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'Angry Confrontation' With Former Commissioner Occurred at Event for Proposed Veterans Cemetery
Councilman Stephen Faessel said the "angry confrontation" between himself and Larry Larsen occurred at the event for the proposed veterans cemetery.
In an email to The Anaheim Investigator, Councilman Stephen Faessel said the "angry confrontation" between himself and Larry Larsen occurred at the July 1st event for the proposed veterans cemetery in Anaheim Hills. "As an elected official, I welcome hearing from anyone," he told The Investigator. "But Larry's abusive language and hostile behavior crossed the line."
"I did not call the police, nor ask anyone to call on my behalf," Faessel said. "I was contacted by officers just as Larry Larsen was, and happily answered all their questions, as reflected in the police record." The councilman did say, however, he informed the organizers of the July 4th parade about the incident, who reportedly passed this information on to police.
Below is his account of what transpired:
Larry Larsen stopped me when I arrived at a recent event for a proposed veterans cemetery in far east Anaheim on July 1st. He was yelling at me, clearly still angry about his removal from the Sister City Commission two months earlier.
As an elected official, I welcome hearing from anyone, but Larry's abusive language and hostile behavior crossed the line. The veterans cemetery event was not the time or the place for an angry confrontation about his removal from a city commission, for comments that sadly speak for themselves.
As I disengaged from him and made my way over to the event, Larry yelled after me, 'I'll see you on the Fourth! I'll see you on the Fourth!' He was referring to the upcoming Fourth of July celebration where I would be riding in the parade.
A few hours later, Larry sent me an email addressed to myself and Councilmember Trevor O'Neil, full of hostile language and again promising he would see us on the Fourth of July to pick up where he left off. As a precaution, I gave a heads-up to the parade organizers. As the event's first time back since the pandemic restrictions, I wanted to see the celebration go on without disruption from something that had nothing to do with gathering our community to honor our country.
I shared a reasonable concern in the best interest of seeing the event go on without incident, which I'm glad to say, was the case.
I did not call the police, nor ask anyone to call on my behalf. I was contacted by officers just as Larry Larsen was, and happily answered all their questions, as reflected in the police record.
I would have preferred that the matter be dropped, but the police felt it prudent to follow up with Mr. Larsen. As always, the Anaheim Police handled the matter professionally and carried out their duty with respect for all involved.
As The Investigator reported last week, Larsen, a longtime community activist who at times has been known to have a brash and acerbic demeanor, made an astonishing revelation at the July 13th meeting of the Anaheim City Council: he openly accused Faessel of sending cops to his private residence to investigate him for being a "terrorist."
"July 2nd, between 8:30 and 9-o-clock at night, two Anaheim police officers knocked on my front door," he said. "They were there on the behest of Mr. Faessel. And, in my words, they were there to investigate the possibility of me creating some kind of terrorist diversion or distraction on the July 4th parade," which takes place in Anaheim Hills.
But The Investigator obtained a hardcopy of the computer-aided dispatch (CAD) log which tracked the activities of the policemen who visited Larsen's home on the evening of July 2nd. And the information it contains clearly shows that it was Captain Eric Trapp of the Anaheim Police–not the councilman–who ordered the probe.
Captain Eric Trapp.
According to the log, Trapp first sent two officers to Faessel's house to investigate a possible PC 422–a criminal threat. But the officers quickly ruled that out. Their inquiry shifted toward a "disturbance" on July 1st where Larsen, angry over his removal from the Sister City Commission, confronted Faessel, his wife, and an aide about it.
Though there are no remarks on the log about what was discussed when these policemen later dropped by Larsen's residence, it should be noted he was not arrested. In fact, the document hints the investigation was "cleared," strongly suggesting this case was closed and no criminal charges would be forthcoming.
For matter of record, The Investigator did make an earlier attempt to contact Larsen. We were especially interested in getting his side of the story with respect to the "angry confrontation" he had with the councilman. But he never bothered to respond to any of the messages we left on his home and personal phones.
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Police Dispatch Log Shows Councilman Did Not Send Cops to Home of Former Commissioner
Larry Larsen, a former member of the Sister City Commission, is shown here speaking at a political rally in front of Anaheim City Hall in 2012.
At the July 13th meeting of the Anaheim City Council, Larry Larsen, a longtime community activist who at times has been known to have a brash and acerbic demeanor, made an astonishing revelation: he openly accused Councilman Stephen Faessel of using the power of his office to send cops to his private residence to investigate him for being a "terrorist."
"July 2nd, between 8:30 and 9-o-clock at night, two Anaheim police officers knocked on my front door," Larsen said. "They were there on the behest of Mr. Faessel. And, in my words, they were there to investigate the possibility of me creating some kind of terrorist diversion or distraction on the July 4th parade," which takes place in Anaheim Hills.
"Is this what this city has come to, some kind of a fascist city where each city councilman can use the police to carry out their wishes and demands?" he continued. "I demand that there be an investigation … on the false charges …. I also demand that Mr. Faessel be suspended immediately from the city council until the results … are reported."
But The Anaheim Investigator has obtained a hardcopy of the computer-aided dispatch (CAD) log which tracked the activities of the policemen who visited Larsen's home on the evening of July 2nd. And the information it contains shows that it was Command Staff of the Anaheim Police Department–not the councilman–who ordered the investigation.
Sgt. Shane Carringer, public information officer for Anaheim Police, told The Investigator that though he didn't know who Command Staff initially spoke with regarding this matter, he confirmed it was Capt. Eric Trapp who instructed Sgt. Bryan Janocha to make the call to enter it into their CAD system. Indeed, the latter officer is listed as being the "complainant."
Capt. Trapp orders an investigation.
According to the log, Anaheim Police first sent two officers to Faessel's house to investigate a "poss 422"–a criminal threat. But that was quickly ruled out. Their inquiry soon shifted toward a "disturbance" on July 1st where Larsen, angry over his removal from the Sister City Commission, allegedly confronted Faessel, his wife, and an aide about it.
During the alleged confrontation, Larsen made statements which not only caused Faessel's aide to become "upset/scared," but raised concerns he "may do something at the parade." "Wait until Sunday," he reportedly warned. The councilman told police he was "not desirous of prosecution," but wanted the incident "documented" just in case Larsen "tried to do anything."
Despite the fact there are no remarks on the log about what was said when these officers later dropped by Larsen's residence, it does show them preparing for a visit: they conducted a routine criminal background check roughly 32 minutes before they knocked on his door. "Can you run his RAP and see if he has weapons registered to him?" one policeman asked dispatch.
It should be noted this log does not reflect the full story of what transpired. But what information it has undermines Larsen's claim cops were sent to his home "on the behest of Mr. Faessel." Furthermore, if he angrily made comments hinting to the councilman about something happening at the July 4th parade, police may have had a legitimate reason to question him.
For matter of record, The Investigator made an attempt to contact Larsen seeking his comments for this article. We were especially interested in getting his side of the story with respect to the alleged confrontation he had with Faessel, his wife, and an aide on July 1st. However, he never responded to any of the messages we left on his home and personal phones.
Posted in Anaheim City Council, Anaheim Hills, Anaheim Police Department, City of Anaheim, Command Staff, Eric Trapp, July 4th Parade, Larry Larsen, Nam Bartash, Shane Carringer, Stephen Faessel, Susan Faessel and tagged Anaheim City Council, Anaheim Hills, Anaheim Police Department, Bryan Janocha, City of Anaheim, Command Staff, Eric Trapp, July 4th Parade, Larry Larsen, Nam Bartash, Shane Carringer, Stephen Faessel, Susan Faessel | Leave a comment
Businessman Boasted To Anaheim Police Chief He Will Fund The Law Enforcement Accountability Network
Michael Gennaco, William Taormina, and Stephen Faessel sitting together at the June 25th "Garden Party Fundraiser" for the Law Enforcement Accountability Network, an ACLU-backed group run by Theresa Smith.
William Taormina boasted to Police Chief Raul Quezada and Deputy Chief Julian Harvey that he intended to support the ACLU-backed Law Enforcement Accountability Network "financially and with my time," according to an email the Anaheim Investigator obtained from the Anaheim Police Department through a California Public Records Act request filed back in August.
The email in question, dated Wednesday, June 28, 2017, was sent out by Taormina to Quezada and Harvey three days after he made a $1,000 donation to LEAN at their June 25th "Garden Party Fundraiser," held at the Villa Park home of Belinda Escobosa-Helzer, former Director of the Orange County office of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.
"Dear Raul and Julian," Taormina began:
Over this last weekend, I attended a garden party held in honor of Teresa [sic] Smith's son, Caesar Cruz. The party was meant to raise money for the new organization that Teresa started known as LEAN (Law Enforcement Accountability Network). The party was a success with about 50 attendees including both Councilmen Steve Faessel and Jose Moreno. I intend to support this organization financially and with my time because I believe it is going to be a positive relationship builder between our law enforcement community and the folks that are presently less supportive of us. We need to keep building bridges and Teresa is an excellent spokesperson for her side of the equation.
In the same email, Taormina also urged Quezada to appoint Yesenia Rojas, a resident of Anna Drive, a working-class neighborhood in Central Anaheim, to his advisory board saying "she is all about the underserved, the youth, and quality of life in our neighborhoods, especially hers…."
"Thank you for you for the opportunity to share my thoughts with you. It is an honor to serve alongside you both," he concluded.
A copy of the email can be downloaded here.
Who is William Taormina?
As the Investigator previously reported, William Taormina is a wealthy real estate developer who serves on the advisory board of Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada. He has been on this body since September 2005 when former Police Chief John Welter created it "as a vehicle to advise and counsel him on matters affecting public safety and to act as a sounding board for police/community relations."
Before William started dabbling in real estate full-time, both he and his brother Vincent ran Taormina Industries Inc., a solid-waste disposal company founded by their father in 1948. According to the Los Angeles Times, the privately held firm was a $100 million operation that served more than one million curbside customers in Anaheim, Brea, Garden Grove, Placentia, Villa Park, Yorba Linda and Colton.
