CAB Meetings to Stay out of Public Light
The majority City Council moved to change the purview of the Davis Human Relations Commission (HRC) citing…
Saylor Attacked ASUCD back in May
Back in early May, the Davis City Council passed a resolution creating the position of the Ombudsman….
Human Relations Commission and Ombudsman on Tonight’s Agenda
Following up on the Ombudsman Position Did anyone catch the Davis Enterprise last night; you might have…
Aaronson handed down major finding in a police spying investigation
I remain skeptical of the mechanism put in place by the Davis City Council for reviewing the…
Davis to Hire Robert Aaronson as Police Ombudsman
Breaking News—According to reliable sources, I have been told that Davis is set to hire Robert Aaronson…
Acting Police Chief Steve Pierce Misses the Point
In an article by Claire St. John in yesterday’s Davis Enterprise, she quotes David Greenwald, husband of…
Police are leaving Davis
As I waited at the police station with a neighbor of mine who had just had her…
Part VII: Alternative Models of Oversight
This is the final installment in the seven part series. I’ve spent the last six entries discussing…
Part VI: Community Outreach and Transparency
In yesterday’s segment, I discussed problems with the lack of representation for specific communities most affected by…
Part V: CAB: Representing the Community?
The following is part five in our series looking at police oversight in Davis. In addition to…
Part IV: Examination of the Police Advisory Committee
Part IV of the seven part series takes a lot at the Police Advisory Committee. The names…
Part III: Assessing Weaknesses in the Davis Ombudsman Model
This is part three of the seven part series examining the Davis Police Ombudsman and Police Oversight…
Part II: The Ombudsman and Problems with Police Internal Affairs
This is part of two of a seven part series examing the Davis Police Ombudsman Position. Yesterday,…
Assessing the Davis Ombudsman Position: Part 1
On the night that Davis City Council put the Human Relations Commission on “hiatus” one comment caught…
Driving with Money
We’ve all heard of the crime of “driving while black,” there are a number of derivations of…
Would Profiling Make Us Safer?
I was flipping channels the other night right after the revelations about the terror plot were uncovered….
What’s Going on With Davis Police?
It’s gotten to the point, where even at a car wash, you hear stories about the Davis…
