tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post17464282873785198..comments2023-12-23T03:49:20.907-08:00Comments on watchpaul: Enough secrecy in the DA's office!Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-65360125539909246732007-05-29T14:22:00.000-07:002007-05-29T14:22:00.000-07:00And these are the EASY to answer Public Records Ac...And these are the EASY to answer Public Records Act Requests. Wait for the tougher questions.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-52659630057398960742007-05-29T14:17:00.000-07:002007-05-29T14:17:00.000-07:00And isn't the protracted and deliberate silence fr...And isn't the protracted and deliberate silence from Erik and Heraldo just deliciously coincidental? How clear does it need to be<BR/>that the word is out to not cover this issue, hope it dies, hope PVG's refusal to produce sign in sheets, refusal to produce a use of force policy, etc etc<BR/>just goes away? <BR/>They've shut up about<BR/>the lack of a Cheri Moore report too. Just coincidentally, that is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-8237096804365693872007-05-29T10:25:00.000-07:002007-05-29T10:25:00.000-07:00Excellent points, Robin.Excellent points, Robin.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-89588453438116670752007-05-29T08:00:00.000-07:002007-05-29T08:00:00.000-07:00Gallegos didn't say his office doesn't have a "use...Gallegos didn't say his office doesn't have a "use of force" policy - he said it's none of our business!<BR/>He may change his mind about that after he receives the Times-Standard's appeal to him to reconsider his decision not to make the policy available to the public. But, if he doesn't, you can bet the T-S is prepared to teach the errant & arrogant DA a very important lesson about what is & is not the public's business & that process will be very prominently & publicly displayed on its front pages. Stories such as that have been known to garner national attention.<BR/>Gallegos references "the law" & "the constitution" as though he might be familiar with them but his penchant for conducting the public's business in private makes me think he might be confused about which country's & state's laws & constituions he has been sworn to uphold & protect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-11429622771450605832007-05-28T07:10:00.000-07:002007-05-28T07:10:00.000-07:00A "use of force" policy is NOT a policy unless it ...A "use of force" policy is NOT a policy unless it is written down and placed (retained) in some kind of policy manual. These days many agencies keep their policy manual online with a hard copy back up. If it is not written down and placed in a policy manual then the best is can be is an SOP, an informal SOP. LE agencies want their policies accessible to their employees so they, the employee, can look some policy or issue up easily if they have a question or doubt.<BR/><BR/>Any legitimate, professional law enforcment agency is going to have a use of force policy, a shooting policy and each of their gun toting employees, (cops deputies investigators) is going to have a pretty good idea of what that policy is. It is a very big issue. VERY BIG. And ALL law enforcement agencies know it. For a law enforcment agency the two things that will cause them the most grief (and $$$ for the city or county or state) is the use of force; guns, fists, nightsticks, tazers and so on) and pursuit driving. <BR/><BR/>I am sure there was at least a basic use of force or shooting policy in place during the Farmer years and before.<BR/><BR/>A professional law enforcement agency, from a 10 man department to LAPD, is going to have a use of force policy in place and a way to document that their employees are aware of that policy; a signature on some document saying they have read the policy and understand it. Or when they go qualify or train at a shooting range one of the instructors,rangemasters will read the policy out loud and prepare a memo or document to memorialize all that were present. <BR/><BR/>Gallegos should be happy to give out his use of force policy. Unless it hasn't been updated in over 25 years.<BR/><BR/>If the DA's office does not have a use of force policy/shooting police they should disarm all the investigators and keep them in the office. But as I understanc it the DA's investigators seldom leave the office for other than lunch or personal business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-66409653242916454222007-05-27T22:32:00.000-07:002007-05-27T22:32:00.000-07:00Watch out Paul, there's a new sheriff in town, she...Watch out Paul, there's a new sheriff in town, she's taking no prisoners at the Times Standard. And I don't mean Rich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-91877974070828350302007-05-27T21:50:00.000-07:002007-05-27T21:50:00.000-07:00HMM, so Hislop's boss is in a little hot water ove...HMM, so Hislop's boss is in a little hot water over a policy which Hilsop's daddy in law would have to know about, and it would help the boss to produce such a policy, making a BIG iou, especially if the policy had to be back dated, and yet still no policy has been "discovered" in a file somewhere.