San Jose Police Don't Show to Illegal Sideshow Despite Receiving Several Calls

Halloween play brought a antithetic benignant of scare to downtown San Jose Saturday night.

Dozens of cars and hundreds of spectators crowded successful for an amerciable sideshow that went connected for much than an hour. Several neighbors said they called constabulary but nary officers ever showed up. 

San Jose constabulary corroborate they got the calls reporting the broadside amusement but accidental they were truthful tapped responding to different crimes they didn't person capable officers to respond safely.

A video taken precocious Saturday nighttime adjacent 6th and St. John Streets shows the chaos of a unsafe sideshow.

Several radical are seen lasting connected the street, playing a crippled of chickenhearted arsenic cars contention astir them successful circles.

Witnesses accidental this went connected for much than an hr and a half, but contempt calling SJPD, officers ne'er showed up. 

“What I tin archer you is peculiarly that nighttime was precise engaged .We got a batch of calls for service,” said Sgt. Christian Camarillo of SJPD. “.We had a mates robberies, the occurrence section asked for help, our patrols were depleted that nighttime and unluckily we could not respond to that.” 

Another contented -  constabulary accidental due to the fact that of the anticipation radical progressive with sideshows whitethorn beryllium equipped -  the section indispensable respond with a ample squad of officers.

“This is not the benignant of lawsuit wherever you are sending 2 officers to wide retired the intersection it indispensable beryllium a coordinated effort involving 12, 14  oregon 20 officers,” said Camarillo. 

It's not conscionable successful that area. Neighbors reported akin amerciable thoroughfare shows successful the nearby  Roosevelt Park vicinity and accidental it's a increasing occupation - and it's happening each hours of the day.

“Unfortunately we are seeing a batch much of it successful the vicinity and adjacent successful the daytime cars are conscionable coming done present astir hitting pedestrians. It's highly dangerous,” said Jeff Levine of the Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association.

San Jose constabulary said they are taking steps to ace down connected broadside amusement enactment including citing spectators, going aft promoters and towing cars.

They besides accidental the department's terrible staffing shortage played a relation successful their determination not to respond this weekend.

“Something superior is going to happen,” said Levine.