when I saw this, I got goosebumps...
the News-Press has endorsed Dale Francisco, Mike Self and Randy Rowse for Santa Barbara City Council which as we all know by now is the Kiss of Death for a candidate..I predict they all will lose...
this is the same trio that recently said no to the removal of a Ficus tree on Milpas St that was damaging a property....they told the owner she has to live with the problems...the tree is overgrown and has aggressive roots...now, Milpas has about 50 ficus trees...a canopy....most folks would not miss one that is so
obviously too close to the building..the council blew it and I'd sue them if I were that lady....
this is the same trio that recently said no to the removal of a Ficus tree on Milpas St that was damaging a property....they told the owner she has to live with the problems...the tree is overgrown and has aggressive roots...now, Milpas has about 50 ficus trees...a canopy....most folks would not miss one that is so
obviously too close to the building..the council blew it and I'd sue them if I were that lady....plus Dale and Randy voted to spend $50000 to repurpose some benches on State st so that the homeless would face away from the tourists..that was the dumbest idea I've ever heard of!! and Ernie Salomon is interviewing the candidates on Channel 17 asking real questions...he was grilling Dale on the News-Press and on the fact that cops spend most of their time policing the drunks on lower State St ... the numerous bars are a problem...Dale was reduced to blabbering and looked confused....Ernie owned him because Ernie knows that Dale is in Wendy's pocketbook!!
Suavecito
Guadalupe...my new favorite small town is having budget issues, so the Grand Jury recommendation to put cameras in the cops cars while the cops take cuts in pay sounds all the more silly!! Guadalupe police officers will see their take-home pay cut by 10 percent this year, the City Council decided Tuesday night.
The council voted unanimously to impose a contract on the city’s peace officers after four months of negotiations failed to lead to an agreement on pay reductions.
The council voted unanimously to impose a contract on the city’s peace officers after four months of negotiations failed to lead to an agreement on pay reductions.
The contract calls for the nine sworn officers and support staff to forfeit remaining holiday pay this year and pay 2 percent of their annual Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) contribution. The city previously has made employee contributions to PERS and will continue to contribute 7 percent of the payment, said City Attorney Dave Fleishman, who handled union negotiations.
“There is nobody else in the police department being asked to give up concessions. It’s all on our backs,” Police rep Limon said. “We’re not asking for a raise. We know what’s on the wall.”
All five council members said they would not impose the contract on the officers if they had any other choice, but declining property and sales taxes have left the city no other way to balance its budget.
New California Law Allows Video Cameras In Car – What It Means
Ever been pulled over or arrested by the police following a traffic stop? Did you wish you had a video and audio recorder in your car so you could prove that the cop’s version of events was wrong? (NO..that's never happened to me!!)
In California, starting on January 1, 2011 you can do just that. That’s right, on New Year’s Day on 2011, a revision to California Vehicle Code Section 26708 goes into effect and drivers will be permitted to install “video event recorders” on their windshield. This will allow for drivers to record their driving, conversations with passengers, and arguably, encounters with the police. Until now, such cameras were illegal under the premise that it obstructed or reduced the driver’s view. However, there are strict requirements for these cameras
ok....if you want to videotape a cop, you can put a camera in your own car at your own expense, not mine!! it is pretty obvious that Lance and Genis are using the cameras in cop cars as a distraction..and some people are falling for it
ok....if you want to videotape a cop, you can put a camera in your own car at your own expense, not mine!! it is pretty obvious that Lance and Genis are using the cameras in cop cars as a distraction..and some people are falling for it
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Me thinks you're confusing the issue. Sure, on the one hand there are the Lances and Geniuses out there who think police car cams are going to protect them from evil police brutality and infringing on their constitutional right to drink and drive drunk. But the fact is that the police themselves are the strongest advocates for cameras.
“First and foremost, it protects the officers, it protects the citizens and it can help with an investigation and it shows what happened,” said Steve Tidwell, executive director of the FBI National Academy Associates in Quantico, Va.
And not just in-car cameras, but also wearing cameras all the time directly on their uniform. Cameras are a great convenience tool for police. They want them. It's the ACLU that is fighting them over privacy concerns.
http://www.heraldnews.com/state/x230663233/Police-tout-new-cameras-as-tool-to-protect-motorists-privacy-advocates-express-concern
http://blog.al.com/live/2011/09/fairhope_police_wearing_pocket.html
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/07/10/1739587/video-cameras-help-protect-us.html
And cameras in private cars/trucks have been used in fleet transport for a long time. They are embedded in the front grille and are on all the time the vehicle is being used. They document things like illegal use of the vehicle, whether the driver is driving more hours than allowed (truck drivers falling asleep, etc..),and the driver's driving responsibilities. They also help in theft recovery and record any accidents which are acceptable evidence by insurance companies. They are not intended to record police activity (they're mounted in the front of the vehicle, and police approach from the rear.) If somebody wants to record 'police brutality' then they can easily just use their cell phone.....
I thought the News-Press had a ASS-CAM? They seem to keep pointing it a Peter Lance, Dale Francisco, Lanny....
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