[GPSCC-chat] San José Police?

[Spencer Graves]

       Go to the web site mentioned below, fill out the survey they have 
there, AND organize as many people as you can to deliver that message in 
as many ways as you can to the city council, especially via their 
questionnaire and community meetings processes.


       To your drones question, I would add (1) cameras on all police 
officers and vehicles (including any drones), and (2) concern about Tasers.


       Spencer


On 11/26/2012 7:01 PM, John Thielking wrote:
> 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
>     <http://us.mc1229.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ind_pol_aud@sanjoseca.gov>,
>     (408) 794-6226.
>
>
>            Spencer
>
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Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Technology Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San José, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567
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