Sharmaine Moseley, who led civilian police review efforts in San Diego for over eight years, left her post in recent weeks. This is another setback, as the city has yet to fully implement the more robust oversight of police voters approved in 2020.
The San Diego City Council has yet to appoint permanent members to the Commission on Police Practices, which voters overwhelmingly approved in 2020. As a result, dozens of cases with allegations of serious police misconduct are escaping public review.
Voters in San Diego, La Mesa and Lemon Grove will be electing a new county supervisor this summer. Then, inewsource reports that a San Diego police officer involved in a domestic violence incident has faced few consequences. Plus, we have a preview of a new exhibit at the surf museum in Oceanside.
SDPD misconduct files are missing disciplinary records in almost a third of cases. Sometimes, the files lack discipline when officers quickly resign from the force.