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Here’s what we have for you today:
- NBC 7/39’s Steven Luke was part of a group of broadcasters honored this month by the local National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences chapter.
- A police chase that allegedly started with a taxi being stolen in Santee ran all the way down to Mission Valley.
Dorian Hargrove
News Editor
Top story
Crime is down, but SDPD use of force is up — and Black San Diegans are seven times more likely to face it
Good news, crime is down in San Diego.
Bad news, police use-of-force reports are way up, and the gap between races has widened in recent years.
Times of San Diego requested all instances of force used by police since 2017. We broke it down by race, population and year.
The data reveal Black individuals are seven times more likely to have force used on them than white individuals. We found that for every 1,000 Black residents, 17.4 had some level of police force used on them. For every 1,000 White residents, on the other hand, only 2.5 residents experienced police use of force.
The use-of-force disparity is not specific to Black residents and white individuals. Since 2023, Hispanics have also seen a spike in force used on them.
In 2025, the data show that 4.5 Hispanics out of every 1,000 people had force used on them, nearly 80 percent higher than their white counterparts.
So, just what is driving the increase in force and the widening racial divide? San Diego Police say the answers are complex and include numerous socio-economic factors.
Civil advocates, however, are pushing back on that claim.
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