The El Cajon City Council last week directed staff to take $100,000 from General Fund reserves to use for continued de-escalation training for the Police Department. The council also approved a ...

The concerns were listed in investigative files released this month by the El Cajon Police Department under a new state law, allowing the public greater access to police use-of-force investigations.

Police haven’t always been trained to think that way. They’re supposed to take immediate control of a situation, resolve the problem and move on to the next call. There are always more calls. But the ...

EL CAJON, Calif. — Police in El Cajon say the city's new license plate readers are showing some success in reducing crime. The implementation comes as the city of San Diego just approved license plate ...