there are several ways to search and use the database.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three categories divide the cases: use of force, shootings and misconduct. There is a range of document types, from investigative reports to interview transcripts and incident summaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no cost for using the tool, and you won’t be asked to provide any information to search these records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987039\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator outside Oakland police headquarters on May 29 2020, carries a sign with the words, “I can’t breathe” spoken by George Floyd, the man murdered on May 25, 2020, by police in Minneapolis. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lisa Pickoff-White, co-founder and research director of The California Reporting Project, said it’s helpful to take some time to understand the kinds of cases and records in the database before drawing any conclusions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can do keyword searches, filter your search by date or the agency that provided the records — for example, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office, vs. the San Francisco Police Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pickoff-White suggests starting simply. “Search for things like ‘taser’ or ‘canine.’ Or search for an officer’s name. Then review the records to see if you’ve found cases where they used force or violated policy.” But remember: just because an officer’s name is in the database, it doesn’t necessarily mean they were involved in misconduct or use of force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://policerecords.kqed.org/about\">“About”\u003c/a> page explains the type of records, methodology and the limitations of the database. If you find information in the database that you don’t think should be public, you can also submit a request to remove it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind this database is a living thing and is far from complete — the people maintaining it are adding new records as they receive them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who is this database for?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victims of police violence and their families\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The records in the database, Cephus Johnson said, can give families like his who have experienced police violence a clearer picture of what took place, and help them “determine how they will get justice for their loved one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Johnson advises families to use the tool with a great deal of care because sometimes the records can contain examples of callous police behavior, negligence or descriptions of graphic injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050677\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050677 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1110.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1110-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1110-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1110-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1110-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The records in the database can give families who have experienced police violence a clearer picture of what took place, and help them determine how to get justice for their loved one. \u003ccite>(Illustration by Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“On top of the mourning, you’re angry, you got many emotions that you gotta really deal with,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson suggests that certain family members — say, the grieving mother of someone killed by police — might be better served if a relative or friend reviews the records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s got to be some caretaking,” he said, “because we know sometimes you’re gonna hear things that you just can’t believe these officers would do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Researchers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This kind of data is necessary for even basic forms of independent oversight,” said Tarak Shah, a data scientist who helped manage the Police Records Access Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shah said he’s excited about the database’s potential to contribute to criminal justice research. He’s spoken to researchers interested in how police killings get classified by independent medical examiners vs. coroners, who are under the purview of the local sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050676 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1111-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1111-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1111-2000x1125.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1111-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1111-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1111-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">According to data scientist Tarak Shah, who helped manage the Police Records Access Project, the database would not be possible without the latest advancements in AI and large language models, which were used to help categorize and sort the records, and identify and redact sensitive information. \u003ccite>(Illustration by Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As a researcher, you might have questions about whether it’s possible to do unbiased investigations in those scenarios,” he said. Those cause-of-death determinations can mean the difference between a criminal investigation of a law enforcement officer and a death essentially going unexamined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other research areas could include the intersection of mental health and law enforcement, the role drug and alcohol impairment can play in some police encounters and a better understanding of what consequences officers face for misconduct — ranging from casual misogyny and racism to excessive force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shah said the depth and complexity of the investigative files have been both the “strength and the main challenge of this project.” The database contains incredibly granular information about officer behaviors and key incidents, but the records are not neatly organized into structured data like you might see in a spreadsheet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the database would not be possible without the latest advancements in AI and large language models, which they used to help categorize and sort the records, and to identify and redact sensitive information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lawyers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police officers’ credibility is fundamental to the criminal justice system; when officers take the stand, their word often determines the outcome of a case. Attorneys can now look up officers who’ve been dishonest or biased — key information for juries assessing the truth of their testimony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To me, the primary use is to impeach officers on the stand or to be able to properly defend the client, with full knowledge of who it [is] they’re dealing with,” said Musa, the attorney with NACDL.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050710 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1116.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1116-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1116-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1116-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1116-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">With the Police Records Access Project database, attorneys can now look up officers who’ve been dishonest or biased. \u003ccite>(Illustration by Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2019, in one of the first cases unsealed by the new transparency law, KQED uncovered the story of a Rio Vista police officer who had lied on official documents. As a result, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11730477/impact-da-dismisses-charges-against-woman-mauled-by-rio-vista-police-dog\">the Solano County District Attorney dropped criminal charges\u003c/a> against a woman who a police dog had mauled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Civil rights attorneys who often look for evidence of patterns and practices within departments to substantiate their clients’ claims could also find useful information in the database.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Journalists\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The one thing that moves the needle when it comes to getting accountability in the criminal legal system is investigative journalism,” said Barry Scheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project. “If you can expose people that are systematically breaking the law or not playing by the rules or harming people they should be protecting — when you get those stories, that’s when things change.”[aside postID=news_12017652,news_11880600,news_11828774 label= Highlights from KQED's police records reporting]Since 2019, KQED has also published more than 100 stories and two seasons of the award-winning podcast \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/onourwatch\">On Our Watch\u003c/a> using records that are now a part of the database.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the state, members of the collaborative:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Succeeded in forcing the city of Richmond to release\u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/19/one-bay-area-city-73-police-dog-bites-and-the-law-that-made-them-public/\"> records revealing 73 police dog bites\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-19/sb-1421-sheriffs-department-disclosure\">Identified 70 Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies\u003c/a> with a range of previously undisclosed transgressions on their records\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-19/sb-1421-sheriffs-department-disclosure\">Unveiled records\u003c/a> that showed how a Sutter County sheriff’s deputy used his position to coerce women into having sex with him on duty.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Taken together, press coverage has helped move the needle on police reform in California. In 2020, state lawmakers passed a law requiring the state attorney general to investigate \u003cem>all \u003c/em>police shootings in which the subject was not armed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, they passed a police decertification law, putting in place a mechanism to strip officers who’ve committed egregious misconduct of their badges. This year, the Legislature is considering a number of additional \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB847&search_keywords=misconduct\">transparency\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB847&showamends=false\">oversight\u003c/a> measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Have you found this database useful?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We want to hear who you are, how you’re using this database and why. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cephus Johnson, whose nephew Oscar Grant was fatally shot in the back by a BART police officer in Oakland in the early morning hours of Jan. 1, 2009, knows firsthand just how important this database will be to other families who’ve lost people to police violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ For impacted families, the first question is: ‘What happened?’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They can now find details of what happened to their loved ones and how the police investigated it — or what they overlooked — without having to deal with the often frustrating process of trying to obtain the records themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting those answers, Johnson said, “is the beginning of part of the healing process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Click \u003ca href=\"https://policerecords.kqed.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a> to search the database.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1002px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050667 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1002\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/image-7.png 1002w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/image-7-160x65.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of the Police Records Access Project database.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Shedding light on secret records\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For decades, misconduct and use-of-force records for California law enforcement officers were among the most difficult to obtain. That began to change in 2018 with the passage of \u003ca href=\"https://projects.scpr.org/california-reporting-project/\">Senate Bill 1421, the “Right to Know” Act\u003c/a>, which came about with the help of Johnson and other police accountability advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law unsealed records for incidents in which officers fired a gun or used force resulting in serious injury or death, and for officers who were found to have been dishonest or committed sexual assault. In 2021, the passage of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB16\">another bill\u003c/a> expanded the law to include cases of officer discrimination, excessive force and wrongful arrests or searches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11854857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Oscar-Grant-Mural.jpg\" alt=\"Oscar Grant mural\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1394\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Oscar-Grant-Mural.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Oscar-Grant-Mural-800x581.