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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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Sunday Commentary: Trying to Make Sense of a Senseless Tragedy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 13, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Trying to Make Sense of a Senseless Tragedy

Kevin Limbaugh/ courtesy photo I have seen the comments that tragedies like this are not supposed to happ ...

Kevin Limbaugh/ courtesy photo I have seen the comments that tragedies like this are not supposed to happen in Davis. While I understand the sentiment, I’m not sure if I agree with it. In my time of ...

January 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Police Release Letter from Limbaugh Found in Bedroom

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2019
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Police Release Letter from Limbaugh Found in Bedroom

Photo of Kevin Limbaugh as reported by Winters Express On Friday night, the police reported that they tra ...

Photo of Kevin Limbaugh as reported by Winters Express On Friday night, the police reported that they tracked the suspect, now identified in media reports as 48-year-old Kevin Limbaugh, through an add ...

January 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Latest: Gunman Identified As 48-Year-Old Kevin Limbaugh

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2019
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Latest: Gunman Identified As 48-Year-Old Kevin Limbaugh

While Yolo County officials are not releasing the name, various media sources are now reporting that the ...

While Yolo County officials are not releasing the name, various media sources are now reporting that the gunman was 48-year-old Kevin Limbaugh, described as a man who lived a quiet existence until the ...

January 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Year in Review: Picnic Day Leads to New Police Oversight System in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 28, 2018
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Year in Review: Picnic Day Leads to New Police Oversight System in Davis

The most explosive issue of 2017 had broad consequences down the line in 2018. Picnic Day. Police offic ...

The most explosive issue of 2017 had broad consequences down the line in 2018. Picnic Day. Police officers in an unmarked car approached a crowd of people overflowing onto the street. They did a u- ...

December 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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DA Declines to Charge School Board Candidate Following Robbery Arrest

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2018
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DA Declines to Charge School Board Candidate Following Robbery Arrest

On Tuesday, the Yolo County District Attorney declined to charge 63-year-old, African American school boa ...

On Tuesday, the Yolo County District Attorney declined to charge 63-year-old, African American school board candidate Chris Legal with strong-arm robbery, following an incident at the Davis library la ...

October 31, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Burden to Provide Exculpatory Information under Davis Surveillance Ordinance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Burden to Provide Exculpatory Information under Davis Surveillance Ordinance

Nearly two weeks ago the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office formally dismissed kidnapping charges aga ...

Nearly two weeks ago the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office formally dismissed kidnapping charges against Sander Findlay. This troubling case saw the incarceration of a man with clear evidence of ...

October 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Incident Shows Us that Once the Well is Poisoned, It Is Hard to Restore Faith in the System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2018
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Commentary: Incident Shows Us that Once the Well is Poisoned, It Is Hard to Restore Faith in the System

When the Westergaards first approached me two years ago, they were very frustrated, not only with the res ...

When the Westergaards first approached me two years ago, they were very frustrated, not only with the result of the police investigation into the very serious collision in which Deb Westergaard suffer ...

October 23, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Police Submit Surveillance Impact Reports on a Number of Surveillance Technologies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 06, 2018
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Davis Police Submit Surveillance Impact Reports on a Number of Surveillance Technologies

Earlier this year, Davis passed new regulations on surveillance technology, which require the police depa ...

Earlier this year, Davis passed new regulations on surveillance technology, which require the police department to submit a report on the consent calendar 30 days prior to asking the city council to h ...

July 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Another DPD Victim, Justice for Deb Westergaard

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 07, 2018
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Letter: Another DPD Victim, Justice for Deb Westergaard

By Whitney Covell In April 2016, Deb Westergaard was struck by a truck in the middle of the pedestrian cr ...

By Whitney Covell In April 2016, Deb Westergaard was struck by a truck in the middle of the pedestrian crosswalk on F Street between the Playfields and Community Park. She was knocked unconscious and ...

June 07, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Man Claims Davis Police Officer Allowed Canine to Attack Him

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 23, 2018
| (27) Comments

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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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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Threat to Harper Turns Out to Be a Hoax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 05, 2018
| (18) Comments

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
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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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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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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

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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

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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

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