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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2019
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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

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Council Finally Approves Armored Vehicle for Davis Police

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2019
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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
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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
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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
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Council Looks to Pass an Ordinance Regulating Firearms Dealers in the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 06, 2019
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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

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Letter: Take Action Locally on Gun Violence

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 11, 2019
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Letter: Take Action Locally on Gun Violence

By the Davis Phoenix Coalition After yet another deadly week of gun violence, other nations are warning t ...

By the Davis Phoenix Coalition After yet another deadly week of gun violence, other nations are warning their citizens of the danger of traveling to the United States. Ironically, we are now the real ...

August 11, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Transparency for the Sake of Transparency

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Transparency for the Sake of Transparency

I have to say I was disappointed in the council a few times last Tuesday. I thought they played it too s ...

I have to say I was disappointed in the council a few times last Tuesday. I thought they played it too safe on the issue of the sales tax, and I thought they really lost sight of the importance of th ...

August 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Will Not Ask for New Investigation into Picnic Day

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2019
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Council Will Not Ask for New Investigation into Picnic Day

It might have been the first 3-2 vote in this council’s tenure, but instead the council decided that they ...

It might have been the first 3-2 vote in this council’s tenure, but instead the council decided that they did not need to take a formal vote to take no action. Mayor Brett Lee exhorted Chief Darren P ...

July 31, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: The City Has Several Options to Release Picnic Day 5 Records

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 27, 2019
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My View: The City Has Several Options to Release Picnic Day 5 Records

In the months since SB 1421 became law, we have been granted a front-row seat for public officials findin ...

In the months since SB 1421 became law, we have been granted a front-row seat for public officials finding excuses not to release critical documents that should be released under the new law. First, ...

July 27, 2019
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My View: Renaming Central Park Not a Great Idea

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 06, 2019
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My View: Renaming Central Park Not a Great Idea

Early this year following the fatal tragic death of Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona, the council dire ...

Early this year following the fatal tragic death of Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona, the council directed the police department to establish a memorial committee to find suitable ways to honor the ...

July 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Young Woman Describes Going to Davis Bar, Being Drugged and Left Unconscious in Woodland

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 01, 2019
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Young Woman Describes Going to Davis Bar, Being Drugged and Left Unconscious in Woodland

It was a Tuesday night, May 14, and a 21-year-old woman off from work planned to have a quiet night out w ...

It was a Tuesday night, May 14, and a 21-year-old woman off from work planned to have a quiet night out with a girlfriend at the G Street WunderBar in Davis. She described having a shot and two other ...

June 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Denying Requests to Release Picnic Day Records under New Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 21, 2019
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City Denying Requests to Release Picnic Day Records under New Law

As the city wrote on January 10, 2019: “The finding concerning the press release was that the initial pre ...

As the city wrote on January 10, 2019: “The finding concerning the press release was that the initial press release issued by DPD following the Picnic Day incident was inaccurate but there was no find ...

February 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Police Release 2012 Records from Police Tasering Incident

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 12, 2019
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Davis Police Release 2012 Records from Police Tasering Incident

The Vanguard has obtained, through an SB 1421 request, the police records from the 2012 Glacier Point inc ...

The Vanguard has obtained, through an SB 1421 request, the police records from the 2012 Glacier Point incident that culminated in the arrest and Tasering of two UC Davis students. The records include ...

February 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Man Complains about Not Being Allowed to Do Ride Along

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 06, 2019
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Davis Man Complains about Not Being Allowed to Do Ride Along

Editor’s note: Mason Harry came by the Vanguard office on Tuesday and showed me a four-year-old video of ...

Editor’s note: Mason Harry came by the Vanguard office on Tuesday and showed me a four-year-old video of a routine traffic stop – and by routine, it was as routine as it could get. He was pulled ...

February 06, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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City to Name Gennaco Permanent Police Auditor, Citizens’ Commission Meets

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 01, 2019
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City to Name Gennaco Permanent Police Auditor, Citizens’ Commission Meets

Mike Gennaco presents findings on Picnic Day Report in April 2018 On Tuesday, the Davis City Council is e ...

Mike Gennaco presents findings on Picnic Day Report in April 2018 On Tuesday, the Davis City Council is expected to approve a consent item that would name Michael Gennaco, currently the interim police ...

February 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Create Committee to Figure Out Appropriate Ways to Honor Natalie Corona

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 23, 2019
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Council to Create Committee to Figure Out Appropriate Ways to Honor Natalie Corona

Officer Kiereth Briesenick surrounded by other members of DPOA address council There was a small continge ...

Officer Kiereth Briesenick surrounded by other members of DPOA address council There was a small contingent of police officers in attendance, as council met for the first time since the Natalie Corona ...

January 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Why Natalie Corona Was the Answer to What We Need

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2019
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My View: Why Natalie Corona Was the Answer to What We Need

Friday was an interesting day with formal funeral ceremonies, touching ad hoc tributes, and an underlying ...

Friday was an interesting day with formal funeral ceremonies, touching ad hoc tributes, and an underlying current that portends a larger debate in the coming days – and there are things that will be c ...

January 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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