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SAN JOSE – Amanda Estantino routinely works long hours to get to the bottom of San Jose’s most violent crimes. It isn’t unheard of for her to go two days without heading home. “We’re tenacious like ...

A California Highway Patrol officer holds an evidence bag after taking a suspect into custody during a stop in Oakland, Calif. Many factors can influence a police agency’s clearance rate, including ...

Police departments’ “clearance rates” — the percentage of cases they declare closed — are one of the most widely cited benchmarks for how effectively they combat crime. Lawmakers reference clearance ...