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Letter: Opposition to Surveillance Cameras

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 13, 2020
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Letter: Opposition to Surveillance Cameras

(The following are remarks by Francesca Wright at the City Council Meeting) Tonight I am representing Yol ...

(The following are remarks by Francesca Wright at the City Council Meeting) Tonight I am representing Yolo People Power: Envisioning Liberty and Social Justice and Yolo ACLU. We would like to comment ...

March 13, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: DPAC Will Get Tested Tonight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2020
| (45) Comments

Commentary: DPAC Will Get Tested Tonight

Police oversight in Davis is about to receive its first real test. Police oversight already has a fairly ...

Police oversight in Davis is about to receive its first real test. Police oversight already has a fairly interesting history in Davis. Back in 2005, Davis went through a series of high profile polic ...

March 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Staff Pushing for New Cameras over Objections from Police Accountability Commission

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 08, 2020
| (19) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Staff Pushing for New Cameras over Objections from Police Accountability Commission

Back in December, I wrote a commentary questioning the sacrifice of privacy in favor of surveillance, the ...

Back in December, I wrote a commentary questioning the sacrifice of privacy in favor of surveillance, the appearance of safety. The council in December was willing to expand the use of public surveill ...

March 08, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Police Release Video of December Shooting, Showing Man Charge Police Who Then Open Fire

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 03, 2020
| (1) Comment

Davis Police Release Video of December Shooting, Showing Man Charge Police Who Then Open Fire

The Davis Police have released all audio and video recordings of the December 19 shooting that followed t ...

The Davis Police have released all audio and video recordings of the December 19 shooting that followed the stabbing of Carol Gray by her son. When police arrived they saw Ms. Gray on the ground with ...

January 03, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Robbery and Assault at Valero Leads to Complaints About Lack of Action by Police

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 22, 2019
| (10) Comments

Robbery and Assault at Valero Leads to Complaints About Lack of Action by Police

The Vanguard received a communication over Yolo Leaks this week with complaints about two individuals who ...

The Vanguard received a communication over Yolo Leaks this week with complaints about two individuals who committed an assault at the Valero on Mace and Chiles in Davis against an employee of that Val ...

December 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Police Say Man Attacked Them with a Knife, Forcing Them To Respond with Gunfire

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2019
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Police Say Man Attacked Them with a Knife, Forcing Them To Respond with Gunfire

Police have not identified the decedents in an early morning incident on Thursday where police responded ...

Police have not identified the decedents in an early morning incident on Thursday where police responded to a 911 call from the female resident at 435 Avocet Place in Davis about a domestic disturbanc ...

December 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Breaking News: Two Dead After Murder and Police Shooting in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2019
| (5) Comments

Breaking News: Two Dead After Murder and Police Shooting in Davis

Early on Thursday morning, officers received a call from a residence on Avocet in North Davis. It was a ...

Early on Thursday morning, officers received a call from a residence on Avocet in North Davis. It was a report of a domestic violence incident. According to Sgt. Mike Munoz of the Davis Police Depart ...

December 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Needs to Give Surveillance and Cameras in Public Places More Thought

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 10, 2019
| (31) Comments

Commentary: Council Needs to Give Surveillance and Cameras in Public Places More Thought

We have learned or we should have learned that it is a false comfort to argue that those who have nothing ...

We have learned or we should have learned that it is a false comfort to argue that those who have nothing to fear, should fear nothing in terms of surveillance and privacy problems. We should have lea ...

December 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Audit Report Reveals Problems with Davis Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 07, 2019
| (14) Comments

My View: Audit Report Reveals Problems with Davis Policing

The city of Davis efforts at police oversight really began in 2005 and 2006, resulting in the creation of ...

The city of Davis efforts at police oversight really began in 2005 and 2006, resulting in the creation of the Police Ombudsman. This occurred nearly a full decade before a national debate on policing ...

December 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Auditor’s Report: A Bad Raid in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2019
| (2) Comments

Auditor’s Report: A Bad Raid in Davis

Last night at the Davis Police Accountability Commission (DPAC) meeting, Michael Gennaco briefly summariz ...

Last night at the Davis Police Accountability Commission (DPAC) meeting, Michael Gennaco briefly summarized and discussed his first semi-annual report. One of the cases that he summarized came to the ...

December 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Police Auditor Admonishes Handling of Eyewitness Identification in Kidnapping Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 05, 2019
| (4) Comments

Davis Police Auditor Admonishes Handling of Eyewitness Identification in Kidnapping Case

In October 2018, the Yolo County DA’s Office announced it was dropping charges against Sander Findlay, af ...

