Santa Ana’s police union has backed recall efforts against two council members: Juan Villegas and Ceci Iglesias, who vocally opposed the scale of $23 million in controversial raises granted to police officers last February. Now the union wants both off a public safety board, which could be disbanded or restructured by council members today.
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2017: A Year of Upheaval in Anaheim
It was another year of political drama in the city of Anaheim, after an election upset in November 2016 tipped political power in Mayor Tom Tait’s favor.
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Anaheim Moving Toward Creation of a New Police Review Board
A staff proposal for a new Anaheim police review board appears to be moving toward selecting members as soon as spring 2018.
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Anaheim Council To Consider New Police Review Board
Beefed-up citizen oversight of the Anaheim Police Department will be considered by the City Council Tuesday. A report by the ACLU found Anaheim to be among the nation’s worst cities for deaths at the hands of police.
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Anaheim Police Chief Didn’t Have Complete Information About KKK Rally, City Says
Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada didn’t have all of the information when he briefed City Council members in February about a Ku Klux Klan rally that exploded into violence, according to an internal human resources investigation conducted by the city
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Activists Call for Stronger Anaheim Civilian Police Review Board
Activists want to see Anaheim’s Public Safety Board turned into a full-fledged commission, while the police association says it should stay as is.
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Anaheim Begins Review of Its Citizen Police Oversight Board
Councilman Jose Moreno proposed the city beef up its Public Safety Board into an “investigative police commission” while councilwomen Kris Murray and Lucille Kring argued that the board should remain in its current form.
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Week After LAPD-Teen Clash, Anaheim To Discuss Public Safety Board
The City Council will review a report on the civilian oversight committee and discuss whether or not they want it to continue.
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Anaheim Residents: City’s Police Watchdog Panel Has No Bite
After a spate of officer-involved shootings in 2012 that led to protests and a night of rioting, the city set up a public safety board to keep watch over the police. Today, some residents say the board is a “joke.”
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The Next Anaheim City Council Meeting Will Be a Doozy
The new council majority, led by Mayor Tom Tait, is planning on rolling back a number of measures pushed through in recent years by the previous majority.
