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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.
Anaheim City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to appoint Chris Zapata as the new city manager, ending a more than year-long leadership transition where three top executive roles were filled by temporary replacements.
Jorge Cisneros, currently Police Chief for the University of California, Irvine, will assume the position in mid-July.
If city council members approve his appointment Tuesday, Jorge Cisneros, the chief of the University of California, Irvine police department, will become Anaheim Police Chief in mid-July.
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.
Embattled Anaheim police chief Raul Quezada will receive a $750,000 settlement in exchange for his resignation, according to a settlement with the city released Wednesday.
Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada abruptly retired Monday, settling a claim against the city and following calls by the police rank-and-file and management unions for his resignation.
Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada has filed a claim against the city alleging its policies “led directly to polarization” of the police department and resulted in 87 percent of police union voters deciding they had no confidence in the chief
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
City officials are looking into a citizen’s complaint alleging Police Chief Raul Quezada lied about his department’s response to a Ku Klux Klan rally in February 2016.