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Council Passes Safe Storage of Firearms Ordinance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2022
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Council Passes Safe Storage of Firearms Ordinance

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA - State law requires that all firearms sold or transferred in Californi ...

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA - State law requires that all firearms sold or transferred in California either be equipped with California Department of Justice-approved safety locks or be accompan ...

July 21, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Concerns about Policing and Racial Profiling Creep into Satisfaction Survey

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Concerns about Policing and Racial Profiling Creep into Satisfaction Survey

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Concerns about crime—even violent crime which remains ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Concerns about crime—even violent crime which remains exceedingly rare in Davis, have creeped up in the latest satisfaction survey, and while policin ...

July 11, 2022
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Davis City Council Votes Unanimously to Adopt Military Equipment Ordinance

Posted by Jordan
|Date: May 18, 2022
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Davis City Council Votes Unanimously to Adopt Military Equipment Ordinance

By Melanie Johnson DAVIS, CA – On Tuesday, May 10, the Davis City Council held their second reading of a ...

By Melanie Johnson DAVIS, CA – On Tuesday, May 10, the Davis City Council held their second reading of a military equipment ordinance pursuant to AB 481 which was introduced on Apr. 19. They discussed ...

May 18, 2022
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Davis Police Accountability Commission Urges Transparency Regarding Military Equipment Usage

Posted by Jordan
|Date: May 06, 2022
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Davis Police Accountability Commission Urges Transparency Regarding Military Equipment Usage

By Melanie Johnson DAVIS, CA – On Monday night, the Davis Police Accountability Commission (PAC) discus ...

By Melanie Johnson DAVIS, CA – On Monday night, the Davis Police Accountability Commission (PAC) discussed a military equipment ordinance pursuant to AB 481 introduced by City Council on Apr. 19. As ...

May 06, 2022
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PAC Alarmed That City Attorney Prohibiting Independent Police Audits of Mental Health Calls

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 04, 2022
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PAC Alarmed That City Attorney Prohibiting Independent Police Audits of Mental Health Calls

By Melanie Johnson DAVIS, CA – The Davis Police Accountability Commission (PAC) this past Monday met to d ...

By Melanie Johnson DAVIS, CA – The Davis Police Accountability Commission (PAC) this past Monday met to discuss a memo they received March 23 from Davis City Attorney Inder Khalsa which effectively pr ...

May 04, 2022
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Davis Police Accountability Commission Provides Debrief on Mar. 1 Discussion with City Council

Posted by Jordan
|Date: April 11, 2022
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Davis Police Accountability Commission Provides Debrief on Mar. 1 Discussion with City Council

By Neshmia Alam DAVIS, CA — Last Monday night the Davis Police Accountability Commis ...

By Neshmia Alam DAVIS, CA — Last Monday night the Davis Police Accountability Commission (PAC) met and debriefed about their meeting with Davis City Council on Mar. 1, 2022. ...

April 11, 2022
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SF Police Will No Longer Use Survivors’ DNA in Unconnected Crimes

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 16, 2022
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SF Police Will No Longer Use Survivors’ DNA in Unconnected Crimes

By: Ineka Damen SAN FRANCISCO- San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) announced this week that they will ...

By: Ineka Damen SAN FRANCISCO- San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) announced this week that they will no longer use survivors' DNA in unrelated crimes after district attorney Chesa Boudin pressured ...

March 16, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Another Possible Approach to Addressing Police Stops in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 31, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Another Possible Approach to Addressing Police Stops in Davis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city of Davis has taken a number steps of to “re-i ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city of Davis has taken a number steps of to “re-imagine” policing. The two biggest are the creation of a department of social services, moving ...

January 31, 2022
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Davis Residents Want Police Reform, Study Finds

Posted by Jordan
|Date: January 27, 2022
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Davis Residents Want Police Reform, Study Finds

By Lauren Smith DAVIS, CA - As a result of the recommendations to Davis city council to engage the ...

By Lauren Smith DAVIS, CA - As a result of the recommendations to Davis city council to engage the community voice in discussions over reimagining public safety, the UC Davis Center for Healthc ...

