Proposal to discuss police conduct

2000-11-23 Thread jon kelland
I am not sure why this issue of police parking and the abuse of power it implies has not yet been tied into the Mpls police dept's FIFTH KILL OF THE YEAR (though police might argue that three of those should not count since they were mentally handicapped). What ever happened to that

Re: Finance Director

2000-11-23 Thread MHohm
In a message dated 11/22/2000 10:48:20 PM Central Standard Time, Ewader writes: Maybe Mr. Born was hired because the mayor and the city council will feel justified paying the $110,000 per year because they feel he shares their view about spending public taxes on private interests. It's nice

Re: Proposal to discuss police conduct

2000-11-23 Thread HolleB
In a message dated 11/23/00 9:50:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can we please have a discussion on this list about proper police conduct and how we can hold police accountable for deviations from proper conduct? This is a sore subject - no pun intended - considering I was mugged in my own

Re: Proposal to discuss police conduct

2000-11-23 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
yes, it is definitely about time that we start challenging our out-of-control - or perhaps too-much-in-control police department. i think the FIVE KILLINGS IN THE PAST YEAR is a further manifestation of a police department that is not held accountable to our elected civilian government.

Re: Police

2000-11-23 Thread Adam Stenberg
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --A7B22201F6EA97FC4B3E353C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm grateful for the work done by our Minneapolis Police officers. They do a tough job well. I've grew up in a high crime neighborhood

Re: Proposal to discuss police conduct

2000-11-23 Thread KarenCollier
--part1_22.e2a2013.274f4f16_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The way the city charter is written, the Chief of Police is responsible only to the Mayor. Please remember, the City Council members have little if any authority over the police.

Re: Proposal to discuss police conduct

2000-11-23 Thread RANDERSON67
In a message dated 11/23/00 9:03:26 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: yes, it is definitely about time that we start challenging our out-of-control - or perhaps too-much-in-control police department. i think the FIVE KILLINGS IN THE PAST YEAR is a further manifestation of

Re: Proposal to discuss police conduct

2000-11-23 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
Ms. Collier, I think you have definitely read the City Charter incorrectly. Chapter 3, section 4 of the City Charter provides the executive committee is responsble for the appointment and removal of the police chief. The executive committee includes the mayor, the city council president and