In 1997, Taormina Industries merged into Republic Industries Inc., a trash hauling company then-controlled by H. Wayne Huizenga, a multi-billionaire, in a deal worth about $250 million in stock. "Brothers William and Vincent Taormina will receive 6.5 million shares [from Republic] and will operate the Anaheim company as a separate unit under its own name," the Times reported.
Over the past thirty years, Taormina has been a major player in Anaheim city politics, pouring tens of thousands of dollars of cash into the campaigns of candidates and elected officials, both Democrat and Republican alike.
Taormina has also donated generously to many local charities and non-profits. He is the founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Anaheim Community Foundation, an organization that not only has provided financial support for many different senior and youth programs, but has been responsible for managing tens of thousands of dollars in funds for Kash for K-9's, Cops 4 Kids, and other projects supported by the Anaheim Police Department.
Despite his presence at the ACLU fundraiser, Taormina is no liberal. Back in 2012, Taormina and his family, both directly and through businesses under their control, gave $5,250 in campaign contributions to a city council candidate by the name of Steven Chavez Lodge, an ex-Santa Ana Police detective, who had been sued multiple times in state and federal courts for alleged "police brutality." Later that same year, the Register quoted him as asking then-Police Chief Welter why there wasn't a "blanket [gang] injunction" on the entire City of Anaheim to fight crime. The LA Weekly reported in 2014 that Taormina successfully pressured the MUZEO Museum and Cultural Center to cancel a "graffiti" art exhibit featuring the works of prominent Mexican muralists.
For more about the June 25th "Garden Party Fundraiser" for LEAN, please click here.
Posted in ACLU of Southern California, Anaheim Community Foundation, Anaheim Police Chief's Advisory Board, Anaheim Police Department, Anna Drive, Belinda Escobosa-Helzer, City of Anaheim, Cops 4 Kids, H. Wayne Huizenga, John Welter, Jose Moreno, Julian Harvey, Kash for K-9's, LA Weekly, Law Enforcement Accountability Network, Los Angeles Times, Michael Gennaco, MUZEO Museum and Cultural Center, Orange County Register, Raul Quezada, Republic Industries, Santa Ana Police Department, Stephen Faessal, Steven Chavez Lodge, Theresa Smith, Tom Tait, William Taormina, Yesenia Rojas and tagged ACLU of Southern California, Anaheim Community Foundation, Anaheim Police Chief's Advisory Board, Anaheim Police Department, Anna Drive, Belinda Escobosa-Helzer, City of Anaheim, Cops 4 Kids, H. Wayne Huizenga, John Welter, Jose Moreno, Julian Harvey, Kash for K-9's, LA Weekly, Law Enforcement Accountability Network, Los Angeles Times, Michael Gennaco, MUZEO Museum and Cultural Center, Raul Quezada, Republic Industries, Santa Ana Police Department, Stephen Faessal, Steven Chavez Lodge, Taormina Industries, Theresa Smith, Tom Tait, William Taormina, Yesenia Rojas
ACLU-Backed 'Anti-Police Activist' Group Got Tickets Worth $2,108 From Anaheim Mayor, Councilmen
Theresa Smith, the "anti-police activist" founder of LEAN, with Stephen Faessel, an Anaheim City Councilman, who was elected to his seat with $17,389 worth of support from the Anaheim Police Association.
On Thursday, June 29, 2017, an article entitled, "Councilman Moreno Honored By Anaheim Police Critics," was posted on the Anaheim Blog, a right-wing website run by Matthew Cunningham, a well-connected public relations consultant, by a person who uses the pseudonym, Anaheim Insider.
Insider, a regular contributor to that blog, reported about a special event which took place earlier that week where Anaheim City Councilman Jose Moreno, who represents the Third District, received an award from a group characterized as being started by "anti-police activists."
"This past weekend," Insider wrote, "Moreno was awarded the Public Service Award by the Law Enforcement Accountability Network, or LEAN":
LEAN was started by local anti-police activists who frequent Anaheim City Council meetings to criticize the police in the harshest, over-the-top terms. It is 'fiscally sponsored' by the ACLU. Despite the group's soft-pedaled official 'we want to improve policing' rhetoric, the people behind it view the police as violent, anti-Latino trigger-happy thugs and are in the bait of denouncing officer-involved shootings as 'murders.'
In an attempt to prove his point, Insider zeroed in on comments one attendee made on her Facebook page, claiming she "helped organize the protest" in the Palais neighborhood "that predictably degenerated into a riot, leading to 'protesters' vandalizing the home of an elderly couple of breaking car windows."
"This is the spirit of LEAN supporters, and they've let us know that Jose F. Moreno is their kind of councilmember," Insider said.
But a two-month investigation by the Anaheim Investigator has uncovered dozens of photographs, emails, and other evidence, some of it obtained from the City of Anaheim through California Public Records Act requests, suggesting Insider's account of this event was not only inaccurate, but misleading. Contrary to Insider's assertion that "LEAN supporters" were people who "view the police as violent, anti-Latino trigger-happy thugs," photos show that several prominent Anaheim politicians and businessmen, all of whom have close ties to law enforcement, attended this function.
The Investigator has learned the aforementioned event Insider made reference to was a June 25th "Garden Party Fundraiser" for LEAN, a non-profit organization founded by Theresa Smith, whose son, Caesar Cruz, was shot to death by Anaheim Police in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart in 2009.
A copy of an email invitation dated Monday, June 19, 2017 sent out by LEAN to Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait states the venue for this function was the Villa Park home of Belinda Escobosa-Helzer, former Director for the Orange County office of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.
Smith with Councilman Moreno.
Photos clearly show Moreno was present, but he wasn't the only politician there. Another attendee was Stephen Faessel, an Anaheim City Councilman who was elected to his Fifth District seat in 2016 with $15,488.80 worth of support from the Anaheim Police Officer's Association Independent Expenditure Committee. A careful review of California Form 460 paperwork the "Faessel for City Council 2016" committee filed with the City Clerk shows the Anaheim Police Association PAC also gave his campaign $1,900 in cash.
Other photos show Michael Gennaco, a former trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, who runs the OIR Group, a Playa Del Rey law firm that has a $125,000 a year contract with the City of Anaheim to provide auditing services for the Anaheim Police Department.
Smith with Michael Gennaco.
One notable person that attended was William Taormina, a wealthy real estate developer, who serves on the advisory board of Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the Anaheim Community Foundation, a non-profit which has managed tens of thousands of dollars in funds for Kash for K-9's, Cops 4 Kids, and other programs supported by the Anaheim Police Department.
The Investigator has confirmed that Taormina wrote out a $1,000 check to LEAN at their June 25th fundraiser–a huge amount of money, especially since James Gilliam, Deputy Executive Director of the ACLU of Southern California, boasted on Facebook: "We helped [Smith] raise almost $4,000 this afternoon."
William Taormina (in the plaid shirt) sitting behind Smith.
But the biggest donor to LEAN, however, was not Taormina: it was the City of Anaheim. Emails, letters, and documents the Investigator obtained under Public Records Act requests show that Mayor Tait and Councilmen Faessel and Moreno collectively donated sports tickets worth $2,108. According to a California Form 802, "Agency Report of Ceremonial Role Events and Ticket/Pass Distributions," Tait gave LEAN four "suite" tickets at Angels Stadium for a baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Oakland Athletics. The tickets were valued at $225 each, or $900 total. Another Form 802 shows Moreno also gave LEAN four "suite" tickets at Angels Stadium also worth $900, but for a different game. As for Faessel, his contribution was much smaller, but still significant. A Form 802 reports he donated four "suite" tickets at the Honda Center for a "P&G Gymnastics Championship," valued at $77 each, or $308 total, a fact later verified via email by Crystal Norman, his former Senior Policy Aide.
The Investigator has learned all of the sports tickets LEAN received from the Mayor and the Councilmen were put up for "silent auction" during the fundraiser. But the winning bidders didn't receive the actual tickets that day. Instead, they were given a form letter printed on official City of Anaheim stationery, each signed by Tait, Faessal, or Moreno, that entitled the bearer to contact the Office of the Mayor and City Council to make arrangements to pick up the tickets they won. "Enjoy and thank you for supporting LEAN," all of them said.
A copy of Tait's letter is below:
All together, the Investigator calculates that Tait, Faessal, Moreno, and Taormina, made donations to LEAN worth a whopping $3,108. Of the estimated 50 people in attendance at the June 25th "Garden Party Fundraiser," nobody contributed as much to the financial success of this benefit as did these four men.
But all of this begs the following question: Why are members of Anaheim's political and business elite, all of whom have close ties to law enforcement, showering LEAN with gifts and money?
Stay tuned …
Posted in ACLU of Southern California, Anaheim Blog, Anaheim City Council, Anaheim Community Foundation, Anaheim Insider, Anaheim Police Association, Anaheim Police Association PAC, Anaheim Police Chief's Advisory Board, Anaheim Police Department, Anaheim Police Officer's Association Independent Expenditure Committee, Angels Stadium, Belinda Escobosa-Helzer, Caesar Cruz, City of Anaheim, Cops 4 Kids, Honda Center, James Gilliam, Jose Moreno, Kash for K-9's, Law Enforcement Accountability Network, Matthew Cunningham, OIR Group, Raul Quezada, Stephen Faessal, Theresa Smith, Tom Tait, William Taormina and tagged ACLU of Southern California, Anaheim Blog, Anaheim City Council, Anaheim Community Foundation, Anaheim Insider, Anaheim Police Association, Anaheim Police Association PAC, Anaheim Police Chief's Advisory Board, Anaheim Police Department, Anaheim Police Officer's Association Independent Expenditure Committee, Angels Stadium, Belinda Escobosa-Helzer, Caesar Cruz, City of Anaheim, Cops 4 Kids, Honda Center, James Gilliam, Jose Moreno, Kash for K-9's, Law Enforcement Accountability Network, Matthew Cunningham, Michael Gennaco, OIR Group, Raul Quezada, Stephen Faessal, Theresa Smith, Tom Tait, William Taormina
Anaheim Police & the KKK: Email Shows Top Brass Went Into Damage Control Mode After Park Clash
Police Captain Steve Marcin sent an email to his lieutenants saying top brass was "not allowing misguided public comments or media spin" to "misrepresent" police response at Pearson Park.
