amidst the increasing hostilities between members of the san jose police department and mexican american residents of san jose, mendoza and other members of upa came together to form community alert patrol (cap). cap's goal was to prevent further events of violence against mexican americans in the hands of san jose police officers. when it was first founded, cap was set up in our lady of guadalupe church in east san jose. many of those who joined were members of the communities which were affected. members of cap worked friday and saturday nights to prevent and document incidents of police brutality. members used a radio system to interfere calls done to the san jose police department. then, they would attempt to arrive at the scene before the police authorities to record the interactions, wishing to record any events of violence which could be used as evidence of police brutality against the mexican american residents of san jose in the hands of the san jose police department. mendoza also helped lead a 2000-person march to city hall in protest of the incidents of police brutality against the mexican-american community, some of which she testifies to have witnessed. "'i saw cops kicking down doors in the east side," mendoza says, "i saw it with my own two eyes. i saw policemen stopping people for traffic infractions at gunpoint."'