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Alternative Responses to 911 - Santa Cruz ACLU Webinar Highlights CAHOOTS Program 
Tonight the Santa Cruz ACLU presents "Alternative Responses to 911" - a Zoom Webinar - Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 - 6:30 PM PST...
Posted: Thu, Dec 17, 2020 10:47am PST
Questions Still Unanswered In late May, I wrote SCPD boss Andy Mills a lengthy letter reiterating questions asked him around three years ago that have largely been unanswered with any specificity. He responded ("An Updated Letter to SCPD Police Chief Mills in the Wake of the George Floyd Murder" at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/29/18833367.php). This is my follow-up to his response written in mid-June. I received no answer to any of the follow-up questions...
Posted: Thu, Jul 16, 2020 12:33pm PDT
Chatting with a Conscience-Lacking Council The 'No Public, Please" City Council meeting today again has call-in access only, and likely Oral Communications limited to one minute and cut off at the whim of Mayor "I Kneel with the Police Chief" Cummings. I pass on suggested talking points. However, deaf politicians and staffers need large numbers showing up at workplace and home to be convinced. Obediently following do-nothing guidelines will...do nothing....
Posted: Tue, Jun 23, 2020 7:12am PDT
The Questions Grow More Pressing I've been persistently raising issues of police abuse with the SCPD. Most recently, I sent a letter to Chief Andy Mills with a variety of questions, following up on issues raised months (and often years) ago. He roplied. I responded to his reply a few days ago. So far no reply....
Posted: Wed, Jun 17, 2020 1:14pm PDT
An Updated Letter to SCPD Police Chief Mills in the Wake of the George Floyd Murder In anticipation of possible protests in Santa Cruz regarding police violence and racial injustice, I've written Chief Andy Mills a follow-up letter regarding concerns I expressed 2 1/2 years ago. I begin with an earlier letter I sent him, and his responses to that letter. Attempts to get more detailed information were unsuccessful....
Posted: Fri, May 29, 2020 10:28am PDT
SCPD's $235K Taser Purchase Request is Back on City Council's Agenda 
A request from Santa Cruz Police to approve a $235k Taser purchase, in order to re-outfit the entire department with new Taser guns, is back on the consent agenda for the January 14 Santa Cruz City Council meeting, after being sent to the City of Santa Cruz Public Safety Committee on December 2 for discussion. The use of Tasers by police is a topic of concern for those advocating against police brutality, who want the weapons either banned altogether, or at minimum classified the same as othe...
Posted: Mon, Jan 13, 2020 4:25pm PST
Demands of the New Police Chief and His Initial Response In a letter to me, Police Chief Andy Mills has responded item-by-item to a series of concerns I raised in response to Steve Schnaar's letter skeptically regarding the SCPD endorsement of Martin Luther King celebration. While I remain skeptical of his answers--and they are pretty general--I reprint them so community members themselves can judge. I also include follow-up correspondence, which isn't too encouraging. While Mills temporarily instituted an incrementally saner policy around the S...
Posted: Sat, Dec 30, 2017 1:07pm PST
New Year to See Fuller Body Worn Camera Deployment 
Rialto and Las Vegas Studies Informative...
Posted: Thu, Dec 28, 2017 3:10pm PST
SCPD to Cosponsor MLK Event - Questions for Chief Mills An open letter to Chief Mills regarding the upcoming event on January 15th, "March for the Dream: Honoring the Past - Impacting the Future," which is co-sponsored by the NAACP and the Santa Cruz Police Department.
Martin Luther King called for a revolution of values, challenging the racism, militarism, and poverty central to American society. This letter asks how the SCPD might contribute to this struggle for justice, in light of its history which often has run counter to these goals....
Posted: Thu, Dec 21, 2017 10:21am PST
Are We Ready for Body-Worn Cameras in Santa Cruz? 
SCPD and City Considering Deployment...