A copy of an email the Anaheim Investigator obtained through a California Public Records Act request last month shows that Steve Marcin, Captain of the Field Services Division of the Anaheim Police Department, with the support of Deputy Chief Dan Cahill, told lieutenants under his command that, in the aftermath of the Saturday, February 27th clash between knife-wielding Klansmen and anti-racist counter-protesters at Pearson Park, top brass was "not allowing misguided public comments or media spin" about police activity that day "to misrepresent our operational planning, uniformed response and investigative follow up."
Marcin's email, entitled "KKK Follow Up" and dated Wednesday, March 2, 2016, urged all "captains, lieutenants and sergeants" to "step up" and keep "our officers informed" about the February 27th incident, while the "Chief and Deputy Chiefs" were "working this issue externally." As an example, he cited the fact they all "marched" at an "Anaheim Peace Rally" that took place on Monday, February 29th–a highly unusual move especially since Sergeant Daron Wyatt, Public Information Officer for the Anaheim Police Department, was quoted a few days earlier as saying "we don't want [to] look like we are taking anyone's side" in a protest.
Furthermore, Marcin wrote that "[t]he Chiefs and a number of captains attended the city council meeting" on Tuesday, March 1st and "listened to inaccurate, accusatory, and misinformed public comments about our preparation, response and investigation with respect to" police response to the violence at Pearson Park the previous Saturday. "The Chief," typed Marcin, "addressed the Council in front of the audience. The Chief stood steadfast in setting the record straight…. The Chief emphasized that APD personnel were prepared and that our response and investigation was prompt, appropriate, fair, and complete."
The text of Marcin's email is as follows:
PLEASE communicate the following with your teams at your earliest convenience. It's important for them to know our Chief and staff are supporting our teams and not allowing misguided public comments or media spin to misrepresent our operational planning, uniformed response and investigative follow up.
Anaheim Peace Rally — Monday February 29:
APD [Anaheim Police Department] Press Releases have made a point to note that virtually all of the people involved in Saturday's violence were not from Anaheim. Consequently, a number of Anaheim faith based groups, non-profit organizations, community groups, political leaders and department heads held a peace rally in Pearson Park then walked to City Hall. Our Chief and Deputy Chiefs attended this rally and marched with the other Anaheim residents. The message of the event was that Anaheim does not want violence and that we as a city, stand for constitutional rights and public safety. The Chiefs attended to demonstrate APD's support of this stance. A few individuals attempted to disrupt the march with their own agenda. However the organizers and virtually all of the participants stuck with the message that the Anaheim community denounces violence. It was important the Chiefs represented us all at that event.
City Council Meeting – March 1:
The Chiefs and a number of captains attended the city council meeting last night. We listened to inaccurate, accusatory, and misinformed public comments about our preparation, response and investigation with respect to Saturday. At the conclusion of public comments, the Chief addressed the Council in front of the audience. The Chief stood steadfast in setting the record straight. Anaheim Police had a plan to allow the public to exercise 1st amendment rights and would respond if needed to keep the peace or if violence occurred. Once the attack began, APD responded swiftly, regained control and conducted a thorough and complete investigation. Filing decisions are now with the OCDA. [Orange County District Attorney] The Chief emphasized that APD personnel were prepared and that our response and investigation was prompt, appropriate, fair, and complete.
I see firsthand how our Chiefs are working this issue externally. It is up to us to work it internally. The Chiefs are doing what they're paid to do. We as captains, lieutenants and sergeants need to step up and do what we're paid to do….. This department belongs to all of us. Let's ensure we take good care of it by keeping our officers informed, maintaining a consistent message, and addressing any misguided or misinformed comments promptly.
The Investigator believes that Marcin's email is a classic textbook example of what experts in the fields of business management, organizational theory, and public relations would call crisis containment and damage control. The actions it makes reference to were essentially part of a calculated strategy undertaken by top brass to minimize the negative impact the bloody Pearson Park skirmish had on the image of the Anaheim Police Department.
According to an article published in the Handbook of Research on Crisis Leadership in Organizations, when a business firm is suddenly confronted with a crisis that poses a serious threat to its well-being, its leaders quickly "turn to … activities" that limit "reputational and financial threats to the organization." Although The Investigator realizes the Anaheim Police Department isn't a "business," it does function remarkably similar to one.
The following quotes neatly summarize the unwritten goals of Marcin's email:
When crises cannot be avoided, despite careful planning or prevention activities, leaders must turn to the activities associated with crisis containment and damage control …. Crisis containment is defined as the decisions and actions aimed at mitigating the severity of the crisis, and, specifically, limiting the reputational and financial threats to the organization ….
[E]ffective crisis containment and damage control requires consistent message and communication to key stakeholders. In fact, the competency most closely identified with crisis leadership behavior is the ability to communicate effectively. Very often, the type of communication observed during a crisis event is one that is rooted in the public relations tradition and attempts to position the [organization] or the problem in relatively favorable terms. In other words, crisis communication is used to positively shape the stakeholders' perceptions of the crisis and the organization. During the damage control or containment phase of a crisis, leaders will identify and connect with key organizational personnel, provide or solicit necessary information and instruction, and attempt to restore calmness or provide reassurance to affected constituents.
For the record, The Investigator has never had any objections to the Anaheim Police Department presenting an honest and truthful account about what precautions it took to mitigate the possibility that violence would erupt between Klansmen and counter-protesters at Pearson Park. What The Investigator opposes, however, were any attempts by top brass to misrepresent the facts about what transpired that day, not only to cover-up any mistakes or tactical errors that might have been made, but to manipulate public opinion.
That being said, The Investigator has proof suggesting that this is indeed what has occurred. There is evidence that Police Chief Raul Quezada has made misleading statements both to the Anaheim City Council and the Anaheim Public Safety Board when he claimed that his department didn't know when and where the Klan would be at Pearson Park. Police emails obtained under a California Public Records Act request show that they did in fact know that information roughly 24-hours before they were expected to appear.
And contrary to the assertion that Marcin made in his email that the "investigation" into this matter was "prompt, appropriate, fair, and complete," the OC Weekly has interviewed Tom Bibyan, one of the counter-protesters at Pearson Park who was allegedly stabbed by Charles Donner, a Klansman. Bibyan asserts he did nothing to provoke the violent assault that left him hospitalized for four days. Yet, as of the date of this posting, detectives from the Anaheim Police Department have still not interviewed him to get his side of the story. Why not?
[Below is Captain Marcin's email]
Marcin Email 1 of 2
Posted in Anaheim City Council, Anaheim Police Department, Anaheim Public Safety Board, Charles Donner, Civil Liberties, Crisis Containment, Damage Control, Dan Cahill, Daron Wyatt, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Ku Klux Klan, OC Weekly, Pearson Park, Public Information Officer, Raul Quezada, Steve Marcin, Tom Bibyan
Anaheim Police & the KKK: Police Emails Suggest Police Chief Lied About Pearson Park Rally Time
Police Chief Raul Quezada's claim his department was clueless as to when and where the Ku Klux Klan would arrive at Pearson Park on Saturday, Feb. 27th is contradicted by police emails
On the evening of Tuesday, March 1, 2016, Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait requested that Police Chief Raul Quezada give a report to the city council about "police response" to a bloody melee that occurred at Pearson Park three days earlier, where a group of anti-racist counter-protesters violently clashed with Ku Klux Klan members, some armed with knives, who came to town to hold a "White Lives Do Matter" rally.
When Chief Quezada stepped up to the podium, he thanked the Mayor and Council for giving him the "opportunity to provide some insight" into this issue, allowing him to "share and clarify some of the facts." He pointed out that its "important that our community, including those in attendance and those who are watching, maintain the confidence in the police department because we are in fact here to serve them."
Quezada began his comments by stating that the Anaheim Police Department was "made aware" of the pending rally when a Klan member contacted them asking for security:
We were made aware of the protest on the 23rd or a few days prior to that with respect to via a telephone call from one of the Klan members. During that conversation, there was a request to hire police officers to protect them. That is not our function. We provided alternatives, which they did not take.
"At the time of that conversation," he said, "the Klan indicated they would be here at 1:30 in the afternoon. That is not the time they arrived [last Saturday]. They arrived at closer to 11:30."
The Chief then spent the next couple of minutes giving a brief rundown of how prepared his officers were in handling anything that transpired at Pearson Park. In closing remarks, he veered back to the Klan, essentially hinting that they unexpectedly showed up at a time and place they weren't scheduled to be present.
[T]he information we never have specifically is what time they were going to arrive, where they're going to park. They can park down the street, walk their way. That information is not something we [had] available. Nor that's something that is mandated that they share with us. Any protest can take place at any time and does not have to be notification of the police department. Sometimes out of courtesy, they make the phone call.
Again, in this instance, the police department was prepared. We had adequate resources available. The KKK arrived two hours prior to the notification of the scheduled time that they were supposed to be there; that they had communicated with us.
"Very good, I think the time sequence is important," Tait said to the Chief after he finished his presentation.
But The Anaheim Investigator is in possession of internal police emails, obtained under a California Public Records Act request, which not only contradict the Chief's claim his department was clueless about when and where the Klansmen would be at Pearson Park that day, but they suggest he's made misleading statements about the "time sequence," both to the city council and members of the general public.
The emails begin with one with the subject header, "KKK Rally," sent out on Wednesday, February 24th to Lieutenant Curtis Faulkner, the Community Policing Team District Commander for the Central and East Districts. According to Detective Chuck Schroth of the Criminal Intelligence Unit, he received a voice message from Charles Donner, a 51-year old Klansman who lives in San Francisco.
