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Man Claims Davis Police Officer Allowed Canine to Attack Him

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 23, 2018
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Man Claims Davis Police Officer Allowed Canine to Attack Him

During the course of the Vanguard’s investigation into the three officers involved in the Picnic Day inci ...

During the course of the Vanguard’s investigation into the three officers involved in the Picnic Day incident last year, the Vanguard uncovered a number of complaints against Officer Ryan Bellamy, who ...

April 23, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: How the City Got Picnic Day Incident Right

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 12, 2018
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Commentary: How the City Got Picnic Day Incident Right

Between the public comment in the general session, the interim auditor's item and the recommendations by ...

Between the public comment in the general session, the interim auditor's item and the recommendations by the police oversight consultants, the night was long and tiring and contentious. But, while it ...

April 12, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council Accepts Recommendations on Picnic Day and Pushes Forward with Reform Efforts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2018
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Council Accepts Recommendations on Picnic Day and Pushes Forward with Reform Efforts

The Davis City Council listened patiently as 22 members of the public spoke during public comment on the ...

The Davis City Council listened patiently as 22 members of the public spoke during public comment on the Gennaco report about the Picnic Day incident last year. The council then unanimously passed tw ...

April 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Chief Pytel Owes Us a Better Explanation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 08, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Chief Pytel Owes Us a Better Explanation

When I first read the police account on April 24 of last year, I immediately questioned the veracity of t ...

When I first read the police account on April 24 of last year, I immediately questioned the veracity of the press release. Some of it was gut feeling and intuition. But some of it was that the scena ...

April 08, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Consultants Recommend Dual Police Oversight Model for Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 08, 2018
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Consultants Recommend Dual Police Oversight Model for Davis

Last summer two separate but related events came together. The long-time Davis Police Auditor, Bob Aaron ...

Last summer two separate but related events came together. The long-time Davis Police Auditor, Bob Aaronson, ended his tenure with the city of Davis at the end of June. Second, the Picnic Day incide ...

April 08, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Should the Use of Force Be Justified in the Picnic Day Incident?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 07, 2018
| (38) Comments

My View: Should the Use of Force Be Justified in the Picnic Day Incident?

It has been just two weeks under a year since the Picnic Day 2017 incident occurred. During that time, t ...

It has been just two weeks under a year since the Picnic Day 2017 incident occurred. During that time, the incident has galvanized and, indeed, polarized the community. From the Vanguard’s perspecti ...

April 07, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Police Hammered by Interim Auditor over Handling of Picnic Day

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2018
| (71) Comments

Police Hammered by Interim Auditor over Handling of Picnic Day

Gennaco Faults Officers for Approach, Use of Profanity and Putting Out Inaccurate Press Release It has be ...

Gennaco Faults Officers for Approach, Use of Profanity and Putting Out Inaccurate Press Release It has been just a few weeks short of a year since the April 22, 2017, Picnic Day incident and, while ma ...

April 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Roots of Aggression – A Community Health Perspective

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: March 27, 2018
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Roots of Aggression – A Community Health Perspective

By Tia Will By coincidence our City Council meeting of 3/21, at which an ordinance was passed to give the ...

By Tia Will By coincidence our City Council meeting of 3/21, at which an ordinance was passed to give the police more “tools” to deal with “aggressive panhandling” was passed, preceded the Maternal Ch ...

March 27, 2018
| by Tia Will

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Sunday Commentary: Bayer, the Loss That Keeps on Giving

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2018
| (41) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Bayer, the Loss That Keeps on Giving

AgraQuest was a homegrown success for Davis. It began as a small company that specialized in environment ...

AgraQuest was a homegrown success for Davis. It began as a small company that specialized in environmentally friendly agricultural research. By 2012, the company had grown to more than 200 employees ...

March 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Threat to Harper Turns Out to Be a Hoax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 05, 2018
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Threat to Harper Turns Out to Be a Hoax

On Friday, DJUSD sent out a notice to parents of Harper Junior High students that there was a threat rece ...

On Friday, DJUSD sent out a notice to parents of Harper Junior High students that there was a threat received via the STOPit app. The threat claimed that there would be a school shooting at Harper Ju ...

March 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: McGregor Scott Proving to Be Less Than Independent

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 28, 2018
| (1) Comment

Commentary: McGregor Scott Proving to Be Less Than Independent

In early January, the city announced it had hired Michael Gennaco as interim Police Auditor. One of his ...

