[GPSCC-chat] San José Police?

[John Thielking]

One quality that I'm looking for in a new police chief: He/She hates drones.
 
John Thielking

--- On Mon, 11/26/12, Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com> wrote:


From: Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com>
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] San José Police?
To: "GPSCC" <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
Date: Monday, November 26, 2012, 6:47 PM


Hello, All:


       LaDoris Cordell, retired judge and current Independent Police Auditor for the City of San José spoke today at the monthly meeting of the Coalition for Justice and Accountability, organized in part by Richard Konda of the Asian Law Alliance (www.asianlawalliance.org;  for some of their previous activities, see "www.sjbeez.org/special/coalition-for-justice-and-accountability-forums").


       This presentation included a list of action items for everyone concerned about the quality of policing in San José.  The following is my summary:


             1.  The City is now working to recruit a replacement for Police Chief Moore, retiring Jan. 30, 2013.  The City is holding public hearings to receive "community input regarding the ideal qualities that the City Manager should consider in evaluating candidates for this position. Community input meetings have been scheduled at the following locations from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m." Meetings are scheduled for Nov. 26, 28, and Dec. 3 and 10;  for locations check "http://www.sanjoseca.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=142".


             2.  Judge Cordell is asking for public support to have all police officers wear cameras the create a record of everything they do on duty.  Chief Moore has found money for half of the $1.5 million this would require, and he wants the City Council to provide the other half.  District Attorney Rosen is preparing a protocol for how these records would be handled.  I believe it would dramatically increase the rate of convictions for crimes, especially those committed in the presence of an officer, while dramatically reducing the complaints of officer misconduct.  Judge Cordell said the older officers hate this idea, and the younger officers love it.  An op ed piece she wrote on this appeared in the Mercury News Dec. 20, 2011 but has since expired from their web site.  (If you want a scanned image of that article, please let me know.)  People in San José are encouraged to write their City Council representative asking about
 this.  I just received a reply from Pierluigi Oliverio saying, "Yes it is moving forward as we can afford to buy them."  I would expect that more inquiries about this would likely make it easier for them to find the money.


             3.  Judge Cordell said that anyone can issue a complaint to the Independent Police Auditor.  She said her office had recently received a complaint from someone in India who knows people here who had knowledge of events about which there were questions of police misconduct.  If you see a questionable incident regarding the police in San José, you are encouraged to file a complaint with her office, "www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?nid=200", ind_pol_aud at sanjoseca.gov, (408) 794-6226.


       Spencer


-- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Technology Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
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