Growing concerns of racial profiling and government overreach point to surveillance as being potentially more dangerous than the harms it claims to prevent....
Eric Rombough, the last former Antioch or Pittsburg police officer in a civil rights and abuse of power case, was sentenced to more than four years in prison....
Richmond City Council again debated over Flock cameras and questions of public safety before narrowly voting Tuesday to turn the license plate readers back on....
Questions of public safety versus privacy clashed Tuesday with a debate over police surveillance cameras at the Richmond City Council meeting....
Emilio Alberto Esperanza-Pacheco, who was a pastor at God's Lighthouse of Truth Church in Richmond, was convicted of sexually abusing a child....
The Antioch Police Department arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal hit-and-run of a 17-year-old girl last month, the department said Tuesday....
Crime is largely down in Antioch, but aggravated assault and rapes in which the victim was drugged or found on a dating site are up....
Morteza Amiri was sentenced to prison for violating civil rights through excessive force, falsifying records, and taking part in a scheme to get pay raises....
Antioch officials on Tuesday approved an 18-month police substation in the Sycamore corridor, an area affected by gun and gang violence....
Black and Latino suspects are arrested at higher rates than their overall representation in Contra Costa and white and Asian suspects at lower rates....
Hate crimes are illegal and hate incidents are not, but both are motivated by bias against the victim's real or perceived association with a protected group....
Change is coming to California’s oldest and most notorious prison and entire criminal justice system, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday....
If Prop. 25 passes, suspects would instead be subject to a risk assessment to determine whether they could be released from jail before going on trial....
Contra Costa County D.A. Diana Becton's plan to close the juvenile hall in Martinez got mixed responses from the Board of Supervisors during a 12-hour meeting....
The legislation, AB 1196, bans law enforcement officers in the state from using carotid artery restraints to subdue and detain suspects. The chokehold is supposed to render victims unconscious, but...
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