https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/03/20/san-joses-japantown-to-form-community-patrols-amid-surge-in-anti-asian-violence/

SAN JOSE — Civic leaders in San Jose’s Japantown are enlisting volunteers to launch and maintain a highly visible community patrol over the historic district in the wake of escalating anti-Asian violence in the Bay Area and across the country.

Retired San Jose police veteran Rich Saito, who is still working as a reserve officer, is spearheading the effort modeled after a similar protective initiative in San Francisco launched near the start of the pandemic a year ago.