Internal Investigation Reveals SCPD Out of Control : Indybay

Sun Feb 12 2006 Santa Cruz Police Department Paves Way To Spy On Any Group Any Time

The Santa Cruz Police Department cleared themselves of any wrongdoing in infiltrating the Last Night Santa Cruz DIY parade planning meetings, of course. Given that the investigation was lead by Deputy Chief Kevin Vogel who made the decision to infiltrate the planning meetings, this is no surprise. The 600-page report said that the police had every reason to monitor the group (or any group in the future) because they had public safety in mind. Read more

Download portions of Deputy Chief Vogel's Internal Investigation (pdf): Summary | Interviews | Reports

previous SC-IMC coverage of SCPD Spying: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

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