In Riverside, the deadline for filing to run for city council in the even numbered wards has passed and the candidates for better or worse have been listed. Which means the city's now past the "put up or shut up" phase of Election 2009 and is heading on down the campaign trail. Here is a breakdown o...

I don't know, I'm making this up as I go. ---Raiders of the Lost Ark but in Riverside, this statement might have an entirely different meaning. The Riverside Police Department hosted its Community/Police Summit for the Neighborhood Policing Center eastern area at the expansive Orange Terrace Center ...

Another month, another letter in the Press Enterprise by retired Riverside Police Department Det. Granville "Bud" Kelley who despite despising the Community Police Review Commission and calling it a variety of colorful metaphors in his letters and calling for its disbandment has applied to serve on ...

The Human Resources Board of Riverside met at City Hall and was to discuss the letter it was sending to the city council regarding actions taken by the dynamic duo to block their receipt of statistical information involving lawsuits filed against the city by its employees. It's a head scratcher why ...

Coming soon will be a new and separate Web site on the Riverside Community Police Review Commission, including information on the complaint filing, investigation and review process as well as more information about the CPRC's history including the exercising of the different powers it has which are ...

"I used to think I was a good person." ---Former Atlanta Police Department Officer Gregg Junnier at his sentencing hearing for convictions stemming from his actions in the shooting death of Kathryn Johnston, 92. He was sentenced to six years in federal prison. "If you've done that before that might ...

“Well, the requirement is to cooperate with the investigation. She was the victim of a crime. She needed to document as other officers do information, narrative information for a crime report.� ---Riverside Police Chief Russ Leach (in a deposition given in 2004) about former Officer Tina Banfill...

"It's a rarity for a police union to go along with something like this. We have a lot of officers who see the bigger picture. A lot of cities have old school Jimmy Hoffa-style unions and that doesn't always work. Pointing fingers at each other in hard times doesn't solve any problems." --- Redlands ...

"In light of such testimony which is supported by Riverside's own Section 4.8 policy, it is difficult to understand how the city could assert that its officers are not subject to investigation and are mere victims." ---Motion in opposition to summary judgment, Riverside Police Officers' Association ...

“I have never, in my experience, seen a research design [treatment plan] that included an explicit and detailed plan to justify the disposal of artifacts even approaching what is in this plan. This is clearly a plan for disposal rather than a plan for preservation.� --- Dr. Scott Fedick, Profess...