"Lt Faulkner," wrote Schroth, "I received a voice mail from 'Chuck Donner.'":
He was asking for uniformed protection for their upcoming march because of issues with "non-whites" last year. In the VM Mr. Donner said the desk sgt gave him my number. Mr. Donner requested a call back at [INFORMATION REDACTED].
Let me know if you want me to do anything with this.
"We don't provide for uniformed protection unless they want to pay for police services," Faulkner replied. "[The Community Policing Team] will contact Mr. Donner."
Two days later, on the morning of Friday, February 26th–roughly 24-hours before the rally–Sergeant Chris Masilon, a Community Policing Team officer, emailed Faulkner. "[Donner] left me a VM," he wrote. "He informed me they are going to hire their own ARMED SECURITY. I've called him back and left a VM."
"It's a public park, they can't have armed security," Faulkner responded.
Within fifteen minutes, the Lieutenant received another email from Masilon:
OK I just talked to [Donner]. I told him he cannot have armed security in the park, so he is going to scrap his security plan. If he decides to hire non armed security, he will call me back and let me know.
He is approximating 20 people in his group and they will be protesting on the west side of the park near Harbor Blvd.
Hours are 1200 – 1400
Rocio said they were talking about this event on KROQ this am. [sic]
"Copy thanks Chris," Faulkner shot back.
The existence of these emails are quite revealing in that they contain information which undermines–if not decimates–Chief Quezada's misleading claim that the Klan unexpectedly showed up to Pearson Park at 11:30 a.m. According to multiple eyewitness accounts, a handful of Klansmen in a black Chevrolet sport utility vehicle arrived near the Southwest corner of the park shortly after 12-noon–the exact same time (and place) Donner told Sergeant Masilon they would be there.
Additionally, the Klan's arrival time was documented, albeit indirectly, by Sergeant Daron Wyatt, Public Information Officer for the Anaheim Police Department, who issued a press release later stating that "[a]t approximately 12:10 pm on Saturday, violence erupted when six suspected members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) arrived on the south side of Pearson Park for a planned walking protest." In an updated press release, he wrote that violence "erupted just after noon."
The Investigator is baffled as to the reason why Quezada would risk his reputation to disseminate false information about the Klan's arrival time. Recently, his department has come under fire for failing to deploy uniformed officers to "keep the peace" at Pearson Park. One can speculate this is a form of "damage control": by arguing the Klan unexpectedly showed up on scene, he can say his officers didn't have enough time to take appropriate measures to keep them away from counter-protesters.
In a future posting, The Investigator plans to explore the issue of "media spin" further and critically examine allegations made by the OC Weekly that the Anaheim Police Department spread disinformation about the exact time of the Klan rally before it happened to confuse counter-protesters. Although it's unclear if this occurred, The Investigator is in possession of evidence showing the police disseminated false information about this matter hours after the Klan communicated with them.
[Below are the police emails used for this article]
APD Internal Emails, 1 of 3
Posted in Anaheim Police Department, Charles Donner, Chris Masilon, Chuck Schroth, Civil Liberties, Community Policing Team, Criminal Intelligence Unit, Curtis Faulkner, Damage Control, Daron Wyatt, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Ku Klux Klan, OC Weekly, Office of the Police Chief, Pearson Park, Public Information Officer, Raul Quezada, Tom Tait
On Pins & Needles: Retiring Police Chief Told Officials Anaheim Could Face 'More Civil Unrest'
Retiring Anaheim Police Chief John Welter warned public officials back in May he was "very concerned" high tensions between cops and residents in Leatrice-Wakefield could spark "more civil unrest."
According to copies of several emails the Anaheim Investigator obtained through a California Public Records Act request, retiring Anaheim Police Chief John Welter told the Mayor and City Council back in May he was "very concerned" escalating tensions between cops and residents in the Leatrice-Wakefield neighborhood, a working-class Mexican community located about one mile Southeast of the Disneyland and California Adventure theme parks, could lead to a confrontation where somebody "will eventually cross the line and get arrested," sparking "more civil unrest."
All of the emails in question, which were sent to Susan Ray, an administrator for the Office of the Mayor and City Council, on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, touch upon a "major event" which occurred in that neighborhood the prior evening where the Anaheim Police Department deployed 12 patrol units, including two Sergeants and the Watch Commander, to handle a crowd "watching and yelling" at officers responding to a "disturbance" call. This incident was considered so serious the city activated its "Emergency Virtual Operations Center," something usually done when a natural disaster, plane crash, or act of terrorism occurs.
In an email Chief Welter shot off about the incident the very next day, he contemptuously dismissed the crowd as being a "group of criminal residents" who feel "they have the right and power to drive the police from neighborhoods." He complained "[t]hese incidence [sic] of community interference and threats to police have been going on for months now. I predict that someone will eventually cross the line and get arrested. Depending on who, when and where that arrest occurs, it will very likely cause more civil unrest." In closing, he added: "These actions will only get worse as the criminal element gain power."
The text of Welter's email is as follows:
Good afternoon, At the bottom of this email is information on police/community activities that has me very concerned. I covered this situation at our monthly Department Head meeting on May 1. These incidence [sic] of community interference and threats to police have been going on for months now. I predict that someone will eventually cross the line and get arrested. Depending on who, when and where that arrest occurs, it will very likely cause more civil unrest.
I'm bringing this to your attention because of the increasing examples of disrespect and insults to others by many in Anaheim. When a group of criminal residents feels as though they have the right and power to drive the police from neighborhoods, we will have a very difficult time protecting the law abiding residents from escalating violence.
There have been instances of resident interference that prevented officers from engaging in routine activities like impounding abandoned or stolen cars. On one occasion, the resident interference provided an opportunity for a potential criminal suspect to evade police detainment during an investigation.
These actions will only get worse as the criminal element gain power. The law abiding residents will be the true losers in the end. Police will be made to be the 'murderers', 'assassins', and 'criminals.' And certain members of our community will use all of this as a platform to drive their individual agendas.
Attached to Welter's email was several messages he exchanged with Captain Jarret Young earlier that same day. At 7:38 a.m., the Captain blasted out an email to all high-ranking members of the Anaheim Police Department offering them a brief summary of what transpired in the Leatrice-Wakefield neighborhood the night before. The brouhaha first began when "[o]fficers were handling a call in the alley of Wakefield," typed Young. It was there, he said, that they encountered "subject on a scooter or bike" who "began yelling and resisting" when they "attempted to detain" him:
Ref this call … Lt Hale called me last night. Officers were handling a call in the alley of Wakefield when they were confront [sic] by a 415 (Disturbance) subject on a scooter or bike. When the officers attempted to detain the 415 subject he began yelling and resisting. Several residents came out to the alley and a crowd gathered. Most of the crowd was anti-police. Officers called for code 3 assistance. [REDACTED] responded to the help call along with several other units.
The mother and family of Martin Hernandez were some of the people in the crowd. When they saw [REDACTED] they focused their attention on him.
Lt Hale got [REDACTED] out of there and attempted to calm down the family/crowd.
I think there was only one arrest made.
I sent a message to Lt. Trapp to have the CPT [Community Policing Team] officers to reach out to their contacts in the neighborhood today and make sure they correct any misinformation about what happened.
I will pull the call and the reports when I get in later this morning.
At around 8:58 a.m., Welter asked:
What time was this? Approximately [h]ow many cops and residents?
Young later replied:
The time was about 2250 hrs…. After the call for assistance 12 units total went on-scene. This includes two sergeants and the WC. [Watch Commander]
According to the report about 60 residents were out watching and yelling at the officers.
In the first email cited above, the City of Anaheim redacted the name of the officer whom Young stated was hurriedly whisked out of the Leatrice-Wakefield neighborhood by Lieutenant Frank Hale, claiming various provisions of the California Public Records Act enabled them to withhold information about his identity. But the Anaheim Investigator has subsequently spoken to a witness who was present in the back alley at the time the incident occurred, and they have alleged the officer was Dan Hurtado, a policeman who shot and killed Martin Angel Hernandez, a 21-year old resident of that community, on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.
The aforementioned correspondence offers proof of something the Anaheim Investigator has always suspected but was unable to confirm up until now: that Anna Drive was only one of many working-class Mexican communities where tensions between cops and residents had been running high for months on end. In Leatrice-Wakefield, hostility toward the police never simmered down after Hernandez' death. If anything, it intensified as local residents continued organizing marches, vigils, and protests. The police have literally been on pins and needles in these neighborhoods; they have had to proceed very cautiously to avoid stirring up more anger.
In the aftermath of a week of "civil unrest" that had roiled the City of Anaheim in late July 2012, Leatrice-Wakefield was specifically identified by the Anaheim Police Department as one of ten neighborhoods in Central and South Anaheim that were considered to be "hot zones." According to a copy of a highly confidential 43-page "Incident Action Plan" that was leaked to the public via the internet, police officers assigned to patrol this community one weekend were ordered by their superiors to adhere to "civil unrest protocols" at all times, donning "all appropriate PPE [Personal Protective Equipment]" as needed.
In respect to Welter's remarks about "criminal residents," the Anaheim Investigator doesn't lend much credence to them. Although we can't dismiss the possibility persons engaged in illegal activities might invoke the cry of "police brutality" as a ploy to discourage cops from investigating their wrongdoing, it is our opinion his comments reflect those of a man bitter his last year as Anaheim's top lawman was sullied by intense criticism. But this was a partly a product of his own doing: had Welter not been so lackadaisical toward the spate of fatal officer-involved shootings that occurred under his watch, things might have turned out differently.
[Below are electronic reproductions of some of the documents referred to in this article. Click on them to enlarge.]
