7/24/2019 Update: Former San Jose Police Indpendent Auditor and Palo Alto resident filed a formal complaint Wednesday with the Palo Alto Police Department concerning the actions of Palo Alto Sgt. Wayne Benitez captured on surveillance video during the arrest of city resident Gustavo Alvarez. The retired judge said Palo Alto Police Chief Robert Jonsen called her after she filed the complaint, and told her Benitez's actions are being reviewed by the department. Home surveillance video obtained by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit shows Palo Alto police officers pulling city resident Gustavo Alvarez from his home in the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park before he says he was beaten and unjustifiably arrested on suspicion of driving with a suspended license.
Alvarez, who immigrated with his family from Mexico in 1997, installed the home security system two years ago, saying he feared police patrolling his neighborhood, and that the footage demonstrates a pattern of harassment that’s gone on for years.
The video, along with police reports and audio recordings from officers’ body-worn microphones, raises questions about whether the officers used excessive force and if bias played a role in the confrontation. Attorneys for Alvarez say subsequent reports filed by the officers involved don’t refer to the use of force and point to a potential cover-up.
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