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Sac Sheriff refuses to disclose COVID vaccination rate for staff citing “medical privacy” reasons

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: April 28, 2022
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Sac Sheriff refuses to disclose COVID vaccination rate for staff citing “medical privacy” reasons

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners ...

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis Vanguard to report on the pandemic in California’s county jails and Department o ...

April 28, 2022
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Emails Released by Alameda DA’s Office Show Widespread Illegal Use of Government Email

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2021
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Emails Released by Alameda DA’s Office Show Widespread Illegal Use of Government Email

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA - It was a simple public records request from a campai ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA - It was a simple public records request from a campaign volunteer for Pamela Price, a civil rights attorney who ran for DA in 2018 and is running ag ...

September 09, 2021
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Legislation to Open Cops’ Records and Punish Agencies Who Don’t Comply with Public Requests to be Reintroduced at Capitol

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 30, 2020
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Legislation to Open Cops’ Records and Punish Agencies Who Don’t Comply with Public Requests to be Reintroduced at Capitol

STATE CAPITOL – Legislation that would greatly expand public access to peace officer records and penalize ...

STATE CAPITOL – Legislation that would greatly expand public access to peace officer records and penalize jurisdictions who don’t comply with the disclosures will be reintroduced in the state Legislat ...

November 30, 2020
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Shooting Shows Need for Police Transparency

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 01, 2016
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Shooting Shows Need for Police Transparency

by Novella Coleman One day after Fresno Police Department’s fourth shooting this year, the department rel ...

by Novella Coleman One day after Fresno Police Department’s fourth shooting this year, the department released body cam footage of a police killing that happened last September. Based on what’s been r ...

April 01, 2016
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Sunday Commentary: Exposing the Dark Underbelly

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Exposing the Dark Underbelly

As we celebrate the Vanguard’s ninth anniversary of its founding, few of our current readers probably are ...

As we celebrate the Vanguard’s ninth anniversary of its founding, few of our current readers probably are aware that when we launched the Vanguard on its blogspot site back in 2006, it carried the cyn ...

August 02, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Data Suggests Clear Link Between Housing Costs and Homelessness

Privacy Breach at State Bar Raises More Questions about California’s Public Court Records

Guest Commentary: Society’s Problems Call for More Than Police

VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: The Price Is Wrong, Bob! Very Wrong

Sacramento County Jail Vigil Details Horrific Stories of Lack of Humane Treatment for Incarcerated

New York Bail Reform Removes Judicial Requirement for Using ‘the Least Restrictive Conditions’ When Setting Bail

Military Vets/US Attorneys Comment on Prosecutorial Misconduct and the Call for Justice: The Case of Richard Glossip

COURT WATCH: Exploring Alternative Sentencing Options in DUI Case Raises Legal Questions

COURT WATCH: Public Defender Raises Reasonable Doubt Regarding Vehicle Theft – Was Vehicle THE Stolen Vehicle?

Barz Behind Bars: Improving Prison Literacy Rates through Creative Program

Sac Sheriff refuses to disclose COVID vaccination rate for staff citing “medical privacy” reasons

Sac Sheriff refuses to disclose COVID vaccination rate for staff citing “medical privacy” reasons

Emails Released by Alameda DA’s Office Show Widespread Illegal Use of Government Email

Emails Released by Alameda DA’s Office Show Widespread Illegal Use of Government Email

Legislation to Open Cops’ Records and Punish Agencies Who Don’t Comply with Public Requests to be Reintroduced at Capitol

Legislation to Open Cops’ Records and Punish Agencies Who Don’t Comply with Public Requests to be Reintroduced at Capitol

Shooting Shows Need for Police Transparency

Shooting Shows Need for Police Transparency

Sunday Commentary: Exposing the Dark Underbelly

Sunday Commentary: Exposing the Dark Underbelly

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