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On April 12, 2022, a San Diego Superior Court judge ruled that his firing from the La Mesa Police Department was "supported by the weight of the evidence." [53] [54] On March 17, 2023, the La Mesa City Council settled with Furcron, who experienced a medically induced coma and lost vision in one eye. She was awarded $10 million. [55]
La Mesa was founded in 1869 and The City of La Mesa was incorporated on February 16, 1912. [13] Its official flower is the bougainvillea. [1] In 2020, La Mesa was the site of civil unrest in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [14]
A woman walking near a protest in front of La Mesa's police station was shot in the face by a police projectile. [101] May 30, 2020 La Mesa, California: A teenager driving his car near the La Mesa Police station was shot in the head by non-lethal projectiles. [102] May 30, 2020 Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The victim reportedly refused his assailant a place to park, police say. Man arrested after running over, killing Mesa resident in parking dispute, police say Skip to main content
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San Diego Police officers confer with FEMA Administrator David Paulison during the October 2007 California wildfires.. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 509 law enforcement agencies exist in the U.S. state of California, employing 79,431 sworn police officers—about 217 for each 100,000 residents.
He had been employed with the Mesa Police Department since 2013. [4] He was "administratively cleared" of wrongdoing in a 2015 incident involving excessive use of force during an arrest of three unarmed teenage suspects. [5] Brailsford's father was a police sergeant who had also worked for the Mesa Police Department. [4]
During his tenure with the Los Angeles Police Department, he attained the rank of assistant chief of police under Chief William Bratton. In 2006, Gascón was appointed chief of police for the Mesa Police Department. He had frequent clashes with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio over immigration sweeps targeting Latinos. [3]