Posts Tagged ‘Lt. Felix Tan’
Can ‘community ambassadors’ untangle Richmond’s relationship with the police?
Richmond Police Sgt. Florencio Rivera lifts a thick leather belt from the trunk of his police cruiser. He points to several objects dangling from it — pepper spray, handcuffs, riot baton, pistol, Taser — and explains: These are just stand-ins. The baton is made of foam, the Taser is unloaded, and the pistol fires Airsoft…
Read MoreSuspect arrested in murder of man found dumped in West Oakland
Police arrested a suspect Friday in the killing of a Richmond man whose body was found dumped in West Oakland. The arrest capped a murderous week for Richmond in which the body count rose by three in a span of 12 hours.
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