In October 2018, the Yolo County DA’s Office announced it was dropping charges against Sander Findlay, after holding him in custody for 20 months on kidnapping charges. The DA’s office finally concede ...

December 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Police Chief Reports Crime Steady with Some Concerns; Council Supportive of Adding Cameras

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2019
| (36) Comments

Police Chief Reports Crime Steady with Some Concerns; Council Supportive of Adding Cameras

While a rash of robberies, two carjackings and a ring of catalytic converter thefts make for concerning h ...

While a rash of robberies, two carjackings and a ring of catalytic converter thefts make for concerning headlines, the report delivered by Police Chief Darren Pytel on Tuesday was that crime was large ...

December 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Doesn’t Track Police Raids or Use of Armored Vehicles

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2019
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City Doesn’t Track Police Raids or Use of Armored Vehicles

Last month the council unanimously approved the purchase of an Armored Rescue Vehicle (ARV) and then task ...

Last month the council unanimously approved the purchase of an Armored Rescue Vehicle (ARV) and then tasked the police chief and police auditor to help create a “use policy” that would limit its use. ...

October 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: We Talk about Active Shooters, but ARV Most Likely to Be Used for Drug Raids

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2019
| (5) Comments

Sunday Commentary: We Talk about Active Shooters, but ARV Most Likely to Be Used for Drug Raids

The argument that carried the day for me on Tuesday was not that the ARV (Armored Rescue Vehicle) resembl ...

The argument that carried the day for me on Tuesday was not that the ARV (Armored Rescue Vehicle) resembles in appearance more an Amazon Prime van than the tank-like MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protec ...

September 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Proposal to Update the City of Davis Surveillance Device Ordinance

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 27, 2019
| (3) Comments

Proposal to Update the City of Davis Surveillance Device Ordinance

(Editor's note: the following is a letter from Davis People Power to the Davis City Council). Proposal to ...

(Editor's note: the following is a letter from Davis People Power to the Davis City Council). Proposal to update the City of Davis Surveillance Device Ordinance Davis People Power is a group of citize ...

September 27, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Five Years Later, Armored Vehicle Welcomed to California College Town

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2019
| (8) Comments

Commentary: Five Years Later, Armored Vehicle Welcomed to California College Town

On September 13, 2014, there was a picture of Lt. Tom Waltz in the New York Times. “Police Armored Vehic ...

On September 13, 2014, there was a picture of Lt. Tom Waltz in the New York Times. “Police Armored Vehicle is Unwelcome in California College Town” read the article headline. “This thing has a turret ...

September 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (8) Comments

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Council Finally Approves Armored Vehicle for Davis Police

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2019
| (13) Comments

Council Finally Approves Armored Vehicle for Davis Police

Despite a small but spirited opposition to the acquisition of the Armored Rescue Vehicle (ARV), the counc ...

Despite a small but spirited opposition to the acquisition of the Armored Rescue Vehicle (ARV), the council was unanimous in its support for the acquisition, scaled down to $118,000 for the vehicle th ...

September 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Police Argue for ARV – but Does It Actually Make Us Safer?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 24, 2019
| (7) Comments

Commentary: Police Argue for ARV – but Does It Actually Make Us Safer?

In 2014, then-Assistant Chief Darren Pytel knew that the community would not buy into the MRAP (Mine-Resi ...

In 2014, then-Assistant Chief Darren Pytel knew that the community would not buy into the MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle). He explained at public meetings that he became convinced the ...

September 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: DPD Tries Again on Armored Rescue Vehicle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2019
| (40) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: DPD Tries Again on Armored Rescue Vehicle

It has been five years since the last time the Davis Police Department attempted to acquire an armored re ...

It has been five years since the last time the Davis Police Department attempted to acquire an armored rescue vehicle (ARV). However, in the aftermath of Ferguson and concerns about the militarizatio ...

September 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Looks to Pass an Ordinance Regulating Firearms Dealers in the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 06, 2019
| (23) Comments

Council Looks to Pass an Ordinance Regulating Firearms Dealers in the City

Guns and firearm violence has been of increasing concern across the nation. While the city of Davis has ...

Guns and firearm violence has been of increasing concern across the nation. While the city of Davis has only one licensed firearms dealer in Davis – Big 5 – the city is looking into a proposed ordina ...

September 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (23) Comments

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