By Jocelyn Wiener for CalMatters Eight years, 9 months, 24 days. That’s how long Lorenzo Mays waited inside a cell in the Sacramento County jail,…
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As advocates and academics question the impact of flights over neighborhoods, police departments lack persuasive evidence of crime-fighting effectiveness By Angelika Albaladejo, Capital & Main…
A real story of deep-rooted corruption, questionable incentives and the work of oversight investigators details how problems grow and are confronted in troubled departments …
By Stephen Maganini, the Sacramento Observer This story is co-published with The Sacramento Observer, a newspaper with more than 58 years of bringing public service journalism…
Tale of first responder who worked in the Capital City in 2017 suggests that some supervisors ignored the department’s official goals The Sacramento Fire Department…
Two department veterans recount startling unprofessionalism, Chief vows to chart a new course When Sacramento city firefighter Waris Gildersleeve heard that his colleague Desmond…
Past and present city fire department members say that there’s no accountability for bullying, harassment or racist behavior Desmond Lewis wanted to be a firefighter…
Editor’s note: Sacramento’s district attorney may have her sights on statewide office Anne Marie Schubert, Sacramento County’s district attorney, pushed hard last year to raise…
Editor’s note: In first major disagreement, new City Council progressives get outvoted on spending priorities It came as little surprise that the first big fight…
Editor’s note: Will Sacramento give its blessing to a “Black Lives Matter” sign in a city park? “Black Lives Matter”—the phrase as well as the…
Editor’s note: Sacramento refocuses on creating a more inclusive economy, post COVID, but the plan has a curious gap Sacramento’s effort to build a fairer…
Police face few limits on operating unmanned aircraft For two years of his life, Sacramento County public defender Joseph Cress had the unenviable task of…
Editor’s note: Citizens commission recommends millions more for community groups to respond to mentally ill After all the debate and protests for police reform this…
Amazon’s Ring may have helped catch a killer. What else does it catch? Homicide detectives Christopher Britton and Courtney Bartilson arrived at the short, gabled…
Sacramento judge: ‘When [SB 1437] passed … the first case I thought of was Danny Hampton.’ Danny Lashawn Hampton went along for a robbery and…
A vocal 2nd Amendment proponent, Scott Jones chose gun control over gun rights during the pandemic In a year that saw rising gun violence, surging…
Editor’s note: Sacramento County joins city in rethinking if armed law enforcement should be answering all emergency calls The city of Sacramento is working toward…