https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/06/08/san-jose-police-adopt-restrictions-on-rubber-bullets-after-protest-backlash/ > SAN JOSE — After more than a week of ongoing nationwide protests against police brutality, the San Jose Police Department is instituting a package of crowd-control policy changes, highlighted by a ban on rubber bullets to disperse crowds, according to a new memo sent to officers Monday. > The announcement of the new practices came on the eve of a city council meeting in which the police department is expected to be called upon to explain the force officers used to break up groups of protesters.