"I was a hard-working cop. I never hurt anybody. I never kidnapped anybody. ... I never did any of this." ---Ex-NYPD officer Louis Eppolito told U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein while being sentenced to life in prison. It's been over a month and still no news from the Governmental Affairs Committe...

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...

Today's the filing deadline at Riverside City Hall if you intended to run for office in the even-numbered wards in a mail-in election that takes place in June. If you still haven't gotten your papers filed with the city clerk and you really want to run, better get a move on. If there are multiple ca...

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 ...

"The crime-scene trampling investigators are coming!" This mantra has been sounded so many times of late by assorted characters in the story of Riverside's foray into civilian oversight that this posting will begin with a tribute to the pop culture examples which represent the latest chapter of what...

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 ...

Sorry this blog posting is short but unfortunately, there was a huge power outage in part of the city late Thursday night caused by a truck that ran off the street and struck a brick and metal gated wall and a transformer which powered a huge section of a neighborhood and so the lights went out. The...

"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 ...