New contract to expand police auditor s reach
City set to restore OIR Group s power to review internal disputes, use of force by officers
Uploaded: Wed, Jun 9, 2021, 9:06 am 2
Time to read: about 4 minutes
The Palo Alto City Council is scheduled to approve a new contract that expands the scope of the independent police auditor on June 14, 2021. Embarcadero Media file photo by Veronica Weber.
Six months before the national outcry over racial justice pushed Palo Alto s elected leaders to talk about police accountability, the City Council made a decision that it would soon regret.
Prompted by city staff, council members in December 2019 voted to narrow the scope of the independent police auditor, OIR Group, so that the firm would no longer consider complaints filed by Police Department employees against their colleagues. The abrupt move also had the practical effect of derailing OIR Group s review of a complaint involving a former Palo Alto officer, who is Black, and a white dep
Residents outraged over police dog attack and they want encryption to end
Residents outraged over police dog attack and they want encryption to end
Daily Post Staff Writer
Palo Altans expressed outrage over the attack of a sleeping man by a Palo Alto police dog and they called upon City Council to end the encryption of police radio transmissions.
“You’re still not being transparent. They’re still not being held accountable,” said resident Raven Malone, who ran unsuccessfully for council last fall. “We’ve seen police officers even be promoted after using the ‘n-word.’ I don’t think those are Palo Alto values. I don’t think we should settle for that.”
Palo Alto officer whose dog attacked man was named in earlier lawsuit over a police K9 attack padailypost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from padailypost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.