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A letter to the City of Oakland: Please Take our Police Chief, Sandra Spagnoli

A letter to the City of Oakland: Please Take our Police Chief, Sandra Spagnoli People, Police No Responses »

Oct 292013

Dear City of Oakland: I know you are looking for a new Police Chief. Please take ours! SLPD Chief Sandra Spagnoli doesn’t work cheap and crime may have gone up under her, but she speaks well and smiles enough. Surely appearances do count. She fooled us, she can fool your residents as well. Spagnoli is a hard worker (sure, she has about 90 days off a year, in addition to weekends, but that’s standard for public executives) and has an unmitigated commitment to social cleansing. She doesn’t discriminate between gays, the mentally ill, blacks, liberals or even gun-advocates – in her book everyone [Continue Reading]

Why is the City of San Leandro Hiding Documents that Mention Me?

Why is the City of San Leandro Hiding Documents that Mention Me? People, Police No Responses »

Oct 212013

It’s Confirmed: I’m the Subject of a Police Investigation Update: Today, Nov. 18th, I received the response to the California Public Records request I filed on my name. The turned in some records, “forgot” others, and specifically declined to turn in others. Here are the reasons they gave for not turning in those records: 1) The records reflect the analysis or conclusions of an investigating officer and are exempt under California Government Code section 6254(f). 2) The records contain attorney-client communications, “the disclosure of which is exempted or prohibited pursuant to federal or state law… relating to privilege” under California [Continue Reading]

Katz-Lacabe Discusses Chinese Flag & License Plate Cameras in Brian Copeland Show

Katz-Lacabe Discusses Chinese Flag & License Plate Cameras in Brian Copeland Show Community, Media, Police No Responses »

Sep 292013

Today my husband, Mike Katz-Lacabe, was a guest of Brian Copeland on his KGO radio show. They discussed the controversy around raising the flag of the People’s Republic of China in San Leandro as well as the use of license plate cameras. It’s only 20 minutes, so listen up! BTW, Brian Copeland said that neither Councilmember Benny Lee, the architect of the flag proposal, nor any other supporters of the flag were willing to go to the show and stand up for their views.

San Leandro Teacher to Face Trial on Spurious Charges

San Leandro Teacher to Face Trial on Spurious Charges Community, Police No Responses »

Sep 272013

Rick Styner case shows how criminal defendants can be easily railroaded Yesterday I went to court to listen to the the third part of the preliminary hearing on the case against Rick Styner, the San Leandro High School teacher accused of possession of child pornography. Unfortunately I missed the first two days of the hearing and the media coverage by the BANG papers has been atrocious. Yesterday, the judge ruled there was sufficient cause to go to trial on charges of stealing a pair of Amy McNamara Furtado’s panties and of possessing child pornography (not for anything found in his [Continue Reading]

Surveillance Cameras Don’t Work Against Crime

Surveillance Cameras Don’t Work Against Crime Community, Police 2 Responses »

Sep 132013

Data from a multitude of studies makes the case that money is better spent elsewhere.. There is little controversy within the academic and scientific community that surveillance cameras don’t work, either to prevent or solve crimes. City-wide surveillance cameras have been around since 1994, and in the last two decades there have been numerous studies on their effectiveness. They show that it’s minimal at best. The Studies: England Perhaps the most extensively studied camera system is also the biggest: England’s. Put together, England and Wales have 4.2 million cameras and, not surprisingly, the British government was interested in finding [Continue Reading]

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