watchpaul: Does he have a "Use of Force Policy"?

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Does he have a "Use of Force Policy"?

Concerns raised over DA investigator weapons

"He (Gallegos) said his office has a use of force policy, but refused to turn over a copy to the Times-Standard, saying it's not public record.

The Eureka Police Department and the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department said their use of force policies are public record. The EPD immediately faxed over a copy.

The San Diego County district attorney's office also said its use of force policy is public record."

I say when he does finally come up with one, you ought to google the terminology.

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Anonymous5/19/2007 4:41 PM
I'm telling you Rose, like I have told you before. He has to have one already if his DA Investigators carry side arms.

It is public record don't let him fool you. Send him a letter demanding it just like you (or who ever it was) did in your "Public Records Act Request re: CAST" post.

Don't let PVG Bully his way out of this one.
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Rose5/19/2007 5:24 PM
Funny thing is, HE didn't know he had one, or he would have answered that question on the first day. It has taken him this long to come up with that answer, and then he says he isn't going to show it to anyone.

It's a s-e-c-r-e-t. Shhhhhh.
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Anonymous5/19/2007 6:23 PM
Push it Rose, get it from the office. He has to give it to you.
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Rose5/19/2007 6:57 PM
Hah. He hasn't even complied with the May 8th Public Records Act Request for the updated CAST statistics. By law he had to provide the information within 10 calendar days.

So, I'll give him until Monday.
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Anonymous5/20/2007 12:40 AM
Use of Force Policy
1. An officer shall use aerosol restraints only within the guidelines of the Force Continuum and Use of Force Guidelines. ( See Use of Force Policy) ...
www.cpso.pdx.edu/html/forcepolicy.htm - 38k - Cached -

[DOC]
Model Policy for Use of Force and Deadly Force
File Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML
It is the policy of this agency to accord officers discretion in the use of force to the extent permitted by MN Statutes, Section 609.066, Subd. ...
www.dps.state.mn.us/newpost/In-Service_Policy/ Use%20of%20ForceDeadlyForce.doc -
UTPD Policy A-12, Use of Force
Therefore, it is the policy of this department that officers shall use only the force necessary to accomplish lawful objectives. Definitions: ...
www.utexas.edu/police/manual/a12.html - 15k - Cached -

Use of force and high-intensity tactical police flashlights ...
Use of force and high-intensity tactical police flashlights: policy concerns from FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin,The in News & Society provided free by ...
findarticles.com/p/articles/ mi_m2194/is_11_74/ai_n15981196 - 32k - Cached - S

Police Use of Force Policy Types: Results from a National Agency ...
Using data collected as part of a broader national study (i.e., Assessing Police Use of Force Policy and Outcomes) that assesses the relationship between ...
www.allacademic.com/meta/p126849_index.html - 28k -
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Anonymous5/20/2007 7:52 AM
So what your saying 1240 is that you found other agencyies use of force policies online. Nice, PVG is a putz.

Rose, I would say on Monday you push both issues, especially the CAST issue.
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Paul Gallegos

The Humboldt County Grand Jury found that "Weak leadership and poor managerial practices" have undermined the office... Implicit in all evidence gathered by the Grand Jury - including interviews with the D.A. (Paul Gallegos) - is the unfortunate truth that the D.A. (Paul Gallegos) exhibits a limited understanding of how things are done in the department" Gallegos "lacks the global perspective needed to keep the department operating efficiently," and quotes an unnamed staff member as saying, "The D.A. (Paul Gallegos) does not fully understand the functionality of many of the things we do here" - Years later, in his own words: "I’m not an administrator, they didn’t elect me to be an administrator, they elected me to make sure this office runs..."

Douglas & Zanotti

CASE TOSSED The district attorney misrepresented the law and failed to provide evidence of former Eureka Police Chief David Douglas' and Lt. Tony Zanotti's innocence during a criminal grand jury inquiry into the 2006 shooting death of Cheri Lyn Moore, defense attorneys argued in court documents filed Thursday... ”Our judicial system stands as a real and necessary check on the grand jury indictment process,” one of the documents states. “This court has the authority and the means by which to halt this prosecution, which is justified neither by the undisputed facts, nor by the law.”

