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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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Analysis: How the Picnic Day Incident Completely Changed the City of Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2018
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Analysis: How the Picnic Day Incident Completely Changed the City of Davis

We are coming up on the one year anniversary of the resolution of the Picnic Day criminal matter. At tim ...

We are coming up on the one year anniversary of the resolution of the Picnic Day criminal matter. At times, it is easy to overstate the impact of one event – especially one that one is in the middle ...

August 28, 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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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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My View: Should the Use of Force Be Justified in the Picnic Day Incident?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 07, 2018
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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
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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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Commentary: McGregor Scott Proving to Be Less Than Independent

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 28, 2018
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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
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Sunday Commentary: The Truth Comes Out in KetMoRee but Only As an Afterthought

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 18, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: The Truth Comes Out in KetMoRee but Only As an Afterthought

I kept asking the question as to why the DA outright dropped the charges against the five co-defendants. ...

I kept asking the question as to why the DA outright dropped the charges against the five co-defendants. It didn’t make sense given the modus operandi of this DA’s office. As I wrote at the time, “Fr ...

February 18, 2018
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Commentary: Big Gang Raid – Is it Real?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 15, 2018
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Commentary: Big Gang Raid – Is it Real?

Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig had a big moment on Wednesday when he announced, flanked by law enforcement le ...

Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig had a big moment on Wednesday when he announced, flanked by law enforcement leaders, that the FBI had joined with “local and state law enforcement to disrupt coordinated cri ...

February 15, 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
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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
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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
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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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Scott Report Set to Be Released in Early January

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2017
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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
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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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Monday Morning Thoughts: Don’t Forget about McGregor Scott

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Don’t Forget about McGregor Scott

Two weeks ago, the Vanguard and the Davis Phoenix Coalition had a forum about Picnic Day and police overs ...

Two weeks ago, the Vanguard and the Davis Phoenix Coalition had a forum about Picnic Day and police oversight and Police Chief Darren Pytel, who sat on the panel, was asked to evaluate things that wen ...

October 23, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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City Delays New Police Auditor Hire, Leaving City without Effective Police Oversight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 07, 2017
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City Delays New Police Auditor Hire, Leaving City without Effective Police Oversight

When former Police Auditor Bob Aaronson gave notice to city officials back in March that he would not be ...

When former Police Auditor Bob Aaronson gave notice to city officials back in March that he would not be renewing his contract as police auditor, he timed it so that the city would have time to do a s ...

September 07, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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A Check In on the Mayor’s Expectations for Picnic Day List

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2017
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A Check In on the Mayor’s Expectations for Picnic Day List

In mid-May, as the community was deep into the question of the Picnic Day incident and what would happen ...

In mid-May, as the community was deep into the question of the Picnic Day incident and what would happen with the investigation moving forward, Mayor Robb Davis published in the Vanguard an article en ...

September 01, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Not the Outcome They Desired, but the Certainty They Needed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2017
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Commentary: Not the Outcome They Desired, but the Certainty They Needed

It was a strange two days, to say the least. Tuesday started with Antwoine Perry dismissing his attorney ...

It was a strange two days, to say the least. Tuesday started with Antwoine Perry dismissing his attorney, as we understand it, mainly for financial reasons. The other four co-defendants resumed thei ...

August 31, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Was It a Conflict of Interest?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 04, 2017
| (9) Comments

Commentary: Was It a Conflict of Interest?

When the city of Davis hired McGregor Scott of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe to be its investigator, ...

When the city of Davis hired McGregor Scott of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe to be its investigator, the Vanguard soon learned that David Spencer, an attorney at Orrick, is working with the Yolo ...

July 04, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: What to Make of McGregor Scott’s Hire as Investigator

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 27, 2017
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Commentary: What to Make of McGregor Scott’s Hire as Investigator

After getting burned with the hiring of John McGinness, the city of Davis went big to try to get an inves ...

After getting burned with the hiring of John McGinness, the city of Davis went big to try to get an investigator who would be seen as fair and impartial. They went to the large firm of Orrick, Herrin ...

June 27, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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City Expected to Name Independent Investigator Today

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 26, 2017
| (11) Comments

City Expected to Name Independent Investigator Today

Unless something changes, the city of Davis is expected to finalize an agreement on Monday that would nam ...

Unless something changes, the city of Davis is expected to finalize an agreement on Monday that would name McGregor Scott as the Independent Investigator charged with investigating the Picnic Day inci ...

June 26, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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