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Home My WebLink AboutArding Batch 13 Redacted2 Is there any feedback or comment you can provide to the community regarding this rash of incidents involving the SLO police? Are we just to expect this sort of regular behavior from the SLO PD, and risk harassment and retribution if we as citizens make such behaviour publicly known? The city deserves an answer from their elected representatives. Regards 1 Taffe, McKenzie Subject:Blake Etherton's Anniversary - 2014 Start:Wed 11/8/2023 6:00 PM End:Wed 11/8/2023 6:00 PM Recurrence:(none) Organizer:Scott, Rick 1 Taffe, McKenzie From:Christian, Kevin Sent:Wednesday, April 12, 2023 12:01 PM To:Sean Quigley Cc:Scott, Rick Subject:cc Quigley (Police misconduct) Sean Quigley, The City Council, various City Staff, and Police Chief Scott (via cc on this note), are in receipt of your below note. I have reviewed our communications files from your note received on March 24th. It appears that I mistakenly forgot to cc Chief Scott at that time. I am sorry that occurred and that lack of action has created additional frustration and concern for yourself. I assure you that your communication was not intentionally ignored. Respectfully, Kevin Christian Deputy City Clerk City Administration City Clerk's Office 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3218 E kchristi@slocity.org T 805.781.7104 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications From: Sean Quigley <squigley707@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 11:41 AM To: Shoresman, Michelle <mshoresm@slocity.org> Cc: E‐mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org> Subject: Re: Police misconduct Hi Council/Staff I never received any response from council or staff members besides Emily (and I do thank Emily for sharing her thoughts). I also never got any follow up from Chief Scott or his staff. While I am separately interested in any information or perspective Chief Scott can provide, I specifically reached out to the mayor and council for their/your own thoughts. To be honest, I anticipate any information from Chief Scott to be in line with standard police PR messaging, referencing confidentiality around personal issues, on‐going internal investigations, and the high standards all officers are held to in the department. But the Mayor's office and city council dont work for Chief Scott, and certainly have room to independently comment on the state of our police force, and the validity of community members concerns. The lack of response from Mayor, staff or council only reinforces the point I tried to articulate in my original 3 Hi Council member Shoresman, I am a SLO resident and Cal Poly alumn. I am emailing you in regards to a disturbing video I just watched of SLO city police physically detaining and arresting a man downtown over a reported mistaken identity. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvOwLkkxBGY&ab channel=SLOCountyObserver ). I'm honestly in distress watching this. This man was grabbed by police without reason, charged based on his alleged response to being taken down, and held for over two weeks. Thats a life altering series of events for an individual that was entirely innocent to begin with! I would be fired from my job if I was held in jail for two weeks. This the third recent incident I've seen that further lowers my opinion of not just the SLO city police's conduct, but of the Major and city council's office as well. The first two incidents were the violent arrest of a homeless man last year, and the follow‐up harassment of the observer that filmed the arrest. In each incident I've seen zero public comment from the Mayor's office or the city council. Does the police chief not report to the mayor? I know a fellow citizen did follow up with a city council member regarding the violent arrest of the homeless man, and was directly informed of the officer's termination, but fail to understand why this information wasnt shared with the public directly. I also saw no follow‐up to the allegations of harassment of the filming observer, after the police chief made flimsy claims that he was looking into it, but believed the officers were on their way to a call, and eventually dismissed the charges as erroneous himself. Was Officer Blake Etherton reprimanded at all for what appears to be quite blatant harassment? For a city with such progressive leanings, and such broad support for a progressive mayor and council, I cannot understand why there is such silence from you and the rest of the council regarding anything police related. I understand the police have a tough job and a critical role to play in our community. But they should not be immune to criticism or investigation of their own. Is there any feedback or comment you can provide to the community regarding this rash of incidents involving the SLO police? Are we just to expect this sort of regular behavior from the SLO PD, and risk harassment and retribution if we as citizens make such behaviour publicly known? The city deserves an answer from their elected representatives. Regards 1 Taffe, McKenzie From:Johnson, Derek Sent:Sunday, July 24, 2022 8:03 PM To:Scott, Rick Subject:FW: A quick note of disappointment FYI ‐‐‐‐‐Original Message‐‐‐‐‐ From: Johnson, Derek Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2022 20:03 To: Mark Alan <malanslo787@gmail.com> Subject: RE: A quick note of disappointment Dear Mark, We are looking into it and will likely dismiss the moving violaƟon. The facts appear to be that officers were on the same route to a call that "SLO Observer" was driving towards that we suspect was heard on a scanner. He was pulled over for alleged moving violaƟon and given a Ɵcket and the routes were the quickest routes along arterials. That Ɵcket is likely to be dismissed and we will review the incident to determine what factors were involved. There are always mulƟple pieces of informaƟon that need to be evaluated so that we have a full understanding of the maƩer and intend to make sure that all relevant data, radio traffic, and other any other relevant informaƟon is reviewed. Thank you for reaching out and expressing your concern. All the best, Derek Johnson City Manager ‐‐‐‐‐Original Message‐‐‐‐‐ From: Mark Alan <malanslo787@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2022 19:28 To: Johnson, Derek <djohnson@slocity.org> Subject: A quick note of disappointment This message is from an External Source. Use cauƟon when deciding to open aƩachments, click links, or respond. ________________________________ Hi Mr. Johnson‐ need to voice my disgust over Officer Etherton and another officer following, harassing & giving a bogus Ɵcket to the man who videotaped the use of force incident in SLO last week. Haven’t we had enough shady behavior from a few police officers? And for the police chief to state it might only be a coincidence is…….unacceptable. Are you going to look into this or just let it go? 2 Thank you ‐ Mark Swain. SLO naƟve Sent from my iPad