After months of foot-dragging, city officials decided to outsource their police oversight committee to the Office of Independent Review, already a paid contractor for the Anaheim Police Department.
As the Anaheim Investigator reported last month, the Tuesday, June 18th vote by Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait and the rest of the City Council to unanimously approve an amended agreement with the Office of Independent Review, a Los Angeles-based law firm run by Michael Gennaco, to drastically “expand the scope of services” it offers the city, signaled the death knell for any genuine police oversight in this town. The 5-0 vote, which was done quietly and without much discussion, essentially paved the way to make OIR a de facto “oversight body” for the Anaheim Police Department.
Although Tait told the Anaheim Investigator he “still want[s] a civilian review commission,” it is our opinion that if the mayor really supported police accountability, his decision to vote in favor of the amended agreement at the June 18th meeting sent a mixed message. All of the evidence we’ve collected so far suggests Gennaco’s law firm now lies at the foundation–or already is–the “oversight body” the City of Anaheim has been talking about forming. Any discussion about creating a “commission” now not only is too little, too late, but a smokescreen to divert attention away from the fact the fix is in.
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Once again thanks to Mr. Roberts for his great investigative work.
Having been the victim of criminal harassment by this disgusting police department and others since before Loretta Sanchez was a member of Congress (aka before 1997), I can state that these alleged 4 layers of Anaheim police department oversight:
At best:
All “layers of oversight” are clueless to the deliberate criminal behavior of the Anaheim police department.
At worst:
One or more “layers of oversight” are complicit in the participation in/or cover-up of crimes up to and including capital civil rights crimes.
German Santos
Well German Santos or Duane, help us out.
What are the four superficial police over-site agencies?
Let’s list them.
1)_____
2)________
3) ____
4) ______
If we are going to do this right. Let’s do this right.