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New police chief focused on recruiting
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In a longstanding struggle to hire qualified recruits, Palo Alto police are still down 12 officers — but Chief Bob Jonsen has a […]
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Channel 7 reporter hired as Palo Alto police spokeswoman
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Channel 7 reporter Janine De la Vega is leaving broadcast news to become the first civilian public affairs manager of the Palo Alto […]
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Man arrested in connection with sexual assault of jogger at gunpoint
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested an East Bay man suspected of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at gunpoint who was jogging on a path near […]
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Hoax leads to lockdown at Paly, call made on phone that had been lost or stolen
By the Daily Post staff 8:21 p.m. — Police haven’t found the man who called in the Palo Alto High School shooting hoax today, but they say the call was […]
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Jogger sexually assaulted at gunpoint, assailant at large
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A teenage jogger was pulled off a Palo Alto bike trail and sexually assaulted at gunpoint this afternoon (March 28), according to police. […]
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Music teacher may get a year in jail for sex misconduct
By the Daily Post staff A former Palo Alto music teacher who pleaded guilty yesterday (March 26) to two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a teenage student will […]
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Auditor says police used excessive force on youth
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police officers violated department policy when they used excessive force on a minor, according to a report by the department’s independent […]
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Thieves hit Victoria’s Secret for 4th time in a week
By the Daily Post staff For the fourth time this week, thieves have hit the Victoria’s Secret store in the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto. At about 4:30 p.m. […]
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Gunman at large after street robbery
By the Daily Post staff Police are looking for a gunman who robbed a pedestrian of his wallet and cellphone last night (March 10) in the 500 block of Homer […]
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Innocent man sues police over arrest
The following was originally published in the Daily Post on March 2. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man who was arrested for a felony that he didn’t […]
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UPDATE: High-speed police chase ends in Palo Alto neighborhood — 2 detained
By the Daily Post staff Update, 5 a.m. — Sunnyvale’s Department of Public Safety said via twitter the second suspect in the chase has been captured. Officers are trying to […]
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Police to re-shoot recruitment video that was seen as too militaristic
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police are preparing to re-shoot a dramatic new officer recruitment video that’s been slammed as being overly aggressive, macho and militaristic. […]
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Palo Alto police get two reports of mountain lions in different neighborhoods
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police received two reports of dog-size mountain lions last night (Feb. 3) — one in the Midtown neighborhood and another not far from […]
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Palo Alto police car totals SUV in San Jose, claim filed against city
Above is a Palo Alto police car like the one involved in the accident described below. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man has filed a claim for […]
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Woman robbed of cellphone at gunpoint in downtown Palo Alto
Correction: Because of a typo in a Police Department news release, this story gave the wrong location for the robbery. The version below gives the correct address. By the Daily […]
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Palo Alto hires Menlo Park’s police chief
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park Police Chief Bob Jonsen will leave the department after almost five years to serve as Palo Alto’s new police chief, Palo […]
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Inmates at large after escaping from Palo Alto Courthouse, considered dangerous
From staff and wire reports Two men charged with tying up employees at gunpoint during a cellphone store robbery made a dramatic escape today (Nov. 6) from the Palo Alto […]
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Victoria’s Secret hit again — yoga pants taken
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Victoria’s Secret store in Palo Alto has been hit by theft for the second time in five days, with 50 pairs of […]
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City pays cop $45,000 over leak
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Staff Writer A retired Palo Alto police sergeant who is currently serving as a reserve officer received a $45,000 settlement from the city over claims […]
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Attorney says police dog “bit off a chunk” of boy’s leg
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Staff Writer The attorney representing the Palo Alto teen who claims he was attacked by a police dog as officers looked on told the Post […]
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Suit: Police dog mauled teen — officers accused of just standing by during attack
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto woman is suing the city and members of its police department, claiming her teenage son was attacked by a police […]