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Harika Maddala is a Bay City News staff photojournalist, CatchLight Local Fellow and Report for America corps member who documents everyday Stockton.  Maddala’s CatchLight Local Fellowship project, “A Matter of Trust: Inside Stockton’s Police Department and the Residents They Serve,” compiles visual stories from 2022 with additional reporting by Victoria Franco. It explores the dynamics […]

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A matter of trust: Inside Stockton’s Police Department and the residents they serve

Vallejo denied organized retail theft grant that many other Bay Area cities received

Bay Area law enforcement agencies receive state grants to combat organized retail thefts

A Bay Area city offered $75,000 bonus to lure new cops. Other departments try to keep up

Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office denies forcibly removing arrested woman’s hijab

Thao would freeze vacant positions, delay new programs to close Oakland budget gap

San Carlos police chief stepping down to take same position with Redwood City

Laws often shield police from accountability, which hurts Blacks, homeless and mentally ill

Lost in the line of duty: Emotional farewell for sheriff’s K-9 killed apprehending suspect

Pleasant Hill hires from within own ranks in naming Scott Vermillion new chief of police

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