City Doesn’t Track Police Raids or Use of Armored Vehicles
Last month the council unanimously approved the purchase of an Armored Rescue Vehicle (ARV) and then tasked…
Sunday Commentary: We Talk about Active Shooters, but ARV Most Likely to Be Used for Drug Raids
The argument that carried the day for me on Tuesday was not that the ARV (Armored Rescue…
Proposal to Update the City of Davis Surveillance Device Ordinance
(Editor’s note: the following is a letter from Davis People Power to the Davis City Council). Proposal…
Commentary: Five Years Later, Armored Vehicle Welcomed to California College Town
On September 13, 2014, there was a picture of Lt. Tom Waltz in the New York Times. …
Council Finally Approves Armored Vehicle for Davis Police
Despite a small but spirited opposition to the acquisition of the Armored Rescue Vehicle (ARV), the council…
Commentary: Police Argue for ARV – but Does It Actually Make Us Safer?
In 2014, then-Assistant Chief Darren Pytel knew that the community would not buy into the MRAP (Mine-Resistant…
Monday Morning Thoughts: DPD Tries Again on Armored Rescue Vehicle
It has been five years since the last time the Davis Police Department attempted to acquire an…
Council Looks to Pass an Ordinance Regulating Firearms Dealers in the City
Guns and firearm violence has been of increasing concern across the nation. While the city of Davis…
Letter: Take Action Locally on Gun Violence
By the Davis Phoenix Coalition After yet another deadly week of gun violence, other nations are warning…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Transparency for the Sake of Transparency
I have to say I was disappointed in the council a few times last Tuesday. I thought…
Council Will Not Ask for New Investigation into Picnic Day
It might have been the first 3-2 vote in this council’s tenure, but instead the council decided…
My View: The City Has Several Options to Release Picnic Day 5 Records
In the months since SB 1421 became law, we have been granted a front-row seat for public…
My View: Renaming Central Park Not a Great Idea
Early this year following the fatal tragic death of Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona, the council directed…
Young Woman Describes Going to Davis Bar, Being Drugged and Left Unconscious in Woodland
It was a Tuesday night, May 14, and a 21-year-old woman off from work planned to have…
City Denying Requests to Release Picnic Day Records under New Law
As the city wrote on January 10, 2019: “The finding concerning the press release was that the initial press release issued by DPD following the Picnic Day incident was inaccurate but there was no finding of dishonesty. The Gennaco report similarly notes the inaccuracies in the press release but never describes it as dishonest. Rather, the finding was that DPD violated Policy 1.30-A because neither the involved officers nor the immediate supervisor to the incident reviewed the press release prior to it being released to ensure the accuracy of the events pursuant to Policy.”
Davis Police Release 2012 Records from Police Tasering Incident
The Vanguard has obtained, through an SB 1421 request, the police records from the 2012 Glacier Point…
Davis Man Complains about Not Being Allowed to Do Ride Along
Editor’s note: Mason Harry came by the Vanguard office on Tuesday and showed me a four-year-old video…
City to Name Gennaco Permanent Police Auditor, Citizens’ Commission Meets
On Tuesday, the Davis City Council is expected to approve a consent item that would name Michael…
Council to Create Committee to Figure Out Appropriate Ways to Honor Natalie Corona
There was a small contingent of police officers in attendance, as council met for the first time…
My View: Why Natalie Corona Was the Answer to What We Need
Friday was an interesting day with formal funeral ceremonies, touching ad hoc tributes, and an underlying current…
