One year after a consultant said San Jose should expand the powers of the city’s police watchdog, city leaders have shot down the recommendation. The decision is a win for the San Jose Police Officers’ Association, a union that represents SJPD’s rank and file officers. The association has consistently opposed the expansion of the IPA’s powers and challenged the legality of taking some cases out of the department’s hands. The process of looking into how to expand IPA powers started in earnest in August 2020. Jimenez said he didn’t want the council to make “long-term decisions based on temporary hurt” at the IPA office.

Source: ABC News November 15, 2023 17:54 UTC