Comments on: Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Chief Resigns, Gives Two Weeks’ Notice https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/los-gatos-monte-sereno-police-chief-resigns-gives-two-weeks-notice/ A look inside San Jose politics and culture Mon, 20 Sep 2021 18:59:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.12 By: Buster Douglas https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/los-gatos-monte-sereno-police-chief-resigns-gives-two-weeks-notice/#comment-1706322 Tue, 07 Sep 2021 05:37:04 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201188968#comment-1706322 Los Gatos needs a more caring and loving police chief, emojis floating over his/her/other head. Oink

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By: Susan Bassi https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/los-gatos-monte-sereno-police-chief-resigns-gives-two-weeks-notice/#comment-1706319 Tue, 07 Sep 2021 01:24:45 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201188968#comment-1706319 Good to see San Jose Inside report on this far better than the stenographic press release recital done by the San Jose Mercury. Yes, the issues related to Silva were important, butstory omitted the issue of an April 2019 excessive force case where the vicitm may have been too ill or too poor to sue. That will make Silva’s lawsuit tough for him to advance, IMO . Also the issues relaed to PredPol contracts under DeCena and the issues related to Los Gatos High sexual abuse claims the LG police ignored land on DeCena. As does the culture of retaltion and failures when it comes to residents dealing with domestic violence. Officer Hoyt is a classic example and until and unless we get a Chief willing to address the culture, the resignation will do nothing for local residents and businesses. Tack on that the LG police could have used the CHP to investigate the Blossom Hill Road murder of Mr. Starkey by former San Jose political canidate Jennifer Higgins Bradanini, and those are the main issues hiding in the resignation. The Town was hiring an auditor. The Town was going to start looking and DeCena decided to get out of the way, likely knowing what they would find now that Vice Mayor Barbara Spector wasn’t around to plug up the holes.

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