Police officers across Silicon Valley are mourning San Jose’s first community service officer killed in the line of duty — a gesture to how integral these officers have become in a city that struggles to fill its police ranks. Long Pham, a community service officer with the San Jose Police Department since 2022, was killed Aug. 3 after being struck by an alleged drunk driver while directing traffic on Monterey Road. His shocking death highlights the role of community service officers — or CSOs — who are meant to on take some of the workload from the city’s sworn police…
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