San Diego Sheriff’s Department

The family members of people who have died in San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s custody gathered together to demand reforms.

Relatives of Ellen Carter, who was killed by a co-worker, told NBC 7’s Amber Frias that they still have no idea what could have led to her death.

San Diego Police have identified the woman who was fatally stabbed by a man Tuesday who was then killed by police after brandishing what appeared to be a shotgun, SDPD released.

Police shot the suspect in the backyard of his Crest home, NBC 7’s Dave Summers reports.

An investigation into a deadly stabbing at a College Area pharmacy led San Diego police to an East County home Tuesday night, where a suspect was fatally shot by officers after brandishing what appeared to be a shotgun, investigators said Wednesday.

Both of the deceased connected to the incident were in their 70s, reported NBC 7’s Dave Summers.

Zahau’s brother-in-law, Adam Shacknai, was found responsible for her death in a civil suit settled out of court in 2018

From 2006 to 2020, 185 fatalities were reported in the seven detention centers SDSO oversees

San Diego County lawyers are seeking to wipe out an $85 million jury award to the family of man who died after being restrained by sheriff’s deputies in 2015, or get a new trial in the lawsuit that generated the case. County lawyers contend the verdict stemming from the negligence and wrongful death lawsuit was “incurably infected with error” and…

These days, the San Diego Police Department finds it’s responding to more than just emergencies in local communities. It’s also facing a real problem within its own ranks: Officers are leaving the force in near-record numbers.

NBC 7 Investigates: San Diego Police Officers Fleeing the Force
The San Diego Police Department faces a growing challenge of preventing officers from heading to other local agencies, reports NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas

A man died in an apparent base-jumping accident. And, two people have been killed in an early morning accident on I-5. Plus, County supervisors appoint an interim sheriff.
Here’s What’s Up in San Diego County for March 23, 2022.

The Poway Sheriff’s have identified a man as a suspect in a “hot prowl” residential burglary and a series of vandalisms from earlier this week in Poway.

The report by the Center for Policing Equity found that even after you factor in variables like poverty and neighborhood crime rates, Black people were stopped 3.5 times more than white people and were 4 times more likely to be subjected to force, according to data the San Diego Sheriff’s Department gave from 2016 to 2020. The report also found…

A total of 293 unwanted firearms were turned in by the public Saturday at the Guns for Gift Cards event in the La Mesa Civic Center parking lot.

A former San Diego County Sheriff’s deputy and retired Navy Reservist will be sentenced next month after being convicted on several rape and molestation charges related to years of sexual assault involving two minors.

The San Diego Sheriff’s Department Homicide Unit is investigating the death of a 52-year-old man in Vista.

A highly produced video about the dangers of fentanyl released last week by the San Diego Sheriff’s Department is being criticized as doing more harm than good, reports NBC 7’s Rory Devine.

A 57-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder in the stabbing death of a 33-year-old Escondido man at a nursery, authorities said.

A man in Vista was fatally injured in a crash with a vehicle driven by a hit-and-run motorist, authorities said. A white Lexus sedan, possibly an IS300, was going southbound on East Vista Way and struck a man crossing westbound on East Vista Way, said Sgt. Hernan Gonzalez of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies and the Vista...