John Welter to City Council Re: Advisory, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 (1 of 3)
Posted in Anaheim Police Department, Anna Drive, City of Anaheim, Dan Hurtado, Frank Hale, Jarret Young, John Welter, Leatrice Wakefield, Martin Angel Hernandez, Office of the Mayor and City Council, Robert Dunn, Steve Marcin, Susan Ray
Phony As A Three Dollar Bill: How The City Of Anaheim Will Create A Fake Police Oversight Committee
After months of foot-dragging, city officials decided to outsource their police oversight committee to the Office of Independent Review, already a paid contractor for the Anaheim Police Department.
As the Anaheim Investigator reported last month, the Tuesday, June 18th vote by Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait and the rest of the City Council to unanimously approve an amended agreement with the Office of Independent Review, a Los Angeles-based law firm run by Michael Gennaco, to drastically "expand the scope of services" it offers the city, signaled the death knell for any genuine police oversight in this town. The 5-0 vote, which was done quietly and without much discussion, essentially paved the way to make OIR a de facto "oversight body" for the Anaheim Police Department.
Although Tait told the Anaheim Investigator he "still want[s] a civilian review commission," it is our opinion that if the mayor really supported police accountability, his decision to vote in favor of the amended agreement at the June 18th meeting sent a mixed message. All of the evidence we've collected so far suggests Gennaco's law firm now lies at the foundation–or already is–the "oversight body" the City of Anaheim has been talking about forming. Any discussion about creating a "commission" now not only is too little, too late, but a smokescreen to divert attention away from the fact the fix is in.
In respect to evidence backing this claim, all one needs to do is look at what is going on in a neighboring city. Last May, the Anaheim Investigator filed a California Public Records Act request with the Fullerton Police Department and unearthed an email attachment Gennaco sent to Police Chief Dan Hughes on Wednesday, January 30th, 2013. In it, Gennaco proposed his law firm become the "outside independent oversight entity" for that city's law enforcement agency. The language he uses is similar to text contained in letters sent to Anaheim City Attorneys in 2009 and April of this year
It appears one major difference between what was outlined in the attachment Gennaco sent to Hughes in late January and the text of those letters is the language used to describe his law firm's services. The City of Anaheim has embarked on a strategy of building its "oversight body" in a piecemeal, incremental fashion. By keeping quiet about what it has been doing and omitting language describing OIR as an "outside independent oversight entity," the council swiftly made it an "oversight body" right beneath everybody's noses. The purpose of this: to keep residents who favor real police oversight in the dark so as not to arouse opposition.
Further proof of the key role OIR is playing in this matter can be found in the brief dialogue that took place at the June 18th meeting between Tait and then-Interim City Manager Marcie Edwards. When Tait told Edwards the vote on the amended agreement provided him with "an opportunity to bring up the idea of a citizen review commission that we talked about several months ago," she responded by making it perfectly clear that OIR–not city staff–will be making recommendations about this in a report it is expected to submit to the Anaheim City Council "maybe a month to six weeks from now."
The exchange was as follows:
TAIT: Item 14, I pulled that. This is … umm … city attorney approve the first amendment to agreement with Michael Gennaco, etc., increasing the not to exceed contract to the amount of $85,000 extending the scope of attorney services. This is Office of Independent Review. Umm … I support this. It's a good … it gives me an opportunity to bring up the idea of a citizen review commission that we talked about several months ago. So I'd like to … I know the City Manager is interim, but I'd like to encourage the city to move forward with its recommendation … umm … soon. So … Madame City Manager?
EDWARDS: Thank you sir. Umm … one of the items that we have been waiting on, just for your information, is a report from the OIR that has recommendations … that is going to contain recommendations that ultimately we'll be able to release publicly. I asked informally as to when they thought that might be produced and I was given an estimate of maybe a month to six weeks from now. So I wanted to share that with you.
TAIT: Very good.
At this time, the Anaheim Investigator cannot predict what kinds of recommendations OIR will present in the future. But what we do know, however, is when Gennaco attended a Fullerton City Council study session earlier this year to deliver a presentation about "oversight bodies," he downplayed "citizen review commissions" in favor of the "auditor model" of police oversight–a service his own law firm offers. Nevertheless, even if he recommends that a "commission" be created, we suspect it will be rigged to be weak, toothless, and ineffective. Why? Because the groundwork to have the city control it through OIR has been established.
First, the text of the letter Gennaco sent to then-Interim City Attorney Michael Houston on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 emphasizes that the latter's office–not OIR–will make the final determination of which "critical incident cases" involving the Anaheim Police Department are "reviewed" by that law firm. So if a "citizen review commission" is eventually formed–with OIR running it–it will only be allowed to look into those cases the City Attorney wants them to examine and nothing more. That means the "commission" won't be permitted to investigate any matters on its own, effectively tying its hands.
Second, the City of Anaheim has the power to determine who OIR releases its information to, placing it in a position to withhold information from a "citizen review commission." Earlier this year, the Anaheim Investigator obtained a copy of the original agreement that then-City Attorney Cristina Talley negotiated with Gennaco's law firm in 2009. This agreement, which was not altered significantly by the recently amended agreement, makes it perfectly clear that OIR is a law firm hired by the city to defend its interests and that all of its work is considered "confidential attorney-client communications and attorney work-product material":
[A]ll internal observations, determinations, notes or other applicable material made by OIR Group in the performance of this Agreement are and shall be considered confidential attorney-client communications and attorney work-product material and subject to the appropriate claims of privilege. With the exception of any final public reports, all communications and reports to the City, including the City Attorney and the Anaheim Police Department, shall be made or submitted on a confidential basis. OIR Group agrees that no documents prepared or assembled by it under this Agreement shall be made available to any individual or organization without prior written approval of the City, unless required by law.
Third, OIR not only has no authority whatsoever to conduct independent investigations into complaints against alleged police misconduct, but it doesn't have any subpoena power to compel witnesses to testify or produce documents. All it does is have its staff of highly paid attorneys "audit" or review case files prepared by the cops themselves to determine if an officer's actions were in compliance with the law. That being said, a "citizen review commission" dependent on this law firm for information would spend much of its time reading reports containing "facts" Gennaco's attorneys gleaned from police files.
And finally, OIR is funded by the Anaheim Police Department. Financial records the Anaheim Investigator obtained in a California Public Records Act request filed back in March show they have received $24,510 from them since 2008. Multiple invoices submitted by this law firm have scribbled notations and markings which make it clear they are funded out of the police budget, not the city's general fund. Whereas we don't feel Gennaco's law firm is as deeply compromised by this relationship as OC Human Relations is, the fact an "oversight body" is accepting money from a law enforcement agency it oversees is problematic.
In conclusion, the June 18th vote was a pivotal moment in the so-called "debate" that has been taking place in Anaheim over the creation of a police oversight committee. After months of foot-dragging, city officials finally decided to outsource it to OIR, already a paid contractor for the Anaheim Police Department. This makes a mockery of their claim of wanting "independent" police oversight. That Kerry Condon, president of the Anaheim Police Association, has repeatedly made statements expressing unwavering support for this type of "oversight body" shows how weak it really is.
And if the Anaheim Investigator is correct in its analysis, any "citizen review commission" created now will be as phony as a three dollar bill. But we doubt such a "commission" will ever come into existence. We suspect that when this matter comes back to council, there will be a round of political kabuki theater: Kris Murray, along with her colleagues, will point out we don't need one because we have OIR; and Tait, although he'll argue in favor of it, will be on the "losing" side. Although most people that night will only see a lopsided 4-1 vote against it, few will understand that on June 18th, in a 5-0 vote, both Murray and Tait voted to kill it, by backing OIR.
Gennaco to Fullerton Police Chief Dan Hughes, Wednesday, January 30, 2013 (1 of 2)
Gennaco to Anaheim City Attorney Talley, August 16, 2009 (1 of 2)
Gennaco to then-Interim Anaheim City Attorney Houston, April 24, 2013 (1 of 1)
OIR Group agreement with Anaheim, August 25, 2009, Page 1 (1 of 3)
Posted in Anaheim Police Association, Anaheim Police Department, City of Anaheim, City of Fullerton, Cristina Talley, Dan Hughes, Fullerton Police Department, Kerry Condon, Kris Murray, Marcie Edwards, Michael Gennaco, Michael Houston, OC Human Relations, Office of Independent Review, Police Oversight Committee, Politics of Appeasement, Tom Tait
UPDATE: Death Knell for Genuine Police Oversight in Anaheim: Council Boosts Office of Independent Review
Last week, Mayor Tom Tait, along with the rest of the Anaheim City Council, voted for an "amended agreement" with the Office of Independent Review which made it a de facto police "oversight body."
At the Tuesday, June 18th meeting of the Anaheim City Council, Mayor Tom Tait, along with other members of that body, voted unanimously to approve an amended agreement with the Office of Independent Review, a Los Angeles-based law firm run by Michael Gennaco, to drastically expand the scope of services it provides the City of Anaheim. The 5-0 vote, which was done quietly and without much discussion, essentially paved the way to make it a de facto "oversight body" for the Anaheim Police Department.
But last week's decision, however, was not a victory for genuine police oversight within this city; it signaled its death knell. If anything, it was a major boost for Kerry Condon, president of the Anaheim Police Association. Condon, who has repeatedly blasted the idea of establishing an independent police oversight committee run by residents, has never been critical of Gennaco's law firm. And despite being present at the last council meeting, he raised no objections as Tait swiftly moved to have this item voted upon by his colleagues.
It should be no surprise to anyone Condon said nary a word about this matter given the Office of Independent Review already works hand-in-glove with the Anaheim Police Department. Financial records the Anaheim Investigator obtained from the City of Anaheim in a California Public Records Act request filed back in March show they have received $24,510 from them since 2008. Multiple invoices submitted by this law firm have scribbled notations and markings which make it clear they are funded out of the police budget, not the city's general fund.
Additionally, the Office of Independent Review is really not an "oversight body" at all. Not only does it have no authority to conduct independent investigations into complaints against alleged police misconduct, but it has no power to compel witnesses to testify or produce documents. All it does is have its staff of highly paid attorneys "audit" or review case files prepared by the police themselves to determine if an officer's actions were in compliance with the law; it also offers recommendations how they can improve their performance.
