Supervisor of the unit to be supervisor of a multi agency dealing with it to being executive director for the entire state, california Graffiti Association of california. So i have a fair amount of background. I first became involved in graffiti back in 1991 when i was told in the gang unit that i was going to be a twoweek assignment to deal with these guys called taggers. I continued until i retired so it was a long two weeks. A lot of times cities dont understand how deep the issue goes. I have had my card handed out, this is my phone number. I have absolutely no problem with people calling me any time to discuss graffiti issues, graffiti cases, any of that stuff, i am always available. Thats why i put my card out there. So first off, before we get into the graffiti part we have to talk about the person whos going to be dealing with graffiti when he goes to court. Personnel and training are the two keys to success in any detail, were going to talk specifically about graffiti but in a
Police department, he will be our next key note speakers so please listen to mr. Dwight waldo thank you, drew, im very pleased to be here and im pleased to see so many people attending. My program today will basically be on training and expertise, being able to go out, understand the gravanis culture and then take it to court and get a successful prosecution. Just a little background, im not going to read it all. I pretty much go by sergeant because i was only a lieutenant the last 3 months and i found out if you google me under lieutenant you find something. I stick with sergeant because i have about 14 years on google for that. I spent about 28 years as a Police Officer for the city of san bernardino, california, about 80 miles outside los angeles. Among other things im recognized as an expert on graffiti in california superior court. Without reading all this i want to let you know that i am well rounded, i was supervisor of the unit to be supervisor of a multi agency dealing with it
Okay, id like to introduce lieutenant dwight waldo, retired from the San Francisco police department, he will be our next key note speakers so please listen to mr. Dwight waldo thank you, drew, im very pleased to be here and im pleased to see so many people attending. My program today will basically be on training and expertise, being able to go out, understand the gravanis culture and then take it to court and get a successful prosecution. Just a little background, im not going to read it all. I pretty much go by sergeant because i was only a lieutenant the last 3 months and i found out if you google me under lieutenant you find something. I stick with sergeant because i have about 14 years on google for that. I spent about 28 years as a Police Officer for the city of san bernardino, california, about 80 miles outside los angeles. Among other things im recognized as an expert on graffiti in california superior court. Without reading all this i want to let you know that i am well round
This is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. Ith was built in the 1930s and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. Every year, the World Championship of fly casting is held in San Francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. We are here with phil, general manage of San Francisco rec and Parks Department at the anglers lodge. What do you think about this . It is spectacular, travis from oregon, taught me a snake roll and a space cast. There are people from all over the world come to San Francisco and say this is the place to be. Yeah. Its amazing, we have teams from all over the world here today and they are thrilled. I flew from ireland to be here. And been practicing since for the competition. All the best casters in the world come here. My fellow countryman came in first place and james is on the current team and he is the head man. Its unique. Will not see anything like it where you go to compete in the
We have to remain strong and the violence needs to stop. When justice is prevailed, then maybe theyll regain their trust in the locals. Right now its out of control. And while discussing the case for a second time yesterday, president obama got even more forceful regarding the violence that continues. Weve got to make sure that we are able to distinguish between Peaceful Protesters who may have some legitimate grievances and may be long standing grievances, and those who are using this tragic death as an excuse to engage in criminal behavior. Msnbc. Com reporter join me now from ferguson. Thank you for joining us. Amanda, let me talk with you. You were in the mist of this last night. You had captain johnson saying small group of people he believes from out of town. No protest were injured. Officers were injuried. You had the president saying there may be some people small group of people trying to take advantage of this to create havoc and break the law here. What are you seeing there