January 27, 2022
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Council Approves the Hiring of Two Sworn Police Positions Over the Objections of Activists

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2021
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Council Approves the Hiring of Two Sworn Police Positions Over the Objections of Activists

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The council on Tuesday unanimously approved the fillin ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The council on Tuesday unanimously approved the filling of two vacant sworn police officer positions – positions that were frozen last year – over th ...

December 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: People Power Disappointed by Apparent Reversal of Policing Hire

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 16, 2021
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Letter: People Power Disappointed by Apparent Reversal of Policing Hire

The Following is a Full Statement by Yolo People Power Davis wants structural changes in public safety. W ...

The Following is a Full Statement by Yolo People Power Davis wants structural changes in public safety. We have protested and public commented for two years now. Last night, City Council did the oppos ...

December 16, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Crime Update with Davis Police Department

Posted by Jordan
|Date: December 15, 2021
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Crime Update with Davis Police Department

By Fatima Perez DAVIS, CA - On Thursday December 9, the Davis Chamber of Commerce held a virtual informa ...

By Fatima Perez DAVIS, CA - On Thursday December 9, the Davis Chamber of Commerce held a virtual information session and crime update with Davis Police Department Chief of Police Darren Pytel. Chief ...

December 15, 2021
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Letter: UC Davis Riot Must Have Consequences

Posted by Yolo County GOP Chair Dan MBrown
|Date: November 29, 2021
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Letter: UC Davis Riot Must Have Consequences

by Dan M. Brown On November 18th, there was an anti-police riot on the University of California, Davis, c ...

by Dan M. Brown On November 18th, there was an anti-police riot on the University of California, Davis, campus. A group called UC Davis Cops off Campus led the riot, which involved vandalism, threats, ...

November 29, 2021
| by Yolo County GOP Chair Dan MBrown

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Davis City Council to Consider 25 Public Safety Recommendations

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 02, 2021
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Davis City Council to Consider 25 Public Safety Recommendations

Special to the Vanguard The city in the last few months has implemented key reforms in public safety. Bu ...

Special to the Vanguard The city in the last few months has implemented key reforms in public safety. But there are a number of other issues on the table. The following is a status report on 25 publ ...

November 02, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Moves by Davis City Council on Policing Part of a National Trend

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 28, 2021
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Commentary: Moves by Davis City Council on Policing Part of a National Trend

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Every so often it is a good idea to put Davis within a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Every so often it is a good idea to put Davis within a national context. Davis has now fundamentally changed the way it handles certain types of cal ...

October 28, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Broad Community Support for Change – But I Still Want More

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2021
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Commentary: Broad Community Support for Change – But I Still Want More

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – What did the actions by the council mean to Mayor Glor ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – What did the actions by the council mean to Mayor Gloria Partida? It was after midnight on Tuesday night and she went out onto her porch, and took a ...

October 21, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Credit Where Credit Is Due

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 21, 2021
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Letter: Credit Where Credit Is Due

by Larry Guenther At Tuesday's meeting, (10/19/2021) City Council acted on recommendations made by a Coun ...

by Larry Guenther At Tuesday's meeting, (10/19/2021) City Council acted on recommendations made by a Council subcommittee, one of two subcommittees to look at the issue of "Reimagining Public Safety." ...

October 21, 2021
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Council Passes Sweeping Police Re-Organization without Opposition

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2021
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Council Passes Sweeping Police Re-Organization without Opposition

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - In the end the city council not only unanimously passe ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - In the end the city council not only unanimously passed the city’s police reorganization plan, but did so without anything that resembled opposition— ...

October 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Reimagining Policing in Davis Is Happening

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2021
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Reimagining Policing in Davis Is Happening

City Set To Remove Key Functions from Police Department to New Department of Social Services and Housing ...

City Set To Remove Key Functions from Police Department to New Department of Social Services and Housing By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A council subcommittee of Mayor Gloria Parti ...

October 16, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Is the Davis Use of Force Comparison That Helpful?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Is the Davis Use of Force Comparison That Helpful?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The City of Davis in their press release this past Mon ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The City of Davis in their press release this past Monday led with the headline, Davis use of force "...Found to be Well Below State Average.” On the ...

October 10, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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