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Oscar-Grant-Mural-1020x741.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Oscar-Grant-Mural-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Oscar-Grant-Mural-1536x1115.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural of Oscar Grant outside BART’s Fruitvale Station, where a now-former BART police officer fatally shot Grant as he lay face-down on the platform on Jan. 1, 2009. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the new laws were just the beginning of the fight to pry open the black box of police accountability — which continues today. Agencies often slow-walk or refuse to provide records, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-police-records-california-20190630-story.html\">and have even destroyed them\u003c/a>. KQED and other outlets have sued multiple agencies, including the state attorney general, in order to force compliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faced with these obstacles — and the difficulty of navigating California’s disparate law enforcement agencies, including 58 sheriff’s departments, hundreds of police departments, transit authorities and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation — KQED co-founded \u003ca href=\"https://projects.scpr.org/california-reporting-project/\">The California Reporting Project,\u003c/a> a collaborative of more than 30 news outlets which is now led by \u003ca href=\"https://cjlab.stanford.edu/projects/big-local-news/\">Big Local News\u003c/a> at Stanford University, the \u003ca href=\"https://journalism.berkeley.edu/programs/mj/investigative-reporting/\">UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://bids.berkeley.edu/\">Berkeley Institute of Data Science\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We knew from the start that this information needed to be available to the public,” KQED Editor-in-Chief Ethan Toven-Lindsey said. “Police misconduct records shouldn’t be locked away in filing cabinets where only a few people can see them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11639714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11639714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R) Cleopatra Pendleton-Cowley, mother of Hadiya Pendleton; Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant; and Lezley McSpadden, mother of Mike Brown stand on stage prior to delivering remarks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Johnson says she talks regularly with other mothers who have lost loved ones to police violence.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28734_GettyImages-583550860-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Cleopatra Pendleton-Cowley, mother of Hadiya Pendleton; Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant; and Lezley McSpadden, mother of Mike Brown, stand on stage prior to delivering remarks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Johnson said she talks regularly with other mothers who have lost loved ones to police violence. \u003ccite>(Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eventually, The California Reporting Project joined forces with the Police Records Access Project, a transparency coalition which includes the ACLU, the Innocence Project, Stanford and UC Berkeley. In 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom allocated \u003ca href=\"https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/state-funds-development-first-its-kind-police-misconduct-database#:~:text=The%20funding%20will%20%E2%80%9Ctransform%20that%20effort%20and,launched%20by%20a%20consortium%20that%20includes%20BIDS\">$6.7 million\u003c/a> for the effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jumana Musa, director of the Fourth Amendment Center at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), said her organization joined the collaborative because justice requires transparency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This information gets hidden, it gets buried, it is not accessible,” she said. While Musa will use the database to help defend her clients, she said there’s an even more acute need for law enforcement agencies get familiar with the tool: “to ensure that you’re not gonna hire people and give them a weapon and give them a badge when that person has been known to be problematic [or] dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Police Chiefs Association did not respond to KQED’s request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Howtousethepolicerecordsdatabaseyourself\">\u003c/a>How can I use the database?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The nearly 12,000 cases make up about 1.5 million pages at the time of publication — but there are several ways to search and use the database.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three categories divide the cases: use of force, shootings and misconduct. There is a range of document types, from investigative reports to interview transcripts and incident summaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no cost for using the tool, and you won’t be asked to provide any information to search these records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987039\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator outside Oakland police headquarters on May 29 2020, carries a sign with the words, “I can’t breathe” spoken by George Floyd, the man murdered on May 25, 2020, by police in Minneapolis. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lisa Pickoff-White, co-founder and research director of The California Reporting Project, said it’s helpful to take some time to understand the kinds of cases and records in the database before drawing any conclusions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can do keyword searches, filter your search by date or the agency that provided the records — for example, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office, vs. the San Francisco Police Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pickoff-White suggests starting simply. “Search for things like ‘taser’ or ‘canine.’ Or search for an officer’s name. Then review the records to see if you’ve found cases where they used force or violated policy.” But remember: just because an officer’s name is in the database, it doesn’t necessarily mean they were involved in misconduct or use of force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://policerecords.kqed.org/about\">“About”\u003c/a> page explains the type of records, methodology and the limitations of the database. If you find information in the database that you don’t think should be public, you can also submit a request to remove it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind this database is a living thing and is far from complete — the people maintaining it are adding new records as they receive them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who is this database for?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victims of police violence and their families\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The records in the database, Cephus Johnson said, can give families like his who have experienced police violence a clearer picture of what took place, and help them “determine how they will get justice for their loved one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Johnson advises families to use the tool with a great deal of care because sometimes the records can contain examples of callous police behavior, negligence or descriptions of graphic injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050677\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050677 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1110.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1110-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1110-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1110-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1110-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The records in the database can give families who have experienced police violence a clearer picture of what took place, and help them determine how to get justice for their loved one. \u003ccite>(Illustration by Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“On top of the mourning, you’re angry, you got many emotions that you gotta really deal with,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson suggests that certain family members — say, the grieving mother of someone killed by police — might be better served if a relative or friend reviews the records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s got to be some caretaking,” he said, “because we know sometimes you’re gonna hear things that you just can’t believe these officers would do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Researchers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This kind of data is necessary for even basic forms of independent oversight,” said Tarak Shah, a data scientist who helped manage the Police Records Access Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shah said he’s excited about the database’s potential to contribute to criminal justice research. He’s spoken to researchers interested in how police killings get classified by independent medical examiners vs. coroners, who are under the purview of the local sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050676 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1111-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1111-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1111-2000x1125.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1111-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1111-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1111-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">According to data scientist Tarak Shah, who helped manage the Police Records Access Project, the database would not be possible without the latest advancements in AI and large language models, which were used to help categorize and sort the records, and identify and redact sensitive information. \u003ccite>(Illustration by Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As a researcher, you might have questions about whether it’s possible to do unbiased investigations in those scenarios,” he said. Those cause-of-death determinations can mean the difference between a criminal investigation of a law enforcement officer and a death essentially going unexamined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other research areas could include the intersection of mental health and law enforcement, the role drug and alcohol impairment can play in some police encounters and a better understanding of what consequences officers face for misconduct — ranging from casual misogyny and racism to excessive force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shah said the depth and complexity of the investigative files have been both the “strength and the main challenge of this project.” The database contains incredibly granular information about officer behaviors and key incidents, but the records are not neatly organized into structured data like you might see in a spreadsheet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the database would not be possible without the latest advancements in AI and large language models, which they used to help categorize and sort the records, and to identify and redact sensitive information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lawyers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police officers’ credibility is fundamental to the criminal justice system; when officers take the stand, their word often determines the outcome of a case. Attorneys can now look up officers who’ve been dishonest or biased — key information for juries assessing the truth of their testimony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To me, the primary use is to impeach officers on the stand or to be able to properly defend the client, with full knowledge of who it [is] they’re dealing with,” said Musa, the attorney with NACDL.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050710 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1116.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1116-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1116-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1116-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1116-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">With the Police Records Access Project database, attorneys can now look up officers who’ve been dishonest or biased. \u003ccite>(Illustration by Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2019, in one of the first cases unsealed by the new transparency law, KQED uncovered the story of a Rio Vista police officer who had lied on official documents. As a result, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11730477/impact-da-dismisses-charges-against-woman-mauled-by-rio-vista-police-dog\">the Solano County District Attorney dropped criminal charges\u003c/a> against a woman who a police dog had mauled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Civil rights attorneys who often look for evidence of patterns and practices within departments to substantiate their clients’ claims could also find useful information in the database.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Journalists\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The one thing that moves the needle when it comes to getting accountability in the criminal legal system is investigative journalism,” said Barry Scheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project. “If you can expose people that are systematically breaking the law or not playing by the rules or harming people they should be protecting — when you get those stories, that’s when things change.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As a relatively new United States citizen, getting a jury duty notice — that small piece of paper politely informing me that I need to be ready to show up at the courthouse in a few weeks’ time — still comes with a sense of mystery. And perhaps even a bit of drama: American movies can make it seem like a trial will be Tom Cruise \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/18/1245567231/what-makes-a-good-courtroom-drama\">dishing one bombshell revelation after the other\u003c/a>, after all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I know not everyone feels the same way. Serving on a jury when called may be required by law of all U.S. citizens, but for many, it also means figuring out childcare, requesting time off from work when money is already tight, or pushing back a family trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whether we admit it or not, we all have gotten that note in the mail and the first thing that runs through your mind before you look at it is, ‘Oh God, I’m getting called \u003cem>again\u003c/em>,\u003cem>’\u003c/em>” said Bob Fleshman, court executive officer for the Napa County Superior Court. “But the bottom line is that jury service is a fundamental aspect of our justice system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jury service is also actually older than the United States itself. By the time of American Independence, most of the Thirteen Colonies had already \u003ca href=\"https://www.mass.gov/info-details/learn-about-the-history-of-the-jury-system\">developed their own versions of the English model\u003c/a> of deciding cases by a jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The framers of the Constitution included the right to a jury trial \u003ca href=\"https://www.mow.uscourts.gov/jury/history_of_jury_duty\">as a way to protect individuals\u003c/a> who could be unfairly accused and imprisoned by a biased or corrupt judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we don’t have jurors in our jury system, our legal system would be severely compromised and probably just stop altogether,” said Judy Walker, jury operations manager for the Solano County Superior Court. “If we want this to work for us, then we need to work it for others.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999875\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Courthouse1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Courthouse1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Courthouse1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Courthouse1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Courthouse1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Courthouse1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Courthouse1-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Courthouse in San Francisco, on March 6, 2018. \u003ccite>(Lauren Hanussak/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, Walker acknowledged that the legal system can seem very complicated for first-time jurors. “There’s a lot of things that happen behind the scenes that not everyone is privy to,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for everything you need to know about getting your first jury duty summons (or even if it’s just been a while).\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#exemption-from-jury-duty-reschedule\">Who’s exempt from jury duty?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Why did I get this jury duty notice?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>How does your county’s court know where to find you? The answer: Three different agencies provide courthouses with the name and address of potential jurors:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The DMV: If you have a driver’s licence or state ID\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Franchise Tax Board: If you’ve filed state taxes in California\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your county’s voter registration office: Voter registration rolls are also used for jury duty selection.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>All the names from these different agencies are mixed, and courts then pick names randomly. Sometimes, however, this random selection can lead to unintentional mistakes: someone who is not yet a U.S. citizen could receive a summons, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, “courts don’t know if you have a medical issue. Courts don’t know if you’re taking care of an ailing parent. Courts don’t know if you’ve moved to a different county,” Napa County’s Fleshman said. “There’s a lag time in updating stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"exemption-from-jury-duty-reschedule\">\u003c/a>Who’s exempt from jury duty?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Getting in touch with the court as soon as you get the summons is critical, Fleshman said. “Don’t wait till the day of where you’re going to go in and ask to be deferred because then you’re just putting yourself at a disadvantage,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When can a person be exempted from jury duty? Courts can be pretty understanding of many personal commitments like pre-planned travel or medical procedures, Fleshman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050432 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Gavel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1379\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Gavel.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Gavel-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Gavel-1536x1059.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you request an exemption, you will need to explain your hardship with a written statement and be prepared to provide documentation or other evidence proving your situation. \u003ccite>(Andrey Popov/iStock via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you call the number that is printed on your summons, the court won’t necessarily excuse you from jury duty, but it may give you a different date to come in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you think that you won’t be able to make \u003cem>any \u003c/em>date at all for jury duty, you are still required by law to show up to court if you are called. On your first day in court, you will go through an orientation. “Potential jurors can request a ‘hardship’ at that time,” Solano County’s Walker said. “They can put their issue on why they cannot serve as a juror on this particular case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What other reasons could get a person excused from jury duty?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While there’s \u003ca href=\"http://reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/119gnd2/how_do_i_get_out_of_jury_duty_santa_clara_county/\">plenty of chatter online\u003c/a> on what can excuse you from jury duty — not all of it accurate or reliable — the \u003ca href=\"https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_1008\">California Rules of Court\u003c/a> are very specific on what situations \u003cem>actually \u003c/em>count as a hardship:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>There are no transportation options available that can get you from your house to the court\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You have to travel for more than 90 minutes to get from your house to the court\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Being on a jury will cause you an “extreme financial burden” (when requesting this exemption, you will need to provide information on your source of income, and the court will then make a decisión based on the potential length of the trial and your ability to financially support yourself)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Property belonging to you could be harmed or destroyed while you serve as a juror\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You have a physical or mental disability that could affect your well-being while serving as a juror\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You are needed immediately to help protect public health and safety and there’s no one else available to replace you while you serve as a juror (remember, technically, state law only specifies police officers, sheriff’s deputies and California Highway Patrol agents \u003ca href=\"https://spsf.senate.ca.gov/sites/spsf.senate.ca.gov/files/ab_310_analysis.pdf\">as the professions exempt from jury duty\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You care for a child or loved one who is sick, elderly or infirm, and there’s no one else available to help care for that person while you serve as a juror.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind that if you request an exemption, you will need to explain your hardship with a written statement — and you should be prepared to provide documentation or other evidence proving your situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember: asking for an exemption doesn’t necessarily guarantee that you will get one. But straight-up ignoring a summons — for whatever reason — could have \u003ca href=\"https://courts.ca.gov/courts/jury-service\">serious legal consequences\u003c/a>, including a fine of up to $1,500, jail time, or both.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If I get a summons, does that definitely mean I’ll be serving on a jury trial?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not necessarily. When you get a jury summons, the court doesn’t actually know yet which case you’ll sit in on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Solano County, for example, the court will start sending out summons six weeks prior to a court date, Walker said. “We have X amount of trials on that date, so we know we’re going to need X amount of potential jurors. That’s kind of how we determine how many summons go out each time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038231\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12038231 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250303-AntiochPolice-13-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250303-AntiochPolice-13-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250303-AntiochPolice-13-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250303-AntiochPolice-13-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250303-AntiochPolice-13-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250303-AntiochPolice-13-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250303-AntiochPolice-13-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The A. F. Bray Courthouse Contra Costa Superior Court in Martinez on March 3, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But not all cases end up \u003cem>going \u003c/em>to trial. In some instances, both sides in the case may reach a settlement or the defendant may take a plea deal. This could even happen the same morning you’re coming in to report for jury duty, so the court now has fewer cases to process than it initially expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we don’t have any other cases going out that day, then we will excuse the jurors,” Walker said. “Even though the trial didn’t move forward, their service is now complete for at least a year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some counties, like San Francisco, ask jurors to visit \u003ca href=\"https://sf.courts.ca.gov/divisions/jury-reporting-instructions\">the court’s website\u003c/a> each evening during their week of summons to check if they need to show up to court the following day. Others, like Solano, \u003ca href=\"https://solano.courts.ca.gov/divisions/jury-services/reporting-instructions\">have a phone number\u003c/a> you can call the day before to confirm whether you need to show up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the court ends up not needing you that week on a jury, you may not need to show up to the courthouse at all, and can proceed with your regular routine — but you should still confirm that for each day of your summons.[aside postID=news_12048495 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250624-ParkFile-30-BL_qed.jpg']And if you \u003cem>are\u003c/em> called in but find yourself waiting in a room with other potential jurors for hours, rest assured, it’s not that the court wants to waste your time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rather, judges and lawyers could still be working out plea deals or settlements that would impact the need for jurors that day. “Maybe the case was resolved, or postponed because they needed more time,” Fleshman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the case you’re assigned does move forward to trial, there’s one more step before you know for sure if you’ll be on the jury: \u003cem>voir dire\u003c/em>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscourts.gov/court-programs/jury-service/juror-selection-process\">juror selection process\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here, you and other jurors will meet lawyers for both sides to talk about your background and potential biases you might have that could make you unsuitable for this particular jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is when being honest about your beliefs is especially important, said Dave Sanford, chairman of civil rights firm Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, who has worked on jury trials for over two decades. For example, he said, “No one wants you to be on a jury if the case is about race discrimination and you already have preconceived biases coming in one way or another.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re uncomfortable being honest in an open court, Sanford recommends that you ask to approach the bench and speak to the judge privately about what you’re thinking. When having these conversations, remember that it’s also equally important not to \u003cem>misrepresent \u003c/em>any of your beliefs in an effort to avoid serving on a jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How long could my jury service take?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Let’s say that on the week of your summons, the court \u003cem>does\u003c/em> need you to be on a jury. How much time from your work (and your personal life) should you set aside for the case?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That depends on the type of case you’re assigned to, said Solano County’s Walker. In her experience, a case involving a DUI may take a few days. “If it’s a big felony case, because there’s more to introduce, those will take longer,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, it’s likely that you won’t know what type of case you’re assigned to until you’re sitting down inside the courthouse for your orientation. If you’re assigned to a complicated case — which could involve certain felonies like murder or other violent crimes — and you believe that you cannot fulfill the responsibilities of a juror for several weeks, \u003cem>this \u003c/em>is the moment when you need to let the court know about any potential hardships you’re experiencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do I get time off from work for jury duty?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In California, employers \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/howtofilelinkcodesections.htm\">are required by law\u003c/a> to give you time off to serve on a jury. However, state law also requires that you inform your boss with “reasonable notice” ahead of your summons — although it does not provide a clear definition of what “reasonable” means.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legal experts KQED spoke to recommend you touch base with your boss as soon as you get the jury notice in the mail, to avoid any complications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050451\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2219px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050451 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/78724278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2219\" height=\"1575\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/78724278.jpg 2219w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/78724278-2000x1420.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/78724278-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/78724278-1536x1090.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/78724278-2048x1454.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2219px) 100vw, 2219px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In California, jurors are paid $15 per day starting on the second day of jury service. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Your employer also cannot fire you or retaliate against you for taking time off to fulfill your responsibility as a juror. While you don’t have to use your PTO hours for jury duty, keep in mind that your employer is not legally required to pay you for the time you take off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some businesses pay their workers a certain percentage of their regular wages — and some won’t pay them anything — so it’s best to ask ahead of time what your employer’s policy is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are having issues with your boss in these matters, you can reach out to the state Department of Labor Standards Enforcement at: \u003ca href=\"mailto:DLSE2@dir.ca.gov\">DLSE2@dir.ca.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do I get paid for jury duty?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In California, you will be paid $15 per day starting on the second day of your jury service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previously, seven counties — including Alameda in the Bay Area — provided $100 a day to low-income jurors through the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.alameda.courts.ca.gov/news/jury-duty-pilot-program-suspended\">Jury Duty Pilot Program for low-income jurors\u003c/a>. But this program has now been suspended as part of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/05/jury-duty-pay-california-budget/\">this year’s state budget cuts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>I got assigned to be a juror on a very intense case. What should I know going in?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While it may sound simple, taking notes could be what gets you through a really long case. “There’s going to be long days. There’s a lot of testimony. And a lot of documents,” said Sanford of Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, who has worked on jury trials for over two decades. “I think it’s expecting a lot from people to hold it all together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your notes don’t have to include every single word you hear during the trial, but jotting down what stands out to you, as well as what you’re thinking and feeling each day, can help you keep track of all the information coming your way.[aside postID=news_12047018 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/IMG_1067-2000x1500.jpg']Some courts even give jurors their own notebooks, but during orientation, check in with court staff about what type of notetaking is allowed where you are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Documenting the process this way can even help you deal with any feelings that come up after looking at graphic evidence or emotionally intense testimony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Go in with an open mind, leave your biases behind and be prepared to be honest, open and impartial throughout the process,” Sanford said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the case deals with crimes of a very violent or graphic nature, the court may offer to connect you with mental health services during or after the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you otherwise feel that being a juror on your assigned case is affecting your well-being, whatever the subject matter, you can check in with the judge or court staff and let them know what you’re feeling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s always somebody that is available or will be available to answer questions — and to provide the assurances and help that you need so that you are ready to go on day one,” Napa County’s Fleshman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do I have to keep everything I hear in court as a juror secret?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>That’s correct. Court staff will walk you through all restrictions for jurors during the trial, but in general terms, you cannot talk to anyone in the outside world — even family and friends — about the trial or the evidence you are seeing in court. This includes talking to journalists covering the case, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some courts may even restrict your social media use, as this could expose you to evidence outside the court record. Make sure to check in about Internet use with the bailiff or other court staff during orientation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jury service is also actually older than the United States itself. By the time of American Independence, most of the Thirteen Colonies had already \u003ca href=\"https://www.mass.gov/info-details/learn-about-the-history-of-the-jury-system\">developed their own versions of the English model\u003c/a> of deciding cases by a jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The framers of the Constitution included the right to a jury trial \u003ca href=\"https://www.mow.uscourts.gov/jury/history_of_jury_duty\">as a way to protect individuals\u003c/a> who could be unfairly accused and imprisoned by a biased or corrupt judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we don’t have jurors in our jury system, our legal system would be severely compromised and probably just stop altogether,” said Judy Walker, jury operations manager for the Solano County Superior Court. “If we want this to work for us, then we need to work it for others.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999875\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Courthouse1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Courthouse1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Courthouse1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Courthouse1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Courthouse1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Courthouse1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Courthouse1-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Courthouse in San Francisco, on March 6, 2018. \u003ccite>(Lauren Hanussak/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, Walker acknowledged that the legal system can seem very complicated for first-time jurors. “There’s a lot of things that happen behind the scenes that not everyone is privy to,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for everything you need to know about getting your first jury duty summons (or even if it’s just been a while).\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#exemption-from-jury-duty-reschedule\">Who’s exempt from jury duty?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Why did I get this jury duty notice?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>How does your county’s court know where to find you? The answer: Three different agencies provide courthouses with the name and address of potential jurors:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The DMV: If you have a driver’s licence or state ID\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Franchise Tax Board: If you’ve filed state taxes in California\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your county’s voter registration office: Voter registration rolls are also used for jury duty selection.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>All the names from these different agencies are mixed, and courts then pick names randomly. Sometimes, however, this random selection can lead to unintentional mistakes: someone who is not yet a U.S. citizen could receive a summons, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, “courts don’t know if you have a medical issue. Courts don’t know if you’re taking care of an ailing parent. Courts don’t know if you’ve moved to a different county,” Napa County’s Fleshman said. “There’s a lag time in updating stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"exemption-from-jury-duty-reschedule\">\u003c/a>Who’s exempt from jury duty?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Getting in touch with the court as soon as you get the summons is critical, Fleshman said. “Don’t wait till the day of where you’re going to go in and ask to be deferred because then you’re just putting yourself at a disadvantage,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When can a person be exempted from jury duty? Courts can be pretty understanding of many personal commitments like pre-planned travel or medical procedures, Fleshman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050432 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Gavel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1379\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Gavel.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Gavel-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Gavel-1536x1059.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you request an exemption, you will need to explain your hardship with a written statement and be prepared to provide documentation or other evidence proving your situation. \u003ccite>(Andrey Popov/iStock via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you call the number that is printed on your summons, the court won’t necessarily excuse you from jury duty, but it may give you a different date to come in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you think that you won’t be able to make \u003cem>any \u003c/em>date at all for jury duty, you are still required by law to show up to court if you are called. On your first day in court, you will go through an orientation. “Potential jurors can request a ‘hardship’ at that time,” Solano County’s Walker said. “They can put their issue on why they cannot serve as a juror on this particular case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What other reasons could get a person excused from jury duty?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While there’s \u003ca href=\"http://reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/119gnd2/how_do_i_get_out_of_jury_duty_santa_clara_county/\">plenty of chatter online\u003c/a> on what can excuse you from jury duty — not all of it accurate or reliable — the \u003ca href=\"https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_1008\">California Rules of Court\u003c/a> are very specific on what situations \u003cem>actually \u003c/em>count as a hardship:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>There are no transportation options available that can get you from your house to the court\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You have to travel for more than 90 minutes to get from your house to the court\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Being on a jury will cause you an “extreme financial burden” (when requesting this exemption, you will need to provide information on your source of income, and the court will then make a decisión based on the potential length of the trial and your ability to financially support yourself)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Property belonging to you could be harmed or destroyed while you serve as a juror\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You have a physical or mental disability that could affect your well-being while serving as a juror\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You are needed immediately to help protect public health and safety and there’s no one else available to replace you while you serve as a juror (remember, technically, state law only specifies police officers, sheriff’s deputies and California Highway Patrol agents \u003ca href=\"https://spsf.senate.ca.gov/sites/spsf.senate.ca.gov/files/ab_310_analysis.pdf\">as the professions exempt from jury duty\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You care for a child or loved one who is sick, elderly or infirm, and there’s no one else available to help care for that person while you serve as a juror.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind that if you request an exemption, you will need to explain your hardship with a written statement — and you should be prepared to provide documentation or other evidence proving your situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember: asking for an exemption doesn’t necessarily guarantee that you will get one. But straight-up ignoring a summons — for whatever reason — could have \u003ca href=\"https://courts.ca.gov/courts/jury-service\">serious legal consequences\u003c/a>, including a fine of up to $1,500, jail time, or both.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If I get a summons, does that definitely mean I’ll be serving on a jury trial?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not necessarily. When you get a jury summons, the court doesn’t actually know yet which case you’ll sit in on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Solano County, for example, the court will start sending out summons six weeks prior to a court date, Walker said. “We have X amount of trials on that date, so we know we’re going to need X amount of potential jurors. That’s kind of how we determine how many summons go out each time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038231\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12038231 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250303-AntiochPolice-13-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250303-AntiochPolice-13-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250303-AntiochPolice-13-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250303-AntiochPolice-13-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250303-AntiochPolice-13-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250303-AntiochPolice-13-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250303-AntiochPolice-13-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The A. F. Bray Courthouse Contra Costa Superior Court in Martinez on March 3, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But not all cases end up \u003cem>going \u003c/em>to trial. In some instances, both sides in the case may reach a settlement or the defendant may take a plea deal. This could even happen the same morning you’re coming in to report for jury duty, so the court now has fewer cases to process than it initially expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we don’t have any other cases going out that day, then we will excuse the jurors,” Walker said. “Even though the trial didn’t move forward, their service is now complete for at least a year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some counties, like San Francisco, ask jurors to visit \u003ca href=\"https://sf.courts.ca.gov/divisions/jury-reporting-instructions\">the court’s website\u003c/a> each evening during their week of summons to check if they need to show up to court the following day. 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In her experience, a case involving a DUI may take a few days. “If it’s a big felony case, because there’s more to introduce, those will take longer,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, it’s likely that you won’t know what type of case you’re assigned to until you’re sitting down inside the courthouse for your orientation. If you’re assigned to a complicated case — which could involve certain felonies like murder or other violent crimes — and you believe that you cannot fulfill the responsibilities of a juror for several weeks, \u003cem>this \u003c/em>is the moment when you need to let the court know about any potential hardships you’re experiencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do I get time off from work for jury duty?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In California, employers \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/howtofilelinkcodesections.htm\">are required by law\u003c/a> to give you time off to serve on a jury. 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But this program has now been suspended as part of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/05/jury-duty-pay-california-budget/\">this year’s state budget cuts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>I got assigned to be a juror on a very intense case. What should I know going in?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While it may sound simple, taking notes could be what gets you through a really long case. “There’s going to be long days. There’s a lot of testimony. And a lot of documents,” said Sanford of Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, who has worked on jury trials for over two decades. “I think it’s expecting a lot from people to hold it all together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your notes don’t have to include every single word you hear during the trial, but jotting down what stands out to you, as well as what you’re thinking and feeling each day, can help you keep track of all the information coming your way.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Some courts even give jurors their own notebooks, but during orientation, check in with court staff about what type of notetaking is allowed where you are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Documenting the process this way can even help you deal with any feelings that come up after looking at graphic evidence or emotionally intense testimony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Go in with an open mind, leave your biases behind and be prepared to be honest, open and impartial throughout the process,” Sanford said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the case deals with crimes of a very violent or graphic nature, the court may offer to connect you with mental health services during or after the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you otherwise feel that being a juror on your assigned case is affecting your well-being, whatever the subject matter, you can check in with the judge or court staff and let them know what you’re feeling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s always somebody that is available or will be available to answer questions — and to provide the assurances and help that you need so that you are ready to go on day one,” Napa County’s Fleshman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do I have to keep everything I hear in court as a juror secret?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>That’s correct. Court staff will walk you through all restrictions for jurors during the trial, but in general terms, you cannot talk to anyone in the outside world — even family and friends — about the trial or the evidence you are seeing in court. This includes talking to journalists covering the case, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some courts may even restrict your social media use, as this could expose you to evidence outside the court record. Make sure to check in about Internet use with the bailiff or other court staff during orientation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Ramon Valley Unified School District has agreed to a nearly $7 million settlement involving the alleged \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sexual-abuse\">sexual abuse\u003c/a> of two students by a former high school theater teacher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the lawsuit against the district, two students allege that Ryan Weible, a former educator at San Ramon Valley High School in Danville, leveraged his position of authority and trust to groom and abuse the then-minors over several years, including on school grounds, his apartment and during a school-sponsored senior trip to New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weible was the assistant head of school for Bentley School, a private K–12 school with campuses in Lafayette and Oakland, as recently as last year, according to the school’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit filed last year alleged that Weible, 47, began grooming one student, identified as Jane Doe in court filings, beginning in the 2009–10 school year. He bought her her meals and gifts, and spent time alone with her in the windowless theater room, the suit claimed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following school year, Weible allegedly abused her in the theater room on campus in the middle of the night. The school’s alarm system went off and police responded, the suit said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with KQED, the former student, who asked not to be named for this story, said that Weible shoved her into a closet after hearing police arrive, and she snuck out, running through the middle of campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009621\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12009621 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SchoolLockers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1251\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SchoolLockers.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SchoolLockers-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SchoolLockers-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SchoolLockers-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SchoolLockers-1536x961.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SchoolLockers-1920x1201.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Ramon Valley Unified is paying nearly $7 million to settle a lawsuit over sexual abuse by former educator Ryan Weible. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If they checked their security cameras the next day, they would have seen me running across campus at full speed, just afraid and panicking and not sure what to do,” she said. “I was never approached by the school about it; they never talked to me about it. They never talked to me about him at all, actually.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through his attorney, Weible denied the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Records obtained by KQED from San Ramon Valley Unified show that in 2011, police and district personnel found unused condoms on the desk, a condom wrapper on the ground and a used condom in the garbage can. The district reprimanded him, instructing him to “refrain from inappropriate conduct while on school property” and to stop staying overnight on school property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the records, Weible argued that the professional theatre industry uses condoms as a protective measure against the moisture damage of wireless body microphone transmitters. He said his sound manager had accidentally purchased the wrong type of condoms.[aside postID=news_12050036 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/DeltaSFOGetty.jpg']The suit claimed that Weible’s inappropriate behavior was frequently on display. He gave students side hugs, hand massages and had female students sit on his lap, the suit alleged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re an institution managing multiple schools, and you’re just going to keep blowing clear, crazy red flags off? How many kids are you going to hurt to protect your reputation?” Doe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, district Superintendent CJ Cammack said the allegations are deeply disturbing, and the case does not reflect “the high quality of our SRVUSD teachers and staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cammack said the district followed all legally required hiring practices and, in recent years, has made comprehensive improvements to its hiring and background check procedures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am confident that our current staff are committed to acting responsibly and with vigilance in support of student safety,” Cammack wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weible resigned from San Ramon Valley Unified in 2012. Records obtained by KQED show that as part of his separation agreement, the district promised only to share basic details of his job, like dates of employment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district also agreed not to provide any negative comments or give a negative impression about Weible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who does that protect?” said Lauren Cerri, the attorney representing the victims. “It doesn’t protect the students. It protects the district and it protects him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Cerri, San Ramon Valley Unified did not report Weible to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the state agency with the authority to revoke teaching credentials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the lawsuit was filed in February 2024, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbalawfirm.com/second-sexual-abuse-victim-sues-san-ramon-valley-unified-school.html\">a second victim came forward\u003c/a>, alleging Weible sexually assaulted her on school grounds from the beginning of the 2011 school year at San Ramon Valley High School. Jane Doe 2 alleges in the suit that Weible told her he loved her and wanted to marry her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By December 2024, months after the lawsuit was filed and more than a decade after he left the district, San Ramon Valley Unified reported Weible to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jane Doe said the process of seeing the district’s response to the civil complaint has worn her down, and she no longer believes the school district will change its policies “or suddenly start following them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she hopes speaking out can at least raise awareness in the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to do everything I can to get some sort of change, because it does not sit well with me at all that they could be so blasé with me and everything that happened to me, with all the red flags that they had,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t let this slide,” she said. “I cannot let it slide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The suit claimed that Weible’s inappropriate behavior was frequently on display. He gave students side hugs, hand massages and had female students sit on his lap, the suit alleged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re an institution managing multiple schools, and you’re just going to keep blowing clear, crazy red flags off? How many kids are you going to hurt to protect your reputation?” Doe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, district Superintendent CJ Cammack said the allegations are deeply disturbing, and the case does not reflect “the high quality of our SRVUSD teachers and staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cammack said the district followed all legally required hiring practices and, in recent years, has made comprehensive improvements to its hiring and background check procedures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am confident that our current staff are committed to acting responsibly and with vigilance in support of student safety,” Cammack wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weible resigned from San Ramon Valley Unified in 2012. Records obtained by KQED show that as part of his separation agreement, the district promised only to share basic details of his job, like dates of employment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district also agreed not to provide any negative comments or give a negative impression about Weible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who does that protect?” said Lauren Cerri, the attorney representing the victims. “It doesn’t protect the students. It protects the district and it protects him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Cerri, San Ramon Valley Unified did not report Weible to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the state agency with the authority to revoke teaching credentials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the lawsuit was filed in February 2024, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbalawfirm.com/second-sexual-abuse-victim-sues-san-ramon-valley-unified-school.html\">a second victim came forward\u003c/a>, alleging Weible sexually assaulted her on school grounds from the beginning of the 2011 school year at San Ramon Valley High School. Jane Doe 2 alleges in the suit that Weible told her he loved her and wanted to marry her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By December 2024, months after the lawsuit was filed and more than a decade after he left the district, San Ramon Valley Unified reported Weible to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jane Doe said the process of seeing the district’s response to the civil complaint has worn her down, and she no longer believes the school district will change its policies “or suddenly start following them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she hopes speaking out can at least raise awareness in the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to do everything I can to get some sort of change, because it does not sit well with me at all that they could be so blasé with me and everything that happened to me, with all the red flags that they had,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t let this slide,” she said. “I cannot let it slide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020110/sf-speed-cameras-coming-march-will-they-help-cut-traffic-deaths\">A first-in-the-state program\u003c/a> designed to make drivers slow down is finally coming up to speed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency announced Wednesday that the city’s 33 automated speed enforcement cameras, which have been operating on a warning-only basis so far, will begin issuing citations on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with only those $0 warning citations, the cameras have already been effective in reducing speeding, SFMTA Director of Streets Viktoriya Wise said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over 70% of vehicles that received a warning did not speed past our cameras again,” Wise said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are other early promising signs, Wise said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"background-color: transparent\">After seven weeks with all cameras activated across the entire system, incidents of speeding declined by 31%. At Fulton Street between Arguello Boulevard and Second Avenue, which Wise said recorded a particularly high volume of speeding incidents, SFMTA observed a 63% reduction in speeding after 13 weeks of a camera operating there.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020112\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SpeedCamerasSFGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SpeedCamerasSFGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SpeedCamerasSFGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SpeedCamerasSFGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SpeedCamerasSFGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SpeedCamerasSFGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SpeedCamerasSFGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drivers course along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, on Nov. 12, 2015. The city of San Francisco is considering installing new speed cameras on several major thoroughfares. \u003ccite>(Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An SFMTA spokesperson told KQED that from March 20 to July 20, the cameras issued over 300,000 warnings total to speeding drivers. Most speeding in the city occurs between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., Wise said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The speed cameras are a major part of the city’s efforts to reduce traffic collisions and make streets safer, given that speeding is the leading cause of severe injuries and deaths on San Francisco streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same day that SFMTA officials announced the cameras’ full rollout, city Supervisor Myrna Melgar introduced legislation to recommit the city to its failed Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic deaths. When the 10-year campaign officially ended in 2024, San Francisco saw 42 traffic deaths — the deadliest year in a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Speed safety cameras are just one component of making sure that our streets are safe,” Wise said. “For example, treatments to slow down left turns are just part of the overall approach that this agency has to reducing the number of severe injuries and fatalities in the city and making everybody feel comfortable on our streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cameras are all \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032036/sf-speed-cameras-first-in-state-turn-on-today-heres-where-they-are\">on San Francisco’s High Injury Network\u003c/a>, the 12% of streets across the city that account for more than 68% of traffic-related severe injuries or fatalities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what a driver caught speeding by a camera can expect to pay:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A $50 fee for going 11–15 mph over the posted speed limit;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$100 for going 16–25 mph over;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$200 for going 26 mph or more over the speed limit.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Additionally, any driver traveling more than 100 mph on city streets can expect a $500 ticket from the cameras.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The fees are reduced for low-income drivers and those on public assistance programs like SNAP, CalWorks and Medi-Cal.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Verra Mobility, a smart transportation company based in Mesa, Arizona, will be responsible for maintaining the cameras, as well as processing the tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA officials don’t have an estimate yet on how much revenue the program will generate, but it will go toward covering administrative costs, and any leftover funds will go to other traffic calming projects or the state’s Active Transportation Fund.[aside postID=news_12041243 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-15-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']The program is a five-year pilot made possible by \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB645\">Assembly Bill 645\u003c/a>, which Gov. 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"content": "\u003cp>Bay Area friends and allies are mourning the killing of a Palestinian human rights activist who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043918/feds-detain-2-palestinian-men-at-sfo-in-us-to-speak-at-interfaith-gathering\">the United States\u003c/a> denied entry at San Francisco International Airport last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Awdah Al-Hathaleen was shot and killed Monday by an Israeli settler, according to Phil Weintraub, an organizer with the Palestinian Solidarity Committee at the Kehilla Community Synagogue in Piedmont, which sponsored Al-Hathaleen’s aborted visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unfathomable to process,” Weintraub told KQED. “Friend, father, brother, parent of three sons, teacher. He didn’t want to be an activist. It was thrust upon him in order to protect his community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weintraub said witnesses identified Yinon Levi, a “well-known” Israeli settler, as the shooter. Footage posted on social media website \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/yuval_abraham/status/1949865010437505343\"> X\u003c/a> shows a man identified as Levi firing his handgun in different directions in front of a bulldozer, a tool and symbol of illegal settlement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levi was previously under sanctions from the European Union, the United Kingdom and the U.S. for his involvement in illegal and violent expulsion of Palestinians from their homes. The Biden-era U.S. sanctions were \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/01/24/trump-lifts-sanctions-israeli-settlers-west-bank\">lifted \u003c/a>by President Donald Trump earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12044080 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/PalestinianDetainees3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/PalestinianDetainees3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/PalestinianDetainees3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/PalestinianDetainees3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Weintraub at San Francisco International Airport on June 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Katie DeBenedetti/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Haaretz \u003ca href=\"https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-07-29/ty-article/.premium/israeli-court-releases-settler-who-fatally-shot-palestinian-in-west-bank-to-house-arrest/00000198-5605-dae7-abbb-df958a2c0000\">reported \u003c/a>that Israeli courts released Levi while police continue to investigate him for a potential manslaughter case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al-Hathaleen, a teacher from the southern West Bank village of Umm Al-Khair, captured footage used in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13971802/no-other-land-review-palestinian-israeli-documentary-west-bank\">\u003cem>No Other Land\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the 2025 Oscar winner for best documentary, which depicted clashes between residents and Israeli settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories. Al-Hathaleen and his cousin were invited to the U.S. by a coalition of groups in the Bay Area — who have supported the men’s work in their village — as part of an interfaith humanitarian mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kehilla members had been meeting with Al-Hathaleen over Zoom for three years, Weintraub said, as part of the Face-to-Face Jewish-Palestinian Reparations Alliance, a group that sought to build connections between Israelis, Jews and Palestinians who oppose Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.[aside postID=news_12043918 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/PalestinianDetainees1.jpg']The trip was intended to “build bridges between cultures,” and “to raise summer camp funds to help give Palestinian children experiencing the unthinkable a semblance of a childhood back home,” according to a statement on Tuesday from San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who went to SFO with activists last month to oppose the men’s detainment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the two men landed at SFO, they were detained for hours and then sent back home by immigration authorities, supporters said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Awdah Hathaleen came to the U.S. to warn us about settler violence and land theft in the West Bank and the genocide unfolding in Gaza. … Instead of listening, our government silenced him,” Robert McCaw, government affairs director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations and its Bay Area office, said in a statement on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now he’s been killed by an Israeli settler,” McCaw continued. “We didn’t just turn him away. We sent him back to die.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement emailed to KQED on June 16, Customs and Border Patrol said the men “failed to establish they were admissible to the U.S.,” and then “withdrew their applications for admission and departed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043476\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043476\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco City Supervisor Bilal Mahmood speaks at a rally against the Trump administration’s travel bans in front of City Hall in San Francisco on June 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A broad swath of Bay Area leaders, including Reps. John Garamendi, Jared Huffman, Ro Khanna, Sam Liccardo, Zoe Lofgren, Kevin Mullin, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Lateefah Simon, Eric Swalwell, and Mike Thompson, issued a joint statement condemning the cousins’ denial of entry to the U.S. Protesters who gathered at the airport’s international arrivals hall were joined by Mahmood and fellow Supervisor Jackie Fielder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahmood spoke out against Al-Hathaleen’s killing on Tuesday, condemning the murder and “the Israeli government’s occupation of Palestine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must call it what it is: a genocide of an entire population,” the supervisor said in a statement. “For Awdah and many like him, I am calling for this killing of innocent civilians to come to an end, and for peace to be promoted once more.”[aside postID=news_12049575 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GazaHumanitarianCrisisJuly2025Getty.jpg']Al-Hathaleen’s family was refugees forced out of their homes as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978744/were-all-hurting-for-bay-area-muslim-leaders-gaza-is-ever-present-during-ramadan-2024\">creation of Israel in the late 1940s\u003c/a>, Weintraub said. In the years that followed, they purchased their home in Umm Al-Khair, a shepherding community with goats and olive trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1980, Israel set up a settlement, Carmel, right next to the village. These settlements are considered \u003ca href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm\">illegal \u003c/a>under international law, which Israel has disputed. Carmel has also drawn international \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/opinion/01kristof.html?_r=2\">criticism \u003c/a>for the stark disparities in living conditions between the village and the settlement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The situation was already bad before October 2023, but it escalated dramatically after,” Weintraub said. “We’re most fearful for the survival of the village — that was most important to Awdeh — the protection and safety of the residents of Umm Al-Khair.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weintraub fears that unconditional financial support from the U.S. to Israel — which continues its devastating war with Hamas in Gaza, despite widespread reports of starvation — allows settlers like Levi to continue the illegal settlement of Palestinian lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fear is that the situation is just going to get worse and worse in the West Bank — these folks can do what they want with impunity,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/carlysevern\">\u003cem>Carly Severn\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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With both hands shackled, he waved at media cameras and nodded his head in recognition of people in the courtroom seating area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Ramon was announcing the decision to suspend proceedings, Tillman again interjected to make another statement about the public defender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, he’s obviously not my attorney anymore,” Tillman said, laughing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors say Tillman used fireplace logs as an “incendiary device” to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049042/pat-tillmans-brother-arrested-in-san-jose-post-office-fire-had-alarming-posts-online\">set fire to a South San José post office\u003c/a> building early Sunday morning, and livestreamed the blaze online, authorities said in charging documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to felony charges of arson and vandalism, he is charged with felony possession of combustible material or incendiary device for malicious use, according to a complaint filed by prosecutors Tuesday afternoon.[aside postID=news_12049042 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/SanJosePostOfficeFireAP1.jpg']In the documents, authorities allege Tillman bought “insta-logs” and lighter fluid at a Lucky supermarket around 1 a.m. Sunday, then parked across the street from the Almaden Valley U.S. Post Office branch at 6525 Crown Blvd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After some time, he scattered the ‘insta-logs’ throughout his vehicle and doused them with lighter fluid,” a police arson investigator’s summary of the evidence said. “He backed his vehicle into the post office, grabbed a match, and lit the car on fire, causing severe damage to the structure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters who arrived to combat the blaze around 3 a.m. pointed Tillman out to a responding officer, indicating he was responsible for the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police said that when an officer spoke to Tillman, he was livestreaming the incident from his phone to his YouTube account. The officer ended the livestream and arrested Tillman, the arson investigator’s summary said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators said evidence also shows that Tillman spray-painted the side of the building with the words “Viva La Me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While prosecutors with the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office didn’t oppose the suspension of proceedings, they disagreed with Ramon’s decision to allow Tillman the option of bail, which Judge Ramon set at $135,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assistant District Attorney Angela Bernhard told Ramon that Tillman could be a danger to others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Tillman was livestreaming this event. He was proud of it. It was something that he wanted to show off,” Bernhard said during the hearing. “He told police officers that this was 100% premeditated, and that he was doing this in order to prove a point to the United States government. Assuming that that point has not yet been proven, Mr. Tillman presents an ongoing threat to public safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049497\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/AP25202582611178.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/AP25202582611178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1495\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049497\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/AP25202582611178.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/AP25202582611178-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/AP25202582611178-1536x1148.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Tillman, left, the brother of former Arizona State player Pat Tillman, greets one of his brother’s former teammates Jake Plummer, right, prior to a ceremony retiring Pat’s jersey during halftime of the Washington State and Arizona State game, Nov. 13, 2004, in Tempe, Ariz. \u003ccite>(AP Photo/Paul Connors, File)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She argued that the post office is surrounded by homes, and an intentional fire could lead to loss of life. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramon disagreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only thing that was attacked in this case was the post office. And interestingly enough, it was approximately three o’clock in the morning on a Sunday. I can’t think of another time where there wouldn’t be anyone, even at the post office,” Ramon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said homes in the area aren’t close enough to be considered surrounding the building.[aside postID=news_11619111 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Tillman-1180x769.jpg']“It’s not a capital offense, it’s not an offense involving violence against another person, nor is it a sexual offense,” Ramon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the hearing, Bernhard said during a press conference that the competency evaluation process could take several months to complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillman’s brother, Kevin Tillman, as well as his parents, Pat Tillman Sr. and Mary Tillman, were all present at the court hearing. The family declined to comment. In a statement issued Monday, the family said Tillman has been dealing with “severe mental health issues” for years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He has been livestreaming, what I’ll call, his altered self on social media for anyone to witness. Unfortunately, securing the proper care and support for him has proven incredibly difficult — or rather, impossible. As a result, none of this is as shocking as it should be,” the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/33330/the_tillman_story_one_familys_quest_for_the_truth\">Pat Tillman Jr.\u003c/a> was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 when members of his U.S. platoon fired on him and an Afghan militia member, mistaking them for enemy fighters. The U.S. government subsequently attempted to cover up the truth about the killing, including instructing an officer to lie to the soldier’s family about the circumstances of his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, Richard Tillman often livestreamed on his YouTube account from inside a car. He referred to himself as a god by the name of “Yeshua,” and often railed against the government or the “Hollywood elite.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The caption of a post on Tillman’s Facebook profile from 2023 includes apparent threats to the families of postal workers and other delivery companies that their loved ones could be “dropping dead” soon, after he wrote about not receiving his packages. YouTube terminated his account shortly after the news of the fire became public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/bkrans\">\u003cem>Brian Krans\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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As part of a plea deal, other charges associated with the attack, including an attempted murder charge and multiple enhancements for repeat offenses, were dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson said Monday that a special directive put in place by her predecessor, Pamela Price — a progressive prosecutor who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017506/these-maps-show-where-pamela-price-lost-the-most-support-from-voters-in-the-recall-election\">recalled last Novembe\u003c/a>\u003cu>r\u003c/u> — prevented the office from considering charge enhancements in Hall’s plea negotiations, including one for great bodily harm and another for his previous felony convictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They could not use those strikes as it relates to any plea bargaining without permission from the prior administration,” she told reporters ahead of Hall’s arraignment. “There was a plea taken in January of 2025 while that directive was still in place, and sentencing occurred on February 7, 2025, again, while that directive was still in place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049206\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049206\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/EBT-L-HALLCHARGE-0721-01-scaled-e1753214975639.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bryan Keith Hall, who is suspected of opening fire on state parole agent Joshua Lemont Byrd at the Division of Adult Parole Operations office in East Oakland last Thursday. \u003ccite>(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25038309-special-directive-23-01/\">The directive\u003c/a>, which aimed to decrease prison sentences in favor of alternatives to incarceration, was one of Price’s first major policy shifts after taking office in 2023. The policy said that in most instances, “prosecutors shall not file or require defendants to plead to sentence enhancements or other sentencing allegations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My first order of business when I came to this office was to get rid of that directive,” Jones Dickson said. \u003ca href=\"https://substack.com/home/post/p-157524235?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web\">She did so\u003c/a> the day after her inauguration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement issued earlier Monday, Price said the plea was negotiated under the administration of Jones Dickson, who was sworn in on Feb. 18, and called the blame placed on her administration “disinformation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Hall’s crime took place before I was in the office and his negotiated plea deal was made after I left office,” she wrote.[aside postID=news_12048706 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01_qed.jpg']According to Price, the plea decision was made by an attorney in Jones Dickson’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hall was paroled immediately after his sentencing, nearly two weeks before Jones Dickson took office, because he had completed the maximum sentence for the crime in county jail, awaiting his conviction, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During an evidentiary hearing in the stabbing case in November, Hall’s public defender told the court they believed his attack against that victim was likely “driven by some sort of mental health issues” based on testimony about his behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After initially refusing to appear for his Monday morning arraignment in the shooting case, Hall appeared for a rescheduled arraignment at 2 p.m. but declined to enter a plea. He is currently being held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin without bail. His arraignment is now set for Aug. 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to charging documents, the shooting occurred after Hall entered the parole office around 12:40 p.m. Thursday and was told to leave because his parole officer was not there. He had missed a scheduled meeting there with his officer the previous day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 12:50 p.m., Byrd was shot. Minutes later, a witness saw Hall leaving the building with a firearm, the charging documents allege. Video footage shows Hall running outside the building before boarding an Alameda County transit bus. He is believed to have committed a robbery on the bus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049052\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049052\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250721-PAROLESHOOTINGSUSPECT_00912_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250721-PAROLESHOOTINGSUSPECT_00912_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250721-PAROLESHOOTINGSUSPECT_00912_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250721-PAROLESHOOTINGSUSPECT_00912_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Handwritten notes indicate that The CDCR Division of Adult Parole Operations office is closed in Oakland on July 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland Police Department officers found Hall and arrested him hours later near 90th Avenue and International Boulevard, about two miles from the parole office. In a nearby dumpster, they found a firearm and an orange safety jacket that they said Hall was seen stripping off as he fled, according to doorbell camera footage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Byrd, 40, died of his injuries after being immediately transferred to a hospital, marking the first line-of-duty death of an officer in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation since 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear how Hall was able to bring a firearm into the office, which serves as a common meeting space for parolees and their officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDCR declined KQED’s request for comment on its security protocols at the site, citing safety concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Including the 2022 stabbing, Hall has 10 prior felony convictions in California dating back to 1996. They include assault, second-degree robbery, evading police and illegally possessing a firearm as a felon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, he was convicted of illegally taking a vehicle in Contra Costa County. Court records show that while paroled following that conviction, he had his release revoked twice because of parole violations, first in November 2015 and again in April the following year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDCR said Byrd was not Hall’s parole officer. It’s unclear if they had a relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Byrd had only joined the Oakland office in October, after 10 years in other roles within CDCR, including as a correctional officer and sergeant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Lt. Gov. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson said Monday that a special directive put in place by her predecessor, Pamela Price — a progressive prosecutor who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017506/these-maps-show-where-pamela-price-lost-the-most-support-from-voters-in-the-recall-election\">recalled last Novembe\u003c/a>\u003cu>r\u003c/u> — prevented the office from considering charge enhancements in Hall’s plea negotiations, including one for great bodily harm and another for his previous felony convictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They could not use those strikes as it relates to any plea bargaining without permission from the prior administration,” she told reporters ahead of Hall’s arraignment. “There was a plea taken in January of 2025 while that directive was still in place, and sentencing occurred on February 7, 2025, again, while that directive was still in place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049206\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049206\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/EBT-L-HALLCHARGE-0721-01-scaled-e1753214975639.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bryan Keith Hall, who is suspected of opening fire on state parole agent Joshua Lemont Byrd at the Division of Adult Parole Operations office in East Oakland last Thursday. \u003ccite>(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25038309-special-directive-23-01/\">The directive\u003c/a>, which aimed to decrease prison sentences in favor of alternatives to incarceration, was one of Price’s first major policy shifts after taking office in 2023. The policy said that in most instances, “prosecutors shall not file or require defendants to plead to sentence enhancements or other sentencing allegations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My first order of business when I came to this office was to get rid of that directive,” Jones Dickson said. \u003ca href=\"https://substack.com/home/post/p-157524235?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web\">She did so\u003c/a> the day after her inauguration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement issued earlier Monday, Price said the plea was negotiated under the administration of Jones Dickson, who was sworn in on Feb. 18, and called the blame placed on her administration “disinformation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Hall’s crime took place before I was in the office and his negotiated plea deal was made after I left office,” she wrote.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>According to Price, the plea decision was made by an attorney in Jones Dickson’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hall was paroled immediately after his sentencing, nearly two weeks before Jones Dickson took office, because he had completed the maximum sentence for the crime in county jail, awaiting his conviction, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During an evidentiary hearing in the stabbing case in November, Hall’s public defender told the court they believed his attack against that victim was likely “driven by some sort of mental health issues” based on testimony about his behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After initially refusing to appear for his Monday morning arraignment in the shooting case, Hall appeared for a rescheduled arraignment at 2 p.m. but declined to enter a plea. He is currently being held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin without bail. His arraignment is now set for Aug. 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to charging documents, the shooting occurred after Hall entered the parole office around 12:40 p.m. Thursday and was told to leave because his parole officer was not there. He had missed a scheduled meeting there with his officer the previous day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 12:50 p.m., Byrd was shot. Minutes later, a witness saw Hall leaving the building with a firearm, the charging documents allege. Video footage shows Hall running outside the building before boarding an Alameda County transit bus. He is believed to have committed a robbery on the bus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049052\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049052\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250721-PAROLESHOOTINGSUSPECT_00912_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250721-PAROLESHOOTINGSUSPECT_00912_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250721-PAROLESHOOTINGSUSPECT_00912_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250721-PAROLESHOOTINGSUSPECT_00912_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Handwritten notes indicate that The CDCR Division of Adult Parole Operations office is closed in Oakland on July 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland Police Department officers found Hall and arrested him hours later near 90th Avenue and International Boulevard, about two miles from the parole office. In a nearby dumpster, they found a firearm and an orange safety jacket that they said Hall was seen stripping off as he fled, according to doorbell camera footage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Byrd, 40, died of his injuries after being immediately transferred to a hospital, marking the first line-of-duty death of an officer in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation since 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear how Hall was able to bring a firearm into the office, which serves as a common meeting space for parolees and their officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDCR declined KQED’s request for comment on its security protocols at the site, citing safety concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Including the 2022 stabbing, Hall has 10 prior felony convictions in California dating back to 1996. They include assault, second-degree robbery, evading police and illegally possessing a firearm as a felon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, he was convicted of illegally taking a vehicle in Contra Costa County. Court records show that while paroled following that conviction, he had his release revoked twice because of parole violations, first in November 2015 and again in April the following year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDCR said Byrd was not Hall’s parole officer. It’s unclear if they had a relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Byrd had only joined the Oakland office in October, after 10 years in other roles within CDCR, including as a correctional officer and sergeant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, acting as governor while Newsom was out of the state, commended Byrd’s “integrity and courage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a heartbreaking loss,” they wrote. “We are keeping his family in our prayers and we join the men and women of CDCR in mourning this tragedy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/matthewgreen\">\u003cem>Matthew Green\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:10 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A San Francisco supervisor is demanding a hearing with one of the country’s largest private prison corporations after the death of one of its residents at a transitional housing facility in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tenderloin\">Tenderloin\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who oversees the Tenderloin, will call for the probe into Geo Group at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. The company, which is also a contractor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, has come under fire over its facility at 111 Taylor St., which holds a place in LGBTQ history as the site of a 1966 riot for trans rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This company runs ICE detention facilities for the Trump administration across the country,” Mahmood told KQED. “If someone is describing a private facility in S.F. as worse than a prison, we want to know what’s going on there. … We want to know how they are operating a facility in our own backyard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The push comes after Melvin Bulauan was found dead on the street in the Tenderloin on July 14, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-the-dad-who-never-stopped-trying\">GoFundMe organized by his family\u003c/a>. Before he died, according to his family, he said he would “rather be back in prison” than continue living at 111 Taylor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same week, activists spoke out during a San Francisco Board of Appeals hearing to support \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13978869/trans-activists-vow-to-liberate-comptons-after-sf-board-of-appeals-loss\">efforts to convert the facility into a community center\u003c/a> for transgender and other LGBTQ residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12034876 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-038-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-038-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-038-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-038-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-038-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-038-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-038-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Bilal Mahmood poses for a portrait after a press conference in San Francisco on April 10, 2024. Mahmood, who oversees the Tenderloin, will call for the probe into Geo Group at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mahmood said he plans to subpoena representatives from Geo Group and ask about living conditions at the 111 Taylor facility, including reports of civil rights violations. City officials believe it would be the company’s first such hearing before an elected municipal body.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The supervisor said his office is also planning to ask about Geo Group’s interactions with the federal government in its detention of immigrants amid escalating ICE raids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After last week’s packed, five-hour hearing, the Board of Appeals upheld Geo Group’s use of 111 Taylor despite activists’ push to use zoning law to oust the private prison corporation.[aside postID=news_12048631 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Lurie_3.jpg']The building at the corner of Turk and Taylor streets was formerly a diner called Gene Compton’s Cafeteria, frequented by women, queer and trans people. 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