Dear Neighbors,
Last week on Thursday, August 9th four people were arrested as suspects in a carjacking and possibly eight other incidents (nothing confirmed: this is an active and ongoing investigation) perpetrated on the same day. At the time, San Jose Police patrols were alerted to the crimes as well as our special operations team. The special ops team spotted the suspected vehicle and alerted SJPD Air 3 later in the day resulting in the arrest of all four suspects.

My sympathies go out to the victims of these crimes. The safety of our residents is one of the most important issues to me. I have been in contact with our police command staff and any similar crimes of stolen cars are being investigated for links to other crimes. So far, there are no apparent links, according to police. I have also requested updated crime stats from our Police Captain which will be available in the next few weeks. Reviewing these crime trends, the police department can increase patrols in the areas with additional safety needs.

I have tentatively scheduled another Public Safety Town Hall (last meeting was January 18, 2018) with our Police Chief at the Willow Glen Community Center on Thursday, August 30 @ 7p.m. An informational flyer will be posted soon.

Please continue to call 911 if there is an emergency.

Sincerely,

Councilmember Dev Davis

Thank you SJPD for all your hard work!

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/10/san-jose-carjacking-suspects-arrested-following-pursuit/