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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
| by Vanguard Administrator

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 22, 2019
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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

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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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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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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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Jury Hangs 11-1 in Case of Attack on Davis Police Services Specialist

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 03, 2019
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Jury Hangs 11-1 in Case of Attack on Davis Police Services Specialist

by Lauren Zaren The jury was unable to come to a verdict, with 11 jurors finding Tony Dang not guilty, wh ...

by Lauren Zaren The jury was unable to come to a verdict, with 11 jurors finding Tony Dang not guilty, while one found him guilty on both counts. The hung jury persisted even after they returned to t ...

May 03, 2019
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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WeHousing Splits, Leaves 100 Mostly Chinese National Students in the Lurch

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 30, 2019
| (4) Comments

WeHousing Splits, Leaves 100 Mostly Chinese National Students in the Lurch

Police and District Attorney Are Investigating Fraud Angle The Vanguard learned late last week that as ma ...

Police and District Attorney Are Investigating Fraud Angle The Vanguard learned late last week that as many as 100 students have been affected as WeHousing, an intermediary housing agency, appears to ...

April 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Visit to Senior Center Ends in Conversation with a Police Officer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 18, 2019
| (34) Comments

Visit to Senior Center Ends in Conversation with a Police Officer

Traumatizing is the word used by longtime Davis resident Jim Leonard and an elderly couple who just moved ...

Traumatizing is the word used by longtime Davis resident Jim Leonard and an elderly couple who just moved to Davis, after a visit to the Davis Senior Center ended with a visit by a Davis police office ...

April 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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