Where is the First Fullerton Police Department Audit by Michael Gennaco’s Office of Independent Review?
In September, 2013, The Fullerton City Council brushed aside attempts by local residents to create responsible, local oversight of the city’s own police department to instead hire Michael Gennaco’s Office of Independent Review (OIR) to periodically audit some functions of the Fullerton Police Department (FPD). With only Council member Bruce Whitaker dissenting, a 4 to 1 majority approved an agreement—one that wasn’t even available in the council’s printed agenda—to pay OIR $ 120,000 over a two year trial period for the annual audits. That was over a year and half ago. The first audit, covering the year 2014, should have have been performed, a report submitted, and that report released to the public by now. Where is it? When can the public expect to find out what the OIR had to say about the FPD’s performance over the last year? What did we get for $ 60,000 this year? Is it a secret?
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Chief Dan Hughes recent assesment of the FPD everthing is fine and dandy so why would we need another assesment from Genoco. You decide….
…He doesn’t agree with Pres. Obama that there is widespread mistrust of police .
He has implemented new leadership at all levels at FPD but this move on his part……”doesn’t necessarily mean that things were wrong before, but that we can always do a better job.”
He, (not the publice) has apointed the advisory board (for better accountability and direction from the community)……….”The chief’s advisory board is something I created a year ago.”
He is concerned for our welfare…….” I’m always concerned that I’m going to get the call that a police officer has been hurt or a police officer has been killed or that there’s been an incident involving a police officer or that a community member has been hurt.”
Based on his statements it seems that he is in denial or disagreement with the Genoco report findings which stated
that at the very minimum there was a ” culture of complaceny” evident at the police department. Not to mention wide unethical practices like keeping the evidence locker unlocked.
http://behindthebadgeoc.com/cities/fpd/fullerton-police-chief-dan-hughes-officers-completely-invested-community/
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Taking action on the Contract without disclosure would violate the Brown Act but too late to file now, has to be done within a shorter time frame, pretty sure it was 90 days (?) and the Genacco report SHOULD be Public Record, they can only withhold for very limited reasons and I can think of none that apply here. Demand the report in a formal CPRA request and sue them if they don’t hand it over, and NO they cannot withhold a DRAFT just because it was not yet approved by Council, that exemption was intended for drafts of notes being put into meeting minutes etc it is mean for records NOT USUALLY KEPT in the normal course of business and one would keep the Genacco report even if they didn’t share it at Council public meeting. Go for it, I would love to see you post it.
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