Tag: police
Council OKs 4 percent raise for cops
The Gilroy City Council Aug. 6 unanimously approved a new contract and salary schedule for the Gilroy Police Officers Association, providing officers a 4...
CHP: Motorcyclist fatally hit by drunk driver
A motorcyclist from San Jose died after he was hit by a drunken driver in an SUV on Watsonville Road near Gilroy Aug. 3,...
San Jose man dies in Gilroy traffic accident
A San Jose man was fatally struck by a vehicle Aug. 2 on U.S. 101 in Gilroy after his car collided into a guard...
Police arrest 15 Garlic Festival patrons
Gilroy Police reported a total of 15 arrests—all related to alcohol—during the three-day Garlic Festival at Christmas Hill Park, which was attended by an...
More than 60 cited for illegal fireworks
The evening of July 4 was a busy night for the Gilroy Police Department, which fielded more than 400 calls for service and wrote...
No consensus on carotid hold
Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith would like to eliminate the carotid control hold from the sheriff’s office use-of-force policy, because there is too...
Steven Juarez was a loving father, athlete
Steven Juarez—known affectionately by his friends and family as “Stevie”—was a social butterfly, a die-hard football fan and a tattoo artist who inked some...
Saturday march to demand ‘Justice for Stevie’
For local activists and the survivors of Steven Juarez, a chief source of danger in some Gilroy neighborhoods is that entity that is supposed...
GPD: Juarez had drugs when he died
Gilroy Police revealed Thursday that 42-year-old Steven Juarez had suspected methamphetamine in his possession when he died in a struggle with officers on Feb....
City hall packed to talk crime and homelessness
“Nobody wants to be homeless,” shouted Rachel Kogan, a 17-year old senior at Christopher High School in response to Gilroy businessman John Webster, who...