In a letter Gennaco sent to Michael Houston, then-Interim City Attorney, on April 24th, he listed in detail the kind of "audits" his law firm will do under the amended agreement:
1. Review all critical incident cases (officer-involved shootings, and in-custody deaths) that were closed after January 1,2010 and any critical incidents that have occurred to date.
2. Review additional officer-involved shootings outside this time frame and for which representatives of the Anaheim community have raised concerns. Prepare a report to the City Attorney, as well as a written public report, regarding the results of our review.
3. On an annual basis, or on such other time schedule as requested by the City Attorney, review all critical incident cases that have been closed in that year and prepare reports as requested by the City Attorney.
4. Perform any additional critical incident reviews or tasks requested in writing by the City Attorney.
The Anaheim Investigator is intrigued with the strategy the City of Anaheim is using to create this "oversight body." Rather than put everything out on the table all at once, they've decided to do it gradually, in a piecemeal fashion. They are also being very quiet about what they say in public. It is our opinion this is being done with the intent of minimizing criticism from residents who favor genuine police oversight, not oppose it. For example, if such persons had been aware this item was on last week's agenda, they might have rallied against it, especially had they known what it would really do.
Now that the amended agreement with the Office of Independent Review has been approved, the next step is to add a "committee component" to give it "legitimacy." At the meeting, Marcie Edwards, Interim City Manager, stated Gennaco is expected to report back to council about this issue in a few weeks. Knowing what we know about the Police Chief's advisory board, we suspect any committee they create will be stacked with pro-police political appointees. And they would only meet to read reports Gennaco's attorneys prepared for them using information obtained from police files.
Curious to learn the reason why Tait voted in favor of this item, the Anaheim Investigator made multiple attempts to seek public comment from him. Not only did we leave messages on the voice-mail of his private cellphone, but we also contacted his Executive Assistant at Tait & Associates, Inc., and asked her to have him return our calls. We also sent to several messages to all of his Facebook accounts and business emails. So far, despite our sincere efforts to try to get a hold of him, Tait has failed to respond to any of our inquiries.
[UPDATE as of Wednesday, June 26th at 11:02 p.m.]
After five days of unsuccessfully trying to reach Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait via email and telephone, he finally contacted the Anaheim Investigator in a call early Wednesday morning. Although other commitments prevented Tait from talking with us at length, he re-affirmed his support for a police oversight committee run by residents. "I still want a civilian review commission," he said. He further emphasized that at the Tuesday, June 18th city council meeting, he requested city staff report back to him about this issue at a later date.
In respect to concerns we had about his vote approving the amended agreement with the Office of Independent of Review, Tait characterized it as an "extension" of a pre-existing arrangement the City of Anaheim has had with this law firm since 2008. Without getting into a squabble over word meanings, we do agree that it could be labeled as such. But City Attorney Michael Houston made it clear in his staff report on the matter that this agreement just doesn't "extend," but will "expand the scope of services" this entity offers to the city.
APD Disbursements to Office of Independent Review 1/06-3/13 (1 of 2)
Office of Independent Review, Invoice #APD-1/09-16, 5/09-6/09 (1 of 2)
Office of Independent Review, Invoice #APD-1/09-31, 9/10-10/10 (1 of 1)
Posted in Anaheim Police Association, Anaheim Police Department, City of Anaheim, Marcie Edwards, Michael Gennaco, Michael Houston, Office of Independent Review, Police Oversight Committee, Politics of Appeasement, Tait & Associates, Tom Tait
A Conflict of Interest: Cop-Funded OC Human Relations Wanted to Run Police Oversight Committees
Email reveals that Rusty Kennedy, Executive Director of OC Human Relations, quietly lobbied Anaheim Police Chief John Welter for a chance to run that city's proposed police oversight committee.
According to an email the Anaheim Investigator obtained from the City of Anaheim through a California Public Records Act request, Rusty Kennedy, Executive Director of OC Human Relations, quietly lobbied police chiefs in Anaheim and Fullerton last year to have his county-sanctioned non-profit develop "some type of Civilian Review Board (or alternative) process" that it could operate "in addition to our Police Community Reconciliation and Crisis Assistance programs on contract" with both law enforcement agencies.
Kennedy's pitch to run proposed police oversight committees was included in a message sent to Fullerton City Manager Joe Felz, then acting-Fullerton Police Chief Dan Hughes, and Anaheim Police Chief John Welter on Tuesday, October 2, 2012. In it, Kennedy notified them that he was withdrawing an earlier plea that they help OC Human Relations pay registration fees for an upcoming conference being organized by the National Association of Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement.
The text of Kennedy's email is as follows:
John, Dan and Joe
Please disregard my request for assistance with registration. We went ahead and paid registration for this important conference. Alison Edwards, Deputy Director, and member of the APD Chief's Advisory, and James Armendaris, Police Community Reconciliation Coordinator and Tustin Chief's Advisory Committee member will be attending from OC Human Relations.
I am envisioning developing some type of Civilian Review Board (or alternative) process that we could offer in addition to our Police Community Reconciliation and Crisis Assistance Programs on contract with Fullerton and/or Anaheim, IF [sic] you are interested going forward.
A few minutes after receiving Kennedy's email, Chief Welter responded, copying his reply to Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait and City Manager Bob Wingenroth:
Thanks Rusty. I really can't say what I'm interested in. The Mayor has come out in the media on wanting a CRB without conferring with me. I have no idea who he is talking to or working with on this issue.
I wanted to wait until I attend this conference on citizen oversight before discussing the need and type of CRB with others.
The existence of this email is quite revealing not only because it suggests Kennedy was pressuring city officials to have OC Human Relations run their proposed police oversight committees, but it completely contradicts a claim he made in a "fact sheet" disseminated to Los Amigos of Orange County on March 22nd. At the time, Kennedy wrote his non-profit had only "offered to consult with city and police and community on the creation of this type of organization," and nothing more–an outright lie.
In addition, this email, along with other documents in the possession of the Anaheim Investigator, strongly hint what Welter and Wingenroth were looking for in the "type" of police oversight committee they sought for the City of Anaheim: a weak, ineffective body that would do little, if anything, to keep abusive police officers in check. That both men–specifically Wingenroth–wanted Kennedy's non-profit, a paid contractor for the Anaheim Police Department, to be involved, is somewhat indicative of that.
For example, as we reported back in March:
Financial records from the City of Anaheim show that since July 2006, OC Human Relations has received $67,955 from the Anaheim Police Department. Of that amount, $22,251, or 33% of the entire total, was disbursed between November 2011 and September 2012 alone. Several invoices and check request forms show even the monies the city uses to pay yearly dues to OC Human Relations comes out of the police budget, not the general fund. All payments were approved by Welter.
In April, the Anaheim Investigator also published an eye-opening email which exposed the very close ties that existed between Welter and Kennedy, pointing out the fact that in November 2012, the latter personally invited the Police Chief to attend a "special reception" at the home of a wealthy Laguna Beach donor who funnels tens of thousands of dollars each year into OC Human Relations.
Given there is no lack of evidence showing OC Human Relations is financially dependent on support from law enforcement to do it's "work"–a clear conflict of interest that Kennedy repeatedly fails to disclose in his dealings with the general public–how can it be expected to be fair and impartial in handling complaints about police misconduct if it is assigned the task of operating a police oversight committee?
The untrustworthiness of OC Human Relations has already been well-documented in the case of Anna Drive, where Kennedy inappropriately forwarded information gleaned from area residents to the Anaheim Police Department without their permission. Mediator ethics dictate that any sharing of information, even if it isn't "confidential," must be done with the consent of the affected parties.
At this time, it is unclear as to what's going on with the proposed police oversight committee here in Anaheim. Recently, there has been a change of leadership in city government. Welter and Wingenroth, both strong allies of Kennedy, have since retired or moved on. Although it's premature to say OC Human Relations has "dropped the ball" on this matter, the Anaheim Investigator will continue to closely monitor the latest developments.
[Below is an electronic reproduction of the email referred to in this article.]
Email to Felz, Hughes, and Welter from Kennedy re: "Civilian Review Police Conference," Tuesday, October 2, 2012 (1 of 1)
Posted in Alison Edwards, Anaheim Police Department, Anna Drive, Bob Wingenroth, City of Anaheim, City of Fullerton, Dan Hughes, Fullerton Police Department, James Armendaris, Joe Felz, John Welter, Los Amigos of Orange County, National Association of Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement, OC Human Relations, Police Oversight Committee, Rusty Kennedy, Tom Tait


Caracas, May 26 (IANS) The Venezuelan football team will play two more warm-up matches against Costa Rica and Guatemala in preparation for the 2016 Copa America Centennial tournament.
The first measure for this taken by coach Rafael Dudamel was to reduce the number of called players for these matches from 40 to 31, reports Xinhua.
Dudamel, former goalkeeper of the Venezuelan team, also on Wednesday decided to strengthen the team with youngster player Mikel Villanueva, who had an outstanding season with the Spanish team Atletico Malagueno.
The Venezuelan coach will have to define the 23-player team that will participate in Copa America, to be held in the United States from June 3 to 26.
On Tuesday, Venezuela tied 0-0 against Panama in the friendly match played at Rommel Fernandez Stadium in Panama City.
Before arriving in Panama, Venezuela held a friendly match against the team Spain' s autonomous community of Galicia in Spain. The result was a 1-1 tie.
On Thursday May 27, Venezuela will face Costa Rica in San Jose and on June 1 they will face Guatemala in the US city of Fort Lauderdale.
During Copa America, Venezuela will face Jamaica on June 5, then Uruguay on June 9 and finally it will face Mexico four days later.


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Formed in 2006, Atlantis Quartet is at the forefront of the twin cities modern jazz scene, having toured the Midwest and East Coast. Both the City Pages and Star Tribune have named them Best Twin Cities Jazz Artist (2011, 2012). In 2015, the group was awarded the McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians. Featuring four of Minnesota's most exciting improvisors and composers, saxophonist Brandon Wozniak, guitarist Zacc Harris, bassist Chris Bates, and drummer Pete Hennig, Atlantis Quartet is a band whose music "defies labels" (MPR).
