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Asian Man Believes He Was ‘Karened’ in Davis, Davis Police Unsympathetic

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2020
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Asian Man Believes He Was ‘Karened’ in Davis, Davis Police Unsympathetic

Khoa Lam, a Vietnamese immigrant who grew up in Davis and recently passed his residency to become a docto ...

Khoa Lam, a Vietnamese immigrant who grew up in Davis and recently passed his residency to become a doctor and landed a position in Dallas, was visiting his parents this week in Davis at the Moore Vil ...

July 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: People Power Supports Fundamental Change to Davis Policing Model

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 07, 2020
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Letter: People Power Supports Fundamental Change to Davis Policing Model

Yolo People Power is grateful to those Davis City Council Members and Candidates who have publicly suppor ...

Yolo People Power is grateful to those Davis City Council Members and Candidates who have publicly supported fundamental change from the current policing model, to a new Public Safety System. Thank y ...

July 07, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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BREAKING NEWS: Council Member Arnold Calls for Reimagining Public Safety in Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 30, 2020
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BREAKING NEWS: Council Member Arnold Calls for Reimagining Public Safety in Davis

by Will Arnold My friends, today I am calling for the reimagining, redesign and repurposing of our public ...

by Will Arnold My friends, today I am calling for the reimagining, redesign and repurposing of our public safety system in Davis, including a fundamental transformation of our current structure as we ...

June 30, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: A Look at Davis Police Reform Efforts

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 16, 2020
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Guest Commentary: A Look at Davis Police Reform Efforts

By Gloria Partida and Lucas Frerichs As we reflect on the senseless deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylo ...

By Gloria Partida and Lucas Frerichs As we reflect on the senseless deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Stephon Clark and so many other black lives at the hands of police brutality, Americans are ...

June 16, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Davis Police Chief Explains Show of Force on Richards Overpass

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 02, 2020
| (7) Comments

Davis Police Chief Explains Show of Force on Richards Overpass

On Sunday evening the Vanguard became aware that there was a short-lived standoff between the Davis Polic ...

On Sunday evening the Vanguard became aware that there was a short-lived standoff between the Davis Police, joined by CHP officers in full riot gear with a relatively small group of protesters. In a t ...

June 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Tensions High in Davis as City Issues a Statement of Unity

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 01, 2020
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Tensions High in Davis as City Issues a Statement of Unity

There was a brief standoff as police in riot gear from the Davis Police Department and CHP blocked access ...

There was a brief standoff as police in riot gear from the Davis Police Department and CHP blocked access to I-80 on Sunday afternoon. Earlier the City and Police Department issued a statement: STATEM ...

June 01, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: DPAC Will Get Tested Tonight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2020
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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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Davis Police Release Video of December Shooting, Showing Man Charge Police Who Then Open Fire

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 03, 2020
| (5) Comments

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
| (2) Comments

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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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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Cocaine and Heroin Found in Davis Vehicle

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 11, 2019
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Cocaine and Heroin Found in Davis Vehicle

By Lauren Zaren On the evening of October 23, 2019, at a gas station, the Davis Police Department execute ...

By Lauren Zaren On the evening of October 23, 2019, at a gas station, the Davis Police Department executed a search warrant for Genaro Tamayoosua, who was suspected to possess illegal substances. Offi ...

November 11, 2019
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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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

| (5) Comments

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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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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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Sunday Commentary: Forget the Lurid, the Masturbation Case Was All about Identification

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 22, 2019
| (14) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Forget the Lurid, the Masturbation Case Was All about Identification

While the nature of the case and the fact that a man was allegedly masturbating on a jogging path at Slid ...

While the nature of the case and the fact that a man was allegedly masturbating on a jogging path at Slide Hill Park got people’s attention, at the end of the day this was really a case about eyewitne ...

September 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (14) Comments

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