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Council Will Take Further Look at Police Protective Vehicle, But Expresses Doubts About Cost, Need

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 03, 2015
| (29) Comments

Council Will Take Further Look at Police Protective Vehicle, But Expresses Doubts About Cost, Need

The Davis City Council is willing to look further into the costs of acquiring a Police Protective Vehicle ...

The Davis City Council is willing to look further into the costs of acquiring a Police Protective Vehicle (PPV), however, the police acknowledged that it was not a spending priority and two of the cou ...

June 03, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Council Looks Into Acquiring an Armored Vehicle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 30, 2015
| (3) Comments

Council Looks Into Acquiring an Armored Vehicle

Nine months after the MRAP (mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle) issue first came up, staff is seekin ...

Nine months after the MRAP (mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle) issue first came up, staff is seeking council direction regarding the acquisition of a police protective vehicle (PPV). Staff makes ...

May 30, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Commentary: Equalizing Pay for Police and Fire

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 26, 2015
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Vanguard Commentary: Equalizing Pay for Police and Fire

In 2009, in one of the most widely read articles on the old Vanguard site, we ran “Why Do Firefighters Ma ...

In 2009, in one of the most widely read articles on the old Vanguard site, we ran “Why Do Firefighters Make Substantially More than Police Officers in Davis?” Four years later, our analysis found that ...

May 26, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Obama To Demilitarize the Police?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 18, 2015
| (46) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Obama To Demilitarize the Police?

The New York Times is reporting that President Obama today will “ban the federal provision of some types ...

The New York Times is reporting that President Obama today will “ban the federal provision of some types of military-style equipment to local police departments and sharply restrict the availability o ...

May 18, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Davis Only Deployed SWAT Four Times in 2014, What Does That Mean?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2015
| (16) Comments

Analysis: Davis Only Deployed SWAT Four Times in 2014, What Does That Mean?

In his 2013 book, Rise of the Warrior Cop, journalist Radley Balko is able to trace the start of the use ...

In his 2013 book, Rise of the Warrior Cop, journalist Radley Balko is able to trace the start of the use of tactical teams that became known as SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) teams to the 1965 Wat ...

April 17, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Commentary: Council Needs to Make Tough Call on MRAP

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 07, 2015
| (30) Comments

Vanguard Commentary: Council Needs to Make Tough Call on MRAP

While it is not agendized for tonight’s city council meeting, perhaps the most watched decision will be w ...

While it is not agendized for tonight’s city council meeting, perhaps the most watched decision will be what the council decides to do about the MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle). Last fa ...

April 07, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Police Issues in Davis and Beyond

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2015
| (26) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Police Issues in Davis and Beyond

It is hard to know exactly what to take from this. However, on one side of the MRAP debate have been thos ...

It is hard to know exactly what to take from this. However, on one side of the MRAP debate have been those who argue that there is a clear need by the Davis Police to have an MRAP. This certainly isn’ ...

April 06, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Slippery Slope of Police Militarization and Mission Creep

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 05, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: The Slippery Slope of Police Militarization and Mission Creep

On Friday afternoon the Vanguard was able to sit down with Davis Police Chief Landy Black, along with Ass ...

On Friday afternoon the Vanguard was able to sit down with Davis Police Chief Landy Black, along with Assistant Chief Darren Pytel. The Vanguard expresses its appreciation to the Davis Police for the ...

April 05, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Police Describe Murder-Suicide Scene From Last Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 04, 2015
| (47) Comments

Police Describe Murder-Suicide Scene From Last Week

Last Thursday evening the Davis police received a 911 call from an individual identifying himself as Jose ...

Last Thursday evening the Davis police received a 911 call from an individual identifying himself as Joseph. He calmly told police that there were two dead people – a 27-year-old female and a 23-year- ...

April 04, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Paper Praises Police, Blasts Council on MRAP

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 03, 2015
| (39) Comments

Commentary: Paper Praises Police, Blasts Council on MRAP

Reading the coverage in the local paper, I am a bit appalled, even after nearly nine years of doing the V ...

Reading the coverage in the local paper, I am a bit appalled, even after nearly nine years of doing the Vanguard, at the lack of critical analysis of last week’s incident. There are a lot of tough que ...

April 03, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: No, We Do Not Need the MRAP

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 02, 2015
| (101) Comments

Commentary: No, We Do Not Need the MRAP

Earlier this week, the venerable Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning proclaimed that the “MRAP debate ...

Earlier this week, the venerable Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning proclaimed that the “MRAP debate (is) back on (the) front burner.” Mr. Dunning acknowledges, “No, even if Davis hadn’t given awa ...

April 02, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Talking About the MRAP

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 29, 2015
| (30) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Talking About the MRAP

Greetings from Florida where it’s neither sunny nor warm. In fact, it’s colder here than there. While I u ...

Greetings from Florida where it’s neither sunny nor warm. In fact, it’s colder here than there. While I understand that there are some who believe that this isn’t the time to have a public policy disc ...

March 29, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Police Describe Murder-Suicide, Two Victims Identified (Updated at 3 am Mar. 28)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 27, 2015
| (98) Comments

Police Describe Murder-Suicide, Two Victims Identified (Updated at 3 am Mar. 28)

According to reports, police and SWAT were called in just before 7 pm on Thursday evening when a 911 call ...

According to reports, police and SWAT were called in just before 7 pm on Thursday evening when a 911 call came came from a man reporting two gunshot victims. SWAT was called and MRAPs from Woodland an ...

March 27, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Lessons from Police and B Street Forums on Consensus Building

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 11, 2015
| (3) Comments

Lessons from Police and B Street Forums on Consensus Building

By Alan Hirsch The Davis City government has recently begun using facilitated community meetings as a too ...

By Alan Hirsch The Davis City government has recently begun using facilitated community meetings as a tool to advance the City through often difficult issues. This process helps us avoid elevating iss ...

February 11, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: No, This Wasn’t a Job for an MRAP

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 16, 2015
| (22) Comments

Commentary: No, This Wasn’t a Job for an MRAP

At 11 am on Thursday morning, North Davis Elementary School received a phoned-in bomb threat, described b ...

At 11 am on Thursday morning, North Davis Elementary School received a phoned-in bomb threat, described by officials as a “robo-call.” Naturally, school officials rightly took the threat seriously an ...

January 16, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Commentary: Sending Away MRAP Doesn’t Mean We Can Borrow It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2014
| (64) Comments

Vanguard Commentary: Sending Away MRAP Doesn’t Mean We Can Borrow It

Last week the Vanguard learned that the MRAP had indeed left town and gone to Woodland. The decision to b ...

Last week the Vanguard learned that the MRAP had indeed left town and gone to Woodland. The decision to bring the MRAP to Woodland was a 4-1 vote, which differed sharply from the decision the Davis Ci ...

December 01, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Is Local Government Spying on You? ACLU Offers Sobering Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2014
| (39) Comments

Is Local Government Spying on You? ACLU Offers Sobering Report

In the wake of the MRAP controversy in Davis, a report from the ACLU has found that California local gove ...

In the wake of the MRAP controversy in Davis, a report from the ACLU has found that California local governments have spent more than $60 million on spying technology. In the wake of that report, the ...

November 19, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Police Discussion Needed More Balance, Discussion on Downside Risks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 15, 2014
| (67) Comments

My View: Police Discussion Needed More Balance, Discussion on Downside Risks

Recently in Sacramento forty police officers using three tactical vehicles, including some with armor, co ...

Recently in Sacramento forty police officers using three tactical vehicles, including some with armor, conducted a raid on a Sacramento home. While the case is now pending, the police ended up turning ...

November 15, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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City, Police, Host Community Discussion on MRAP, Community Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 14, 2014
| (66) Comments

City, Police, Host Community Discussion on MRAP, Community Policing

The MRAP (mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle) is on its way out of town next week, announced Davis A ...

The MRAP (mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle) is on its way out of town next week, announced Davis Assistant Chief Darren Pytel at a community dialogue meeting on Thursday night at the Davis Seni ...

November 14, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Suddenly the Council Has $300,000 to Throw Around?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2014
| (115) Comments

Commentary: Suddenly the Council Has $300,000 to Throw Around?

Tuesday evening took an odd turn as suddenly two of the councilmembers with the strongest record on fisca ...

Tuesday evening took an odd turn as suddenly two of the councilmembers with the strongest record on fiscal prudence were proposing the city allocate $300,000 for a BearCat or another civilian replacem ...

October 23, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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