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Tribune Headline Story - Cop probe ordered
No funding has been set aside for the investigation, however, and Vice Mayor Nancy Nadel (Downtown-West Oakland) said she hopes it can be done pro bono. Council President Ignacio De La Fuente (San Antonio-Fruitvale) cast the dissenting vote, arguing that the city should ask its Citizens Police Review Board to do the work and use any money spent on an outside panel to hire in-house investigators.
"Are we going to appoint a new panel for every complaint we get?" De La Fuente asked.
"Are we going to appoint a new panel for every complaint we get?" De La Fuente asked.
Cop probe ordered
Council votes to investigate
By Laura Counts, Cecily Burt and Mike Adamick, STAFF WRITERS
OAKLAND -- Longshoremen, protesters and hundreds of sympathizers outraged by police tactics during an April 7 protest at the Port of Oakland told city officials Tuesday they want an independent investigation, policy changes, and even the firing of Police Chief Richard Word.
Though the City Council's Public Safety Committee took no action, the full council met in closed session after the hearing and voted 7-1 to hire a panel to investigate that day's events.
City Manager Robert Bobb and City Attorney John Russo were directed to come back with recommendations for the panel, which the council hopes to choose at its next meeting May 6.
Council votes to investigate
By Laura Counts, Cecily Burt and Mike Adamick, STAFF WRITERS
OAKLAND -- Longshoremen, protesters and hundreds of sympathizers outraged by police tactics during an April 7 protest at the Port of Oakland told city officials Tuesday they want an independent investigation, policy changes, and even the firing of Police Chief Richard Word.
Though the City Council's Public Safety Committee took no action, the full council met in closed session after the hearing and voted 7-1 to hire a panel to investigate that day's events.
City Manager Robert Bobb and City Attorney John Russo were directed to come back with recommendations for the panel, which the council hopes to choose at its next meeting May 6.
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http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,14...
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W. Rosenthal
Mon, May 5, 2003 12:02PM
do we have names to suggest to Bobb?
Wed, Apr 30, 2003 7:42PM
City Manager Robert Bobb: Asshole
Wed, Apr 30, 2003 4:56PM
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