Zacc Harris is Instructor in Jazz and Blues Guitar at Carleton. Since moving to Minneapolis in 2005, Harris has gained a reputation as one of the area's top guitarists, being named 2017 Twin Cities Best Jazz Artist by the City Pages. He performs in a host of creative projects including Atlantis Quartet, as well as the Zacc Harris Group, American Reverie, and Zacc Harris Trio.
As co-leader of Atlantis Quartet, Harris has released five critically acclaimed albums since 2006, as well as a digital anthology of the band's first decade together. Renowned jazz critic Bill Milkowski wrote for JazzTimes Magazine, "Twin Cities modern jazz renegades shift nimbly from a punk-jazz aesthetic to ECM-ish sensitivity...startlingly original stuff."
Harris is also a busy sideman, having performed and recorded with countless artists, including Debbie Duncan, Bruce Henry, Babatunde Lea, Eric Gravatt, Ben Wendel, Michael Janisch, and Nancy Harms. Currently, he plays with JT Bates' Grain Trio, Lars Larson's Mancrush, Cory Healey's Beautiful Sunshine Band, Dean Granros' Tall Tales, and Adam Meckler Quintet. A graduate of Southern Illinois University, he has studied privately with Adam Rogers, Jonathan Kreisberg, Gilad Hekselman, Nir Felder, Miles Okazaki, Liberty Ellman and Fareed Haque.
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Land Law focuses upon the uses and supply of land. It looks to facilitate how an owner of land may use it or moderate how others do so; this relationship can develop into 'interests' in the land. This module will examine the different interests that a person may have in land and how the law seeks to resolve conflicts through statute, common law and equity.
Land law impacts upon many facets of our day-to-day living, it determines: the difference between what is property and what is land; who owns property in the land; who may have access to land; your rights to land as a tenant, and; what you can do with your land. Land law is unusual in that you can own it outright but still be limited in how you can use it. There are many reasons for this such as agreements reached by a previous owner or because you failed to notice how the land was used when you purchased it. As such, land law is heavily governed by how your neighbours interact with land and what you could have been expected to know.
This module is also looking to establish how these different interests interact.


The Watchdog: How much do you know about protecting seniors?
Think about Grandma or Grandpa. Or your elderly dad or mom. Or maybe even you, getting older. Do you know the rights of older Texans? Do you know ways to protect them?
Let's take The Watchdog's Elder Care Knowledge Quiz.
The late Jack Cook of Southlake, TX. Dave's favorite senior.
a) dial the Texas 211 help line, which helps Texans connect with services they need.
c) stand on a street corner with a sign.
a) Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services.
b) Texas Adult Protective Services.
d) Texas Department of Scam Protection.
3. The Department of Aging and Disability Services is responsible for catching violations of state and federal laws in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and home health care agencies.
4. Which of these is a violation in a nursing home?
5. Which of these acts is considered abuse of an older person?
6. A door-to-door salesman comes to your door to sell a product. What is the chance that he's telling the truth when he offers a great product for a low price that easily can't be beat elsewhere?
a) He's telling the truth.
b) He's telling a lie as big as the hole in his conscience.
7. Seniors are favorite targets for scammers. Which of these are not vulnerabilities to be on the lookout for?
d) overcharged on electricity bills.
10. One easy way a senior can save money is to assume that most car repair diagnoses that are high-dollar recommendations deserve a second opinion elsewhere.
a) correct, so give him your credit card.
b) a lying thief because Microsoft never makes calls such as this.
a) wire the money immediately because grandkids are the best.
b) call the parents and check on their child's whereabouts.
c) make travel reservations to that foreign country.
a) a relative who will probably pay it back if someone finds out.
b) breaking the law, and the police could be called and charges filed.
14. It's smart to be suspicious of investment opportunities offered by family members, friends and friends of friends no matter how good they sound.
a) file a complaint with state regulators because that's a violation of law.
b) accept things as they are and keep quiet.
c) talk to them as long as possible to learn who they are.
a) make a phone call within 30 days of the sale to say you have changed your mind.
b) write "notice of cancellation" on a receipt and mail it back to the seller within three days (and keep a copy).
a) creating a petition on change.org.
b) making a funny YouTube video.
c) contacting his or her Congress member's constituent services office.
20. When going to a seminar about a financial investment, it's smart to make a decision going in that no matter what happens, an on-the-spot purchase won't be made that day.
Answers: 1-a; 2-d; 3-True; 4-d; 5-d; 6-b; 7-d; 8-d; 9-d; 10-True; 11-b; 12-b; 13-b; 14-True; 15-True; 16-a; 17-b; 18-b; 19-c; 20-True.
If you scored higher than 75 percent (15 of 20 correct) you know your stuff. Spread the word.
The following first appeared in The Dallas Morning News. It was written by Bob Mong, The Dallas Morning News Executive Editor.
Consumer columnist Dave Lieber joined our staff in the spring, and his Watchdog column appears every Friday and Sunday in Metro.
For two decades, Dave built a strong reputation as the consumer advocate at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. I regard him as one of the most trusted voices in North Texas.
He looks out for questionable practices in business and government and has the wherewithal to dig in and solve problems.
Bob Mong, Executive Editor of The Dallas Morning News, believes newspapers should fight for the people.
"I've been covering governments for almost 40 years for daily newspapers. Problems in government where taxpayers aren't getting treated right, not getting their money's worth, are as important to me as the typical consumer rip-off that can be prevented," Dave said.
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Embroidered stories : interpreting women's domestic needlework from the Italian diaspora, edited by Edvige Giunta and Joseph Sciorra
The Resource Embroidered stories : interpreting women's domestic needlework from the Italian diaspora, edited by Edvige Giunta and Joseph Sciorra
The item Embroidered stories : interpreting women's domestic needlework from the Italian diaspora, edited by Edvige Giunta and Joseph Sciorra represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College.
Giunta, Edvige,
Sciorra, Joseph,
"For Italian immigrants and their descendants, needlework represents a marker of identity, a cultural touchstone as powerful as pasta and Neapolitan music. Out of the artifacts of their memory and imagination, Italian immigrants and their descendants used embroidering, sewing, knitting, and crocheting to help define who they were and who they have become. This book is an interdisciplinary collection of creative work by authors of Italian origin and academic essays. The creative works from thirty-seven contributors include memoir, poetry, and visual arts while the collection as a whole explores a multitude of experiences about and approaches to needlework and immigration from a transnational perspective, spanning the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. At the center of the book, over thirty illustrations represent Italian immigrant women's needlework. The text reveals the many processes by which a simple object, or even the memory of that object, becomes something else through literary, visual, performance, ethnographic, or critical reimagining. While primarily concerned with interpretations of needlework rather than the needlework itself, the editors and contributors to Embroidered Stories remain mindful of its history and its associated cultural values, which Italian immigrants brought with them to the United States, Canada, Australia, and Argentina and passed on to their descendants"--
Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, 2014
Threads of Women
Skills and Artistry
Factory Girls
Environmental Sites
Lost, Discarded, Reclaimed
Embroidered stories : interpreting women's domestic needlework from the Italian diaspora
Embroidered stories
interpreting women's domestic needlework from the Italian diaspora
edited by Edvige Giunta and Joseph Sciorra
ART / Folk & Outsider Art
HISTORY / Europe / Italy
Italians -- Foreign countries -- Ethnic identity
Needlework -- Italy
Women and the decorative arts -- Italy
Women and the decorative arts
Threads of Women -- Skills and Artistry -- Factory Girls -- Environmental Sites -- Lost, Discarded, Reclaimed

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The best thing about AngularJS is that it is has been developed and maintained by Google experts. The framework provides with templates for client side applications and standard web application structures. It does not require any extra plugin to create a data driven web framework. AngularJS helps in making applications that are easy to test and incredibly easy to create. Just add a few attributes to your HTML script and the application ready in no time.
The main feature of AngularJS is binding that provides a basic mechanism for integrating your data in the HTML code using bracketed expressions. The other important feature are the controllers that connect your HTML code with your data. AngularJS also has filters that allow you to reuse, test and modify your applications data. The filters option simply take an input, transform it and deliver the output as a result.
AngularJS is a well-maintained framework and strongly recommended by us. You can download it for free from the official website. The site contains a good amount of information regarding the AngularJS framework and also includes the full API documentation along with a large number of examples and tutorials in order to learn web development using AngualrJS framework. We hope that by now you are convinced to choose AngularJS for your next project.


Golf Hotel Punta Ala is an historic resort on the Tuscan coast. It is located in an area that has always been considered a real natural paradise, a place to relax and regenerate surrounded by green pine forests, long golden beaches and crystal-clear waters of the gulf.
The Resort offers 130 elegant rooms and suites renovated in 2018, a restaurant with large windows overlooking the park with cuisine based on local and seasonal ingredients, the brand new Violina SPA by Clarins spread over 800 square meters, a beautiful outdoor pool surrounded by greenery and a large private beach with beach bar, beach restaurant and pizzeria overlooking the sea. The fitness center, the tennis courts and the proximity to the Punta Ala Golf Club allow guests to keep fit and play sports even on holiday.


3 Bedroom Flat For Sale in Portsmouth for Offers Over £165,000.
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Q: How to add multiline comments to mergerequests in gitlab via rest api? i looked at the documentation but its hard to understand how it works.