<BR/><BR/>It's going to be hard to swallow the "oh, here it is, silly me it was in this file cabinent" story when it appears.<BR/><BR/>Nobody in Humbodlt has a problem with serial liars in office, do they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-90773348950412326912007-05-27T16:34:00.000-07:002007-05-27T16:34:00.000-07:00Seems to me that Gallegos has until the 1st of Jun...Seems to me that Gallegos has until the 1st of June to produce a copy of his office's "use of force" policy for the Times-Standard or they'll see him in court... might save you the trouble, Rose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-87547151978703561252007-05-27T13:45:00.000-07:002007-05-27T13:45:00.000-07:00Good points!Good points!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-52372443872721785032007-05-27T13:11:00.000-07:002007-05-27T13:11:00.000-07:00There is no policy. If there was, Dawson or his so...There is no policy. If there was, Dawson or his son in law Hislop would have produced it for Hislop's boss by now. If anyone was going to apply force, it would have been Dawson's investigators (Now Hislop's).<BR/>If a policy existed, Dawson wrote it or had a role in writing it, and would be able to put his hand on it, and to help Hislop do so. Only one conclusion can be drawn from the Dawson/Hislop silence on this issue.<BR/>And what about Farmer? Anyone thought to ask him about whether his office had such a policy?<BR/>What to think if a policy suddenly appears?<BR/>Who wrote it, when, where was it kept, etc etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-41646562177085324952007-05-27T12:49:00.000-07:002007-05-27T12:49:00.000-07:00"Certainly" the office had a 'use of force policy...."Certainly" the office had a 'use of force policy.' No doubt it has been in existence for countless years, and it is filed somewhere. But Gallegos doesn't know what it is, what it says, where it is, or who knows where it is, since he has "lost" all of the people with the institutional memory, and all of the people who know how things are supposed to work. He spoke without thinking he would be questioned, and then tried to cover his tracks. It's stupid, but it is typical.<BR/><BR/>No doubt he is working overtime trying to construct one. Question is, will it be backdated?Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-58871758949221413262007-05-27T09:05:00.000-07:002007-05-27T09:05:00.000-07:00It's simple. if there is no policy, he lied when h...It's simple. if there is no policy, he lied when he said there was one, and he lied again when he said it would not be released because it was not a public document, and it takes time to figure out how to line up witnesses to say the policy existed.<BR/><BR/>Where is it, when was it written, who wrote it, who approved it, who has copies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-52975250460704137302007-05-26T22:37:00.000-07:002007-05-26T22:37:00.000-07:00When questioned about the Animal Abuse case, Galle...When questioned about the Animal Abuse case, Gallegos claimed he didn't prosecute the case "in the interests of justice" because he would have had "issues of proof."<BR/><BR/>Turned out there was videotaped evidence.<BR/><BR/><I>"District Attorney Paul Gallegos said Monday that the first case, involving the 122 alleged misdemeanor violations, was received by his office June 15, 2004, and was rejected Oct. 26 of the same year.<BR/><BR/>“These were regulatory offenses, not neglect offenses,” Gallegos said, adding that the reason given in the file for rejection of the charges was “interests of justice.”<BR/><BR/><STRONG>“There could have been issues of proof,”</STRONG> he said.<BR/><BR/>The alleged felony offense of abuse of the horse was received by the DA’s office July 9, 2004, and rejected Aug. 23, 2004, for lack of evidence, according to Gallegos.<BR/><BR/><STRONG>“We can do nothing unless we have sufficient evidence of an offense,”</STRONG> he said. <STRONG>“That’s it in a nutshell.”</STRONG><BR/><BR/>Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Brenda Godsey said Tuesday that she could not speak to the evidentiary value of information provided to the DA’s Office, but could officially confirm that <STRONG>a videotape had been booked into evidence."</STRONG></I><BR/><BR/>This is a pattern of behavior with countless examples. Lie. Then equivocate when questioned further, or caught. Then, after his handlers have cooked up a plausible scenario, try to recover. But, time and again, his answers to not add up to the truth.<BR/><BR/>It's fortunate that there is evidence to prove it.