{"id":361911,"date":"2026-06-15T21:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/361911\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T21:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:54:25","slug":"several-sideshows-pop-up-in-san-jose-police-said-they-had-staffing-issues-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/361911\/","title":{"rendered":"Several sideshows pop up in San Jose, police said they had &#8216;staffing&#8217; issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">San Jose police officers responded to several sideshows that erupted at multiple locations across the city over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Video from the scenes on Saturday night showed what appeared to be hundreds of people gathered at each spot as drivers performed stunting maneuvers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Department officials blamed the lack of citations and arrests on &#8220;staffing&#8221; constraints and a &#8220;large call volume&#8221; occurring at the same time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SAN JOSE, Calif. &#8211; San Jose police officers responded to several sideshows that erupted at multiple locations across the city over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Video from the scenes on Saturday night showed what appeared to be hundreds of people gathered at each spot as drivers performed stunting maneuvers from roughly 10:40 p.m. to nearly 1 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sideshows were spotted at the shopping center at 352 Capitol Avenue, where between 60 to 80 people gathered as drivers performed stunts in the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Crowds also appeared at Santa Teresa Boulevard and Bailey Road, where at one point, the driver of a Mustang was doing donuts before a San Jose police officer chased the car as it fled away, video shows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spectators also gathered at Hellyer and Embedded Way, where some in the crowd shot off fireworks, video shows. A spectator was also seen struck by a car and falling to the ground, though the person didn&#8217;t appear too injured from the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Staffing\u2019 issues<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While officers were able to successfully disperse the crowds and vehicles, the San Jose Police Department stated they could not perform &#8220;large-scale enforcement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Department officials blamed the lack of citations and arrests on &#8220;staffing&#8221; constraints and a &#8220;large call volume&#8221; occurring at the same time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It remains unclear if any of the vehicles involved in the overnight activity were stolen, or if the gatherings caused any property damage.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;The driver of a Mustang was doing donuts before a San Jose police officer chased the car as it fled away, AioFilmz video shows. June 13, 2026&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/66d802679e3412cea36a5c04e221c247.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The driver of a Mustang was doing donuts before a San Jose police officer chased the car as it fled away, AioFilmz video shows. June 13, 2026<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;San Jose police officers responded to several sideshows that erupted at multiple locations across the city over the weekend. June 13, 2026 Photo: AioFilmz&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8fc66b6883d356966a2b36de0d89db25.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>San Jose police officers responded to several sideshows that erupted at multiple locations across the city over the weekend. June 13, 2026 Photo: AioFilmz<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Video from scene, SJPD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief San Jose police officers responded to several sideshows that erupted at multiple locations across the city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89,17060,43006],"class_list":["post-361911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-police","tag-sideshows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}