fresno elections 2008

I oppose an independent police auditor because I haven’t yet seen the IPA model do what it was intended to do in any City. First, they are not truly independent. It isn’t long before one side or the other, depending on who they report to, deems the auditor as being too political and as being unfair and biased. Second, they start small and soon have an insatiable appetite. There isn’t one City I’ve researched that hasn’t had to increase their IPA costs annually by as much as 100 percent. How are we going to fund this new expenditure with such an escalating price tag? Lastly, if the police chief isn’t doing his job, the Mayor and Council must be willing to hold the police chief accountable. Before we see a whole new bureaucracy set up in haste, I want to set up a policy that requires the police chief to sit down regularly with the Council in closed session to thoroughly review all complaints that have been received.