Articles Tagged With ‘San Luis Obispo Police Department’




San Luis Obispo City Council to negotiate Gesell’s payout

By CCN STAFF San Luis Obispo City staff placed an item on Tuesday’s agenda late Monday afternoon that appears to be about Chief Steve Gesell’s separation from the city. Gesell is currently on paid administrative leave. During a special SLO... (Continue reading)

Did illegal ticket quotas hasten Gesell’s exit?

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN San Luis Obispo Police Chief Steve Gesell’s command staff initiated an illegal ticket quota scheme with pizza as a reward, emails obtained by CalCoastNews show, an activity that may have contributed to Gesell’s being... (Continue reading)

SLO police to stake out bicyclists who break rules of the road

San Luis Obipso police will seek out and ticket bicyclists who violate traffic laws, as part of a traffic enforcement operation taking place Monday. Police have mapped out where bicycle crashes and collisions involving pedestrians have have frequently occurred over... (Continue reading)

SLO police chief facing administrative leave

By CalCoastNews Staff San Luis Obispo Police Chief Steve Gesell will be placed on paid administrative leave by the end of the work day, today, Friday, May 8, sources say. It is the first step in what reliable and informed... (Continue reading)

Transient smacks SLO business owner in the face

A 39-year-old man allegedly struck a business owner on the 600 block of Higuera Street in downtown San Luis Obispo Tuesday afternoon. Shortly before 3 p.m., Benjamin Mich Strickland allegedly hit the business owner in the mouth. The attacker then fled... (Continue reading)

Bomb squad removes pressure cooker from SLO sidewalk

The San Luis Obispo Police Department called in the bomb squad Saturday night to remove a pressure cooker someone left setting in front of the Del Monte Café on Santa Barbara Street. At about 8:30 p.m., a passerby spotted the... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student reports sexual assault

A Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student told police she was sexually assaulted early Saturday morning, police said. At about 1 a.m., the unnamed student was walking near the Grand Street entrance to Cal Poly when a white car pulled... (Continue reading)

Burglar allegedly follows drunken woman home in SLO

San Luis Obispo police are searching for a man who allegedly walked an intoxicated woman into her home and then, an hour later, appeared inside another person’s house. Shortly after 2:30 a.m. Saturday, a taxi driver dropped off the woman... (Continue reading)

SLO man arrested for felony DUI

San Luis Obispo police arrested a 22-year-old Cal Poly football player early Sunday morning on suspicion of felony driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in injuries. Shortly after 1 a.m., Marvin Abou, 22, was headed eastbound on the 2100... (Continue reading)

Truck slams into SLO power pole, causes outage

A yellow pickup truck crashed into a San Luis Obispo power pole Monday afternoon, knocking out electricity in the area and trapping the driver inside the vehicle. Around 4:22 p.m., the driver veered left, crossed two lanes of opposing traffic... (Continue reading)