Drug trafficking charges against longtime San Jose Police unions executive director raise oversight questions

SAN JOSE — The bombshell federal drug trafficking charges filed last week against the executive director of the San Jose Police union are prompting critical questions about how the long-time officer manager was able for years to run the alleged opioid smuggling scheme right under the noses of police in America’s tenth largest city. Joanne Segovia, 64, faces drug-trafficking charges and 20 years in prison for the decade-long opioid and fentanyl distribution network that she reportedly ran through her home and the San Jose Police Officers’ Association office where she has been the executive director since 2003. She was arrested…