This is my current restcall:
{
    "body": "Via Rest",
    "position": {
        "base_sha": "bcdfbfd57c8f3cd6cd65998464bb71a562d49948",
        "start_sha": "bcdfbfd57c8f3cd6cd65998464bb71a562d49948",
        "head_sha": "5828c8f62744f8c63d2e35cfb17988380a3a63d6",
        "new_path": "README.md",
        "position_type": "text",
        "line_range": {
            "start": {
                "line_code": "8ec9a00bfd09b3190ac6b22251dbb1aa95a0579d_0_6",
                "type": "new"
            },
            "end": {
                "line_code": "8ec9a00bfd09b3190ac6b22251dbb1aa95a0579d_0_11",
                "type": "new"
            }
        }
    }
}

The response is:
"message": "400 Bad request - Note {:line_code=>[\"can't be blank\", \"must be a valid line code\"], :position=>[\"is incomplete\"]}"

But what i dont understand is that line_code is not blank...
I also dont understand how the linecode itself works. I am adding a new comment, so SHA1HASH_OLDLINE_NEWLINE doesnt work as a format, since iam not referencing any old line. I looked at existing muliti line comments, but when i copy them (HASH_12_6 and HASH_12_11), it still returns the same error.
EDIT:
Here is the api i have problems with.
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/discussions.html#create-new-merge-request-thread
After some testing i found out that the problem is probably NOT what the errors says.
If i create a normal merge request thread over a single line via this json:
{
    "body": "Via Postman",
    "position": {
        "position_type": "text",
        "base_sha": "bcdfbfd57c8f3cd6cd65998464bb71a562d49948",
        "head_sha": "5828c8f62744f8c63d2e35cfb17988380a3a63d6",
        "start_sha": "bcdfbfd57c8f3cd6cd65998464bb71a562d49948",
        "new_path": "src/main/java/com/example/demo/DemoApplication.java",
        "old_path": "src/main/java/com/example/demo/DemoApplication.java",
        "new_line": 1
    }
}

it also returns the same error, but if i switch the old_path & new_path to "README.md" it works.
Both files exist, but somehow the longer file is making problems.
EDIT: i figured out the issue. The problem is that new_line really needs to point to a new line (green line in PR view). If its not green i have to supply both new_line and old_line. If its a red line i have to supply old_line

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Object | Accession Number: 2017.262.2
Fork saved by Frances (Fruma) Gulkowitz from her home in Korelitz, Poland (Belarus). Fruma and her family where interned by the Germans in the Korelitz ghetto in July 1941. Her mother was killed by the police. In May 1942, Fruma and her family were sent to Novogrudek (now Navahrudak, Belarus). Around August 1942, Fruma's brother Ben-Zion escaped with Murray Berger and others and joined the Bielski partisans. He later returned to the ghetto and rescued Fruma and Judes who also joined the partisans. After liberation by the Red Army, Fruma and Murray went to the Kibbutz Turda displaced persons camp in Romania and eventually to Kibbutz Anzio DP camp in Italy. Fruma and Murray married and emigrated to the United States in 1947. Fruma's father, sisters, and niece perished in Nowogródek ghetto.
Household Utensils
Forks (lcsh)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Albert S. Berger and Ralph S. Berger
About This Object
Metal body; four prongs; handle of slightly rectangular shape with rounded end.
Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
overall : metal
The spoon was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Ralph S. Berger and Albert S. Berger, sons of Fruma Gulkowitz Berger.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn563400
Also in Fruma Gulkowitz Berger collection
The collection consists of a fork, spoon, originals and photocopies of poems and prose writings, a composition book of poetry, newspaper clippings, photocopies of articles, and photographs relating to the experiences of Frances (Fruma) Gulkowitz Berger, Murray Berger (originally Mordechai Shmulewicz), and Elliot Berger (originally Elia Shmulewicz) during the Holocaust in Poland where they were interned in ghettos and then escaped and joined the Bielski partisan brigade, as well as their experiences in the postwar period.
Spoon saved by Frances (Fruma) Gulkowitz from her home in Korelitz, Poland (Belarus). Fruma and her family where interned by the Germans in the Korelitz ghetto in July 1941. Her mother was killed by the police. In May 1942, Fruma and her family were sent to Novogrudek (now Navahrudak, Belarus). Around August 1942, Fruma's brother Ben-Zion escaped with Murray Berger and others and joined the Bielski partisans. He later returned to the ghetto and rescued Fruma and Judes who also joined the partisans. After liberation by the Red Army, Fruma and Murray went to the Kibbutz Turda displaced persons camp in Romania and eventually to Kibbutz Anzio DP camp in Italy. Fruma and Murray married and emigrated to the United States in 1947. Fruma's father, sisters, and niece perished in Nowogródek ghetto.
Fruma Gulkowitz-Berger papers
The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Fruma Gulkowitz-Berger (pen name of Frances Berger) and Murray Berger, both of whom joined the Bielski partisans in Western Belorussia (Belarus). The collection includes identification papers and immigration documents of Fruma, Murray, and Murray's brother Elliot; manuscripts of essays and poems by Fruma Gulkowitz-Berger along with clippings of her articles; and pre-war and post-war photographs. Biographical materials include identification cards issued by the Red Cross, DP identification cards, and Italian identification documents. The immigration documents include a small amount of immigration paperwork and naturalization certificates. Also included are lists of family members who perished in the Holocaust. Writings include handwritten and photocopies of typed manuscripts of Fruma Gulkowitz-Berger. Her writings include essays and poems about the Holocaust, both in English and Yiddish. Also included are clippings of her writings from newspapers and other sources. Folder 2.9 contains writings of Murray Berger, and folder 2.15 contains writings of Y. Shmulevitsh. Photographs include pre-war depictions of the Gulkowitz and Shmulewicz families, the Kibbutz Turda displaced persons camp in Romania, displaced persons camps in Italy, and memorials to the Jews of Korelitz (Korelichi, Belarus) and Nowogródek (Navahrudak, Belarus), Poland.
Oral history interview with Murray Berger
Oral history interview with Murray Berger and Frances Berger
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If you routinely go through your day feeling like you haven't slept a wink, sleep apnea could be the reason why. Sleep apnea is a common but under-diagnosed condition in which patients stop breathing for 10 seconds or more during sleep. As a result, patients with sleep apnea wake up periodically throughout the night to take a breath, and sometimes without even know it.
But one of the most common symptoms of all is something you might never have thought of: snoring. Sleep apnea and snoring often go hand-in-hand because they're both caused by obstructed airways. As a result, if you can treat obstructive sleep apnea, you can also treat snoring.
If you struggle with snoring and sleep apnea, our doctors at Robison Dental Group have an effective, non-surgical therapy that can help. With a custom-made intraoral appliance, Dr. John and J.D. Robison can help you reposition your jaw, leaving your important airways open while you sleep. As a result, you can finally get the rest you deserve so you can feel great in the morning.
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As Associate Dean of Students/Senior Advisor to the Dean, "Dr. Renee" focuses on campus climate issues. Through her work with student communities, Renee Alexander's efforts improve dialogue, collaboration, and understanding. Under her leadership, the Breaking Bread initiative – which brings participants together for a special meal and facilitated conversation – won the highly acclaimed Perkins Prize (2017) for its significant impact toward furthering the ideal of university community while respecting the values of racial and cultural diversity. Her contributions also include facilitating Town Hall meetings, convening the Leadership Roundtable of campus student leaders, working within and between groups to foster community and confront complex issues, mediation, resolving conflicts, advising students, and supporting students as they engage across the spectrum of Cornell communities.
A Cornellian, Dr. Alexander earned her B.A. in American History and Government from the College of Arts and Sciences. She earned her MS.Ed in Counseling from Hunter College/CUNY, and Doctor of Philosophy from the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University in Educational Psychology.


Researchers estimated pertussis vaccine effectiveness through a case-control study of 1335 cases statutorily reported to public health in Ontario and occurring between January 1, 2009 and March 31, 2015, compared with 5340 randomly selected population controls, frequency-matched by age, primary-care provider and year of diagnosis. Pertussis cases met provincial confirmed or probable case definitions. Researchers used multivariable logistic regression to estimate crude and adjusted odds ratios.
Authors: Crowcroft NS et al.
PUBLISHED: 2018 CATEGORY: Les fournisseurs de soins, Parents, Femmes enceintes TYPE: PDFLa coqueluche. Contagieuse. Evitable.
Affiche : La vaccination contre la coqueluche pendant la grossesse est sûre, et aide à diminuer le risque de la maladie chez les nourrissons.
Enregistrement (vidéo) du webinaire proposé par la SOGC, avec la Dre. Vanessa Poliquin.
PUBLISHED: 2018 CATEGORY: Health care providers, Parents, Pregnant women TYPE: PDFPertussis. Contagious. Preventable.
Poster: Immunization against pertussis during pregnancy is safe and helps reduce the risk of disease in infants.
This document answers frequently asked questions health care providers may have when offering or administering the Tdap vaccine to pregnant women.
Authors: Castillo, E et al.
Ce document présente les réponses aux questions fréquemment posées aux fournisseurs de soins de santé dans le cadre de la proposition ou de l'administration du vaccin dcaT aux femmes enceintes.
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommends immunization with Tdap vaccine for all pregnant women, during each pregnancy, irrespective of previousTdap immunization history and interval between pregnancies.
Understanding the epidemiology of pertussis requires timely, reliable, and accurate surveillance data, but under-diagnosis and under-reporting of pertussis cases are longstanding challenges, compromising the ability to accurately estimate the burden of disease. Researchers aimed to estimate the true number of pertussis cases in Ontario separately in infants and those aged one year and over, and evaluate the completeness of each data source through a three-source capture-recapture data analysis.
Authors: Crowcroft N et al.
Recorded video of SOGC webinar with Dr. Vanessa Poliquin.


The Agence de location des îles is proud to partnering with Cindy Hook Sports Adventures as a car rental partner for the "Islands Snowkite IFKO World Championship" to be held in the Magdalen Islands from 2019 February 17th to 21st.
Promotional pricing is valid for the duration of the event. You will get the rate code for an online reservation by contacting Cindy Poirier cindyhook@icloud.com when you register to the event or send an information request. All participants, spectators and the media will have access to these attractive rates.
The Agence de location des îles wishes to all the athletes who will compete in the archipelago, a great success!