Posted: Sun, Apr 16, 2017 4:12pm PDT
Showing Contempt for Local Trumpite Sleeping Ban Enforcement--Freedom SleepOut #87 
Again Besieging the Balmy Bigots at City Hall--809 Center St.---in the City Hall Courtyard both there and on the sidewalk. Sleeping bags, blankets, cameras, and hot soup are our weapons. From Tuesday afternoon through mid-morning Wednesday. Help needed posting videos on line to showcase the antics of the Sleepbuster Scalawags who stalk Freedom Sleepers by night and by day....
Event Date: Tue, Mar 7, 2017 4:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2017 10:43pm PST
Following Fast and Fancy City Council footwork, Freedom Sleepers return for 86th Time Dodging raindrops and rangers, the nimblefooted Freedom Sleepers continue their relentless quest for sanity and justice outside City Hall on Tuesday night. Food usually arrives in the late afternoon, and coffee the following morning. The protest runs from Tuesday afternoon through mid-morning Wednesday. Come early Tuesday afternoon if you want to raise your voice at City Council. Bring video, warm bedding, and good humor to deal with the cold night and the city's paid nightmare providers...
Event Date: Tue, Feb 28, 2017 4:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 27, 2017 10:35pm PST
Video Shows SCPD Blocking Media from Sean Arlt Killing Press Conference 
Activist Wes White documents the exclusion of alternative media from the SCPD's 2-16 Press Conference. There SCPD Police Chief Vogel announced that Officer Eric Bailey was the killer of Sean Arlt, who, police say, approached them aggressively with a metal rake back in early October. The only evidence presented was Vogel's account, some partial audio, and a partial obscured video that had no recognizable figures in it and ended ten minutes before Arlt died....
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2017 2:36pm PST
Rain at Midnight? Freedom SleepOut #85 Faces Wettest Winter Back again to City Hall--still the dark center of Sleeping Ban law and enforcement under City Manager Martin Bernal and the Watkins-Terrazas City Council. Determined activists and a crew of homeless folks will be huddling beneath the eaves of the buildings at City Hall until being driven out into the rain , wind, and cold. Just looking for a night of community and relative safety from the Sleeping Ban, they'll be in sleeping bags, under tents, in vehicles, whereever they can, hoping to spar...
Event Date: Tue, Feb 21, 2017 4:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 20, 2017 11:19pm PST
SCPD officer Erik Bailey named as killer of Sean Arlt; DA won't press charges 
Today Santa Cruz County District Attorney Jeff Rosell announced his office will not file charges against Erik Bailey, the Santa Cruz Police Department officer who shot and killed a 32 year old local resident, Sean Arlt, on October 16, 2016....
Posted: Thu, Feb 16, 2017 3:30pm PST
Valentine's Day for Freedom SleepOut #84 Covering Up Warmly at City Hall 809 Center St or on the nearby steps, take your choice. The protest runs from Tuesday early afternoon to mid-morning Wednesday. Bring your sweetie to celebrate restoring civil rights for the rain-soaked renegades of Santa Cruz....
Event Date: Tue, Feb 14, 2017 4:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Feb 14, 2017 12:37am PST
Freedom SleepOut #77: Sanctuary for the Local Homeless? At the edges of City Hall downtown along Center Street mostly between Locust and Church
The protest begins Tuesday afternoon and goes until mid-morning Wednesday....
Event Date: Tue, Dec 27, 2016 4:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Dec 26, 2016 11:10pm PST
A family's struggle pushes police for accountability, new approaches 
Cops need to preserve life, take extra precautions when confronting teens...
Posted: Sat, Dec 17, 2016 4:08pm PST
Justice for Police Victims and the Community Town Clock, Downtown Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Sat, Dec 17, 2016 1:30pm PST
Posted: Fri, Dec 16, 2016 7:54pm PST
End-of-the-Year Antics at City Council While Freedom SleepOut #75 Braves the Rain On the wet pavement in front of City Hall after chatting with City Council members across the street in their warm meet-and-feast foyer at the Civic Auditorium welcoming the new City Council members. Bring tents, blankets, and weather-resistant survival gear if you have it. Rain is predicted....
Event Date: Tue, Dec 13, 2016 4:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2016 11:34pm PST