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-4978392036987269712007-05-26T21:03:00.000-07:002007-05-26T21:03:00.000-07:00For not holding Gags to the same standard as they ...For not holding Gags to the same standard as they would have Worth, the police review crusaders officially suck ass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-79889032233938903472007-05-26T20:24:00.000-07:002007-05-26T20:24:00.000-07:00The police review, anti Palco, anti progress, pro ...The police review, anti Palco, anti progress, pro marijuana/pro drugs shitheads are just lying low hoping this will all blow over. <BR/><BR/>Ssshhh, stay quiet and it will all just go away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-83565833172555017112007-05-26T19:18:00.000-07:002007-05-26T19:18:00.000-07:00The stunned silence is deafening. No letters to th...The stunned silence is deafening. No letters to the editors, My Words, OpEds, passionate denunciations. Just, Holy SHIT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-719355133712824542007-05-26T19:05:00.000-07:002007-05-26T19:05:00.000-07:00I want to know where all the police review jackass...I want to know where all the police review jackasses like Greg Allen and Christina Notbright are and why the silence? Gallegos, dim bulb that he is, doesn't even know the law that he, as the chief law enforcement officer of the county (gawd, that makes my physically ill just to type) is sworn to uphold and enforce. If you walked up to the front counter of any local PD (ok, maybe not Blue Lake) and ask for a copy of their use of force policy, they'd burn you a copy on the spot. Why are the cop-haters silent? Their golden boy screwed up and now they are in a quandry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-33577167152717763132007-05-26T16:45:00.000-07:002007-05-26T16:45:00.000-07:00he's such a &^%$up someone could probably beat him...he's such a &^%$up someone could probably beat him on a decent write in campaign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-78143164864404898652007-05-26T15:47:00.000-07:002007-05-26T15:47:00.000-07:00I see Allison Jackson around the courthouse all th...I see Allison Jackson around the courthouse all the time. She's around if called upon. But the fact is the election is years away and to run against Paul will require upwards of $200,000. Is she willing to make that kind of committment now? Are the people who want Paul out willing to committ to that kind of money up front. I know I wouldn't want to throw my hat into the ring on vague promises of support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-12669308349368701452007-05-26T12:38:00.000-07:002007-05-26T12:38:00.000-07:00Concerning Ms. Jackson, 7:30, that was kinda my po...Concerning Ms. Jackson, 7:30, that was kinda my point. I believe she is still around at the Harland firm though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-73276137332429055192007-05-26T08:22:00.000-07:002007-05-26T08:22:00.000-07:00Well somebody with morals and ethics needs to take...Well somebody with morals and ethics needs to take over if there is going to be any hope for Humboldt County.<BR/><BR/>It would be nice to have a DA with more than 1/2 a brain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-34181344504486820922007-05-26T07:30:00.000-07:002007-05-26T07:30:00.000-07:00Hey 5:21, after Allison was shanghied (sp) by PVG ...Hey 5:21, after Allison was shanghied (sp) by PVG what makes you think she would even want to come back to this county???<BR/><BR/>I'm just curious, not trying to start a fight or anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-63957883560796269582007-05-25T23:16:00.000-07:002007-05-25T23:16:00.000-07:00What? You don't think an AR-15 goes with polyeste...What? You don't think an AR-15 goes with polyester ?<BR/><BR/>How about some tazers? Some collaspable batons?<BR/><BR/>How about PVG's statement that meth is not a problem anymore? Or it's less of a problem in Hummboldt ? DID he really say this on the radio ????? Can he be that blind? It must be that preventing crime by preventing crime stuff again.<BR/><BR/>And waht about the rulling on the Moor shooting !!!??? What about a ruling on the shooting at the motel ??!?!?!? HOW long does it take?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-2677815666627748452007-05-25T22:57:00.000-07:002007-05-25T22:57:00.000-07:00I don't know about you but I am suddenly nostalgic...I don't know about you but I am suddenly nostalgic for the days when all the DA was armed with was pepper spray and cotton swabs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-19491672470382131512007-05-25T21:24:00.000-07:002007-05-25T21:24:00.000-07:00Paul has to resign. It is the only honorable thing...Paul has to resign. It is the only honorable thing to do. The ongoing series of scandals will not end.<BR/><BR/>And back to 4:51 - for all his faults, I have some respect for Salzman, he is inherently more honest than Paul.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.com