> Carol Becker writes concerning police discipline:
> So just because disciplinary action has
> not yet been taken, it does not mean that disciplinary action
> will never be taken. In fact, I expect there will be action, possibly
soon.
[TB] Expect based on what? A hunch? Conversation with someone who might
know (and who might that be)? Or are you trying to throw smoke at the
failure of the Mayor and Police Chief to properly manage the Police
Department?
> Carol Becker again:
> Also someone made a comment about Chief Olson not attending the closed
> meeting. Closed meetings are closed even to City staff, and as such, it
> would not be unusual for the Chief not to attend.
[TB] The Council can invite someone to attend a closed meeting. One
Councilmember (McDonald as I recall) was quoted in the Strib expressing
dismay at the Chief being out of town and failing to attend the meeting.
Legal counsel is regularly at these meetings.
Sure the employees have rights. The idea that the police behavior is so bad
that we pay out hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result but not bad
enough to result in ANY disciplinary action is far fetched. That department
has developed a culture (at least with some of the officers) that needs to
be changed, that change only comes from the top (the Mayor and the Chief).
One of the lawyers involved was quoted as saying that the City's failure to
discipline strengthened the plaintiff's case. We as taxpayers are paying
out to much money to allow this to continue.
I attended the Downtown Command's CODEFOR review last night. The Mayor made
the opening speech but disappeared without answering any questions. She
talked about an emphasis on livability crimes (i.e. public urination,
panhandling), ironically the only stats that were presented were Part I
(serious) crimes and a number of people in the audience mentioned that they
thought the livability crimes were not decreasing.
Terrell Brown
Loring Park
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