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Hands Off Protest at Milpitas City Hall, April 5, 2025
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Domestic Violence Incidence Leads to Chaos Near Spangler School on Monday
On September 10, 2023, at about 7:05 PM, Milpitas Police Officers responded to the report of a domestic violence incident at a residence on Spence Avenue. When officers arrived, they saw the suspect in front of the home. When the officer attempted to detain the suspect, he ignored the officer’s commands to stop and ran into the side yard of the residence. Additional officers responded to establish a perimeter around the home, and they deployed a drone to search the area for the suspect. The surrounding area, including the nearby Spangler Elementary School, was checked immediately after the suspect ran from officers. Based on all available information at the time,…
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Local hero Eric Emmanuele, injured while attempting to stop a robbery, retires from service
Local hero Eric Emmanuele, injured while attempting to stop a robbery, retires from service By Eric Shapiro, March 4, 2022 Eric Emmanuele, who worked as Chief Fire Enforcement Officer/Investigator for the Milpitas Fire Department (MFD) from 2017 till the end of 2021, has retired. Prior to working for MFD, Emmanuele was a Police Officer with the Milpitas Police Department (MPD) for 27 years, beginning in 1990. In 2012, The California Conference of Arson Investigators named him “Officer of the Year” at their annual conference. In 2015, State Sen. Bob Wieckowski honored him as a City of Milpitas Local Hero. Then come 2017, Emmanuele parlayed his law enforcement expertise into a…