In early January, the city announced it had hired Michael Gennaco as interim Police Auditor. One of his first tasks was going to be most difficult – he was charged with auditing the McGregor Scott P ...

February 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Ball Gets Dropped on the Release of the Scott Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2018
| (33) Comments

Commentary: The Ball Gets Dropped on the Release of the Scott Report

The city came out with an announcement on Tuesday about the release of the Scott report. In announcing th ...

The city came out with an announcement on Tuesday about the release of the Scott report. In announcing the appointment of Michael Gennaco as interim auditor (a good hire that normally we would focus o ...

January 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Frustrations Mount as the City Announces Process for Non-Release of Scott Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 10, 2018
| (54) Comments

Frustrations Mount as the City Announces Process for Non-Release of Scott Report

The city of Davis on Tuesday sent out a release indicating that it had hired Michael Gennaco as interim P ...

The city of Davis on Tuesday sent out a release indicating that it had hired Michael Gennaco as interim Police Auditor. He currently serves as the as the contract Police Auditor for the cities of Pal ...

January 10, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: A Good Police Chief Is Hard to Find

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 07, 2018
| (12) Comments

Guest Commentary: A Good Police Chief Is Hard to Find

By Gloria Partida For many, increasing awareness around issues of just policing have resulted in a rise i ...

By Gloria Partida For many, increasing awareness around issues of just policing have resulted in a rise in activism following the Black Lives Matter movement and a recent presidential election laden w ...

January 07, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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An Open Letter to the Davis Chamber of Commerce: Pytel Inappropriate Choice To Honor

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 06, 2018
| (59) Comments

An Open Letter to the Davis Chamber of Commerce: Pytel Inappropriate Choice To Honor

We, the undersigned community members, are writing to you because we are deeply concerned by your decisio ...

We, the undersigned community members, are writing to you because we are deeply concerned by your decision to honor Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel as “Partner of the Year” at your upcoming 113th Annu ...

January 06, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Scott Report’s Release Still Uncertain As Is Status of Officers Involved in Picnic Day Incident

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 03, 2018
| (15) Comments

Scott Report’s Release Still Uncertain As Is Status of Officers Involved in Picnic Day Incident

City Manager Mike Webb told the Vanguard on Tuesday that the city is still evaluating how and when to rel ...

City Manager Mike Webb told the Vanguard on Tuesday that the city is still evaluating how and when to release the report from McGregor Scott and that they do not have a timetable for its release. “The ...

January 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Insisting on Calling the Picnic Day Incident a Brawl, Local Paper Shows Its Bias

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 02, 2018
| (15) Comments

Commentary: Insisting on Calling the Picnic Day Incident a Brawl, Local Paper Shows Its Bias

The Picnic Day incident, as we have called it from the start, tops the local paper’s lists of 2017 storie ...

The Picnic Day incident, as we have called it from the start, tops the local paper’s lists of 2017 stories, and probably rightly so given the trickle-down policy effects and regional attention that th ...

January 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (15) Comments

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Scott Report Set to Be Released in Early January

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2017
| (10) Comments

Scott Report Set to Be Released in Early January

Earlier this week the Vanguard reported that Chief Darren Pytel has received the Picnic Day report and is ...

Earlier this week the Vanguard reported that Chief Darren Pytel has received the Picnic Day report and is in the process of evaluating it. When we spoke with the chief, his anticipation was that it w ...

December 17, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Transparency is Essential to Build Trust for Police Oversight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2017
| (18) Comments

Commentary: Transparency is Essential to Build Trust for Police Oversight

They will say that the world of 2008 was another time and another council – and they would be right. But ...

They will say that the world of 2008 was another time and another council – and they would be right. But for me, it was not only not that long ago but it profoundly shaped my distrust of city governa ...

December 12, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (18) Comments

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Commentary: Police Oversight Meeting Shows Depths of Sea Change in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2017
| (4) Comments

Commentary: Police Oversight Meeting Shows Depths of Sea Change in Davis

This week in South Carolina, Michael Slager, who shot and killed Walter Scott in 2015, was sentenced by a ...

This week in South Carolina, Michael Slager, who shot and killed Walter Scott in 2015, was sentenced by a federal judge to 20 years of prison for violating the victim's civil rights. While on the sur ...

December 09, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (4) Comments

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