The Monterey County Civil Grand Jury has released a report less than a week after the announcement that they would be conducting an independent audit of the Salinas Police Department.
The Civil Grand Jury includes members from Monterey, Carmel, Marina, Pacific Grove, Salinas and Pebble Beach. The full list of committee members can be viewed on their website. They are authorized to inspect and audit books, records, and financial expenditures.
The audit was kicked off after a local Change.org petition, that has received 338 signatures since its creation on March 31, asked for an independent audit. The concerns were brought to the city by Council members Carla González and Anthony Rocha. Then, the city decided to ask the grand jury to review the concern.
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SF Supervisors have failed to act on SFPD failure to complete DOJ COPS by California DOJ deadline
May 24, 2021
by Phelicia Jones, founder, Wealth and Disparities in the Black Community
We are urging San Franciscans to contact the Supervisor for their district and to call into the Tuesday, May 25, 2021, Board of Supervisors (BOS) Committee of the Whole to demand the BOS act in holding the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) accountable to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) reform recommendations mandated by the federal DOJ in 2016.
Wealth and Disparities in the Black Community made a presentation to the BOS on Oct. 20, 2020, citing grave concerns about the ongoing lack of action by the BOS and other city officials regarding continued targeting of Black San Franciscans by police. At that hearing, several supervisors expressed concern, and all of them agreed to meet with us afterward.