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Activist: ‘San Jose PD Needs To Look Inside' After Promising Rookie's Overdose Death
"With this loss of life, the San Jose PD needs to look inside and find out if there's a problem inside the police department," Moore said.
May 3, 2022
Civil rights activists are calling on the San Jose Police Department to take a hard look in the mirror after a promising rookie officer’s death in March was ruled a fentanyl overdose.
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“With this loss of life, the San Jose PD needs to look inside and find out if there’s a problem inside the police department,” said civil rights activist and police watchdog Rev. Jeff Moore.
The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed Saturday that Officer De’Jon Packer, whose body was discovered inside his Milpitas home in March, died as a result of “fentanyl toxicity.”
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