By Robert Salonga
San Jose Mercury News
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Police Department lacks a permanent chief. It’s fielding an overstretched force. Morale continues to roil amid a bitter fight over reduced pension benefits.
But the police brass sought to give the department stability and direction Thursday by announcing a renewed mission statement with a goal of innovating city policing in an environment of “challenges and uncertainty.”
The new “Department Direction” was launched in part to allay community and rank-and-file concerns that police have been operating in a holding pattern until the city finds a new top cop, a process that stalled and has since been reset after a fruitless initial search.
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