Posts tagged San Jose Police Officers Association
SJ Police Officers’ Association accuses department of corruption, misconduct
August 18, 2025 // "A pattern of willful misconduct within the Internal Affairs Department that goes beyond simple mistakes and has exposed outrageous conduct that appears to be sanctioned by the highest levels within the San Jose Police Department," the video said. This includes misconduct, lack of training and altered documents. SJPOA President Steve Slack is demanding accountability. "My members are held accountable every day," Slack said. "Where is accountability for our command staff and the bureaucratic decision makers at city hall?"
Police union director fired after opioid smuggling arrest
April 10, 2023 // Joanne Marian Segovia, who was the executive director of the San Jose Police Officers' Association, was arrested last week on charges she attempted to unlawfully import valeryl fentanyl, an analogue of the synthetic opioid that has driven the overdose crisis in the United States, said the U.S. Attorney's office in a news release. The police association fired her after completing an initial internal investigation, union officials said in a statement. If convicted, she faces up to 20 years in prison. Segovia came under investigation in late 2022, officials said in a complaint filed by the Northern District of California, U.S. Attorney's Office. Segovia was first interviewed by federal investigators in February and continued to allegedly order controlled substances after that.
Op-ed: Political Earthquake in CA as Numerous High-Ranking Officials and Union Leaders Face Legal Trouble
April 3, 2023 // While many are focused on National Politics, with the former President being indicted, California's elite have their own worries with multiple major legal scandals. The political fissure runs from Sacramento to the southern border and will have aftershocks for years.
Police union executive led scheme to smuggle opioids marked ‘party favors,’ feds say Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article273770265.html#storylink=cpy
March 31, 2023 // The executive director of a California police union faces federal charges of running an opioid-smuggling scheme, federal officials say. Joanne Marian Segovia, 64, works for the San Jose Police Officers Association, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Northern California said in a Wednesday, March 29, news release. A criminal complaint accused Segovia of using her home and work computers to arrange at least 61 shipments containing thousands of synthetic opioid pills to her home over the course of about seven years, the release said.