Crime

Police department has four new vehicles, with six more on the

Gilroy police arrests July 25 through July 31

Family members of a Los Banos man who died six days after a 2013 encounter with police are asserting that the Gilroy Police Department used “unnecessary and excessive force,” according to a claim rejected by the city of Gilroy. The man's family sought $1 million in damages, and the GPD stands behind the actions of the officers involved.