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Aggressive police unions, spending on law enforcement over youth programs and few citizen oversight boards — activists and leaders say OC’s debate is years in the making.
Dan Hughes, who was promoted to chief to clean up the police department following the 2011 beating death of Kelly Thomas, will retire from the department next month and become an executive overseeing security at the Disneyland resort in Anaheim.
Less than a week after it opened, Knott’s Berry Farm Tuesday shuttered a Halloween attraction criticized by mental health advocates for perpetuating the social stigma of mental illness.
A new Halloween horror attraction that opened last week at Knott’s Berry Farm has drawn criticism from advocates who say it includes offensive and dehumanizing depictions of mental health patients.
The bill, proposed by state Sen. John Moorlach, would make it clear that local police and hospitals could use money from state Proposition 63 for emergency treatment of adults who are in danger of seriously harming themselves or others.
Five years ago, the department earned nationwide scorn for the horrific beating death of Kelly Thomas, a mentally ill homeless man. Now the department’s homeless liaison unit works with a local nonprofit to get people off the street.
The Fullerton City Council Monday agreed to settle the suit brought by Ron Thomas, the father of the mentally-ill transient who died in 2011 after being beaten by six Fullerton police officers.
The father of Thomas, a mentally ill transient who died after being beaten by Fullerton police, has sued the city as well as the officers and two former police chiefs.
The Orange County District Attorney’s office doesn’t have enough evidence to convict Ramos, a DA spokeswoman told the OC Register.
Manuel Ramos, a former Fullerton police officer who was acquitted of felony charges in the beating death of mentally ill transient Kelly Thomas, was arrested last month for domestic violence, according to KABC.