San Jose police union calls for mutual aid after department ‘overwhelmed’ with calls

San Jose’s police officers’ union is calling on local leaders to provide mutual aid to the city’s police department, saying that officers were overwhelmed by the volume of calls this past weekend and could not promptly respond to one that later turned into a homicide.

Due to multiple shootings, stabbings and two homicides, large areas of the city were left without officers to respond to emergency calls on Saturday night and early Sunday morning, the San Jose Police Officers’ Association said.