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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"> 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. <br>
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To your drones question, I would add (1) cameras on all
police officers and vehicles (including any drones), and (2)
concern about Tasers. <br>
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Spencer<br>
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On 11/26/2012 7:01 PM, John Thielking wrote:<br>
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<div>One quality that I'm looking for in a new police
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From: Spencer Graves <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:spencer.graves@prodsyse.com"><spencer.graves@prodsyse.com></a><br>
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] San José Police?<br>
To: "GPSCC" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org"><sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org></a><br>
Date: Monday, November 26, 2012, 6:47 PM<br>
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<div class="plainMail">Hello, All:<br>
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<br>
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
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.asianlawalliance.org">www.asianlawalliance.org</a>; for some of their previous
activities, see
"<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.sjbeez.org/special/coalition-for-justice-and-accountability-forums">www.sjbeez.org/special/coalition-for-justice-and-accountability-forums</a>").<br>
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This presentation included a list of action
items for everyone concerned about the quality of
policing in San José. The following is my summary:<br>
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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 "<a
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href="http://www.sanjoseca.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=142"
target="_blank">http://www.sanjoseca.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=142</a>".<br>
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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.<br>
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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,
"<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?nid=200">www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?nid=200</a>", <a
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ymailto="mailto:ind_pol_aud@sanjoseca.gov">ind_pol_aud@sanjoseca.gov</a>,
(408) 794-6226.<br>
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<br>
Spencer<br>
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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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