San Jose Police Chief makes first public statement amid union fentanyl scandal
of Joanne Segovia, the longtime executive director of the San Jose Police Officers Association accused of trafficking fentanyl from her office.
“The recent arrest of a civilian administrative employee of the San Jose Police Officers Association, a union separate from the City of San Jose government, by agents of the Department of Homeland Security has rightfully caused concern from our community that the actions of this one individual may be indicative of illegal activity or complicity by others,” Mata’s said in a statement over the weekend.
“As Chief of Police, the most important thing to me is that members of this community have the highest trust and confidence in the San Jose Police Department. I have never turned away from outside scrutiny of our actions, and I have dealt with instances of misconduct by our own employees firmly and decisively.”
Segovia, 64, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of charges that she allegedly placed orders for synthetic opioids from countries like China and India and orchestrated deliveries of the drugs across the US. According to the charges, she used her work computer to place such orders, and used the police union’s building as a return address for packages containing thousands of dollars worth of the substances. The union fired Segovia last week and announced that an independent investigator will examine the POA’s operations.
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