Gallegos has taken what was "arguably the state's best small DA's office, with a cutting edge CAST program that "trained the trainers"... into a bunch of time serving bureaucratic wannabee brown nosers, lightly sprinkled with a couple of earnest learners who are sure to split as soon as possible.

One weeps for Max Cardoza who won Angellel, and for Maggie Fleming who won so many impossible victories. Mired in Humboldt for personal reasons, they have to suffer the ignominy of working for Paul, with Yougo, yes, yougo who has freed more people as a prosecutor than he did as a defense attorney. As has Paul. Anonymous comment

Gallegos has answers for everything. I’ve never met anyone whose answers came so quickly, with such polish - except about his law school(s). He likely sounded the same way when promising to get prosecutors off their anachronistic “at will” status and onto civil service status. It never happened. Indeed, he told them, “Disloyalty will not be tolerated” – a real morale builder.

He sounds great. What progressive doesn’t want to believe in him? But it’s a myth. He’s an intellectual lightweight and self-aggrandizer who tries to please everybody with glib answers. Jim Fahey for The Arcata Eye

The Humboldt County DA's office is one of the most exciting prosecutorial
offices in California.

Its District Attorney, Paul Gallegos, is willing to charge anyone who commits
wrongdoing--no matter how wealthy, sacrosanct, or ruthless. He believes in total equality before the law. He also plans to be innovative in promoting programs of prevention and treatment. He wants to make it the best prosecutorial office of its size in the nation.... Gallegos' Help Wanted ad

Gallegos' OWN Quotes

★ ...District Attorney Paul Gallegos said he believes the statute of limitations clock, even on misdemeanors, doesn't start running until law enforcement knows or reasonably should have known of the offense. In this case, Gallegos said, that means the statute of limitations would not run out at least until Feb. 8, 2009, or one year after Gundersen's arrest and the discovery of the photographs in question...

★ "...some people actually molest out of different feelings, some times out of feelings of love....” DA Gallegos explaining why Child Abuse prosecutions were down

★ “I never said that the information was not available under the Freedom of Information Act. Quite the contrary, I informed you that our use of force policy is not a public record.” Paul Gallegos to the Times Standard 5/25/07

★ ...“One is that I do everything to make people happy which means I don’t stand for anything except for just something,” he said. “The other is I stand for something and I try to be a leader and take some people, a group of people, a community someplace and I say guess what folks, this is who I am. I stand for your beliefs. We share these beliefs or we don’t. You get the option to judge that. This is who I am and I am committed to leading us this place, wherever it is...." Eureka Reporter Gallegos defends record, looks ahead 7/3/2005

★ Note the difference between what he SAID, and what he DOES..."...So what are these issues? Top on Gallegos' list is the proliferation of "garbage cases," small-time crimes and overcharged cases that he said are clogging up the court system.

Garbage cases, said Gallegos, come in two forms: Cases that would lose if actually brought to trial and cases that are overcharged for the crimes committed. The idea behind filing both kinds of garbage, he said, is to get the defendant to plead guilty, netting a conviction without having to go into court.

Again, the IRONY is astounding! Look at what he SAYS, and then think about what he DOES! "Probably 95 percent of the cases that are filed plead guilty. In fact, there are a lot of cases that are filed on the assumption they will plead guilty, because of the time and expense involved in defending them. But these cases shouldn't even be filed in the first place, because if they were challenged, they would lose," Gallegos said. Better yet: If they weren't filed at all, it would save the county time and money...." North Coast Journal 2/21/02 Too bad he didn't take his own advice.

★ “Tim’s a stud,” he said. “He really is; anyone would be stoked to have him.” Gallegos on his second in command right hand man Assistant District Attorney Tim Stoen. (Former second in command right hand man to Jim Jones/People's Temple.)

NOTE:

"Helping Crush Progressivism" - ie: exposing the predatory litigious orgs and those who seek power for power's sake.... The original purpose of watchpaul is to post important documents relating to Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos and his handlers who seek to gain power through the acquisition of political offices. This includes, but is not limited to, the manipulations of "Humboldt Watershed Council," "EPIC," "Baykeeper," and other activist groups - the unregulated orgs. It also includes the master manipulators, such as Richard Salzman and Ken Miller.

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Saturday, May 19, 2007

Does he have a "Use of Force Policy"?

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