Santa Clara County Crime & Justice Overview

San Jose police continue to issue handwritten tickets to homeless people even after the department switched to electronic citations — a practice that is raising questions.
Four homeless residents encamped near Cherry Avenue along the Guadalupe River said police regularly …

Former California Assemblymember Evan Low tried to conceal hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to celebrity Alec Baldwin for campaign appearances using a big tech advocacy group he founded, according to a recent state report.
Low — who represented …

Santa Clara County leaders want to reduce recidivism at Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas and plan to study offering transportation and housing options upon release.
Unlike the county’s main jail in San Jose, Elmwood doesn’t have a nearby resource center …

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) promoted 125 cadets to the rank of officer. The graduation ceremony on March 21 marked the successful completion of a 26-week intensive training schedule at the California Highway Patrol Academy in West Sacramento.

Authorities are investigating a swastika flag that was displayed on the Burnett Avenue Highway 101 overpass in Morgan Hill during rush-hour traffic the afternoon of March 21.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is taking a hardline approach in his budget plan to get homeless people off the streets. Community advocates are calling it unjust.
Mahan's upcoming 2025-26 budget message proposes several ways to tackle homeless, including reallocating …

Criminals driving through Cupertino could be caught by just their license plate as the tech hub becomes one of the last in Santa Clara County to install detection technology.
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to …

Less than a week after Mayor Matt Mahan announced a bold push to arrest homeless people who refuse help, disturbing videos show San Jose police officers beating and verbally taunting an elderly homeless man  leading to a complaint from the …

San Jose homeless residents are at risk of being cited or arrested if they're caught sleeping or sitting on the sidewalk by early morning.
The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend sidewalk sleeping and sitting restrictions two hours early …

An appellate court last year found San Jose leaders violated a person's First Amendment rights with a rare restraining order that hindered him from filming police officers in public. The city is fighting to keep it in place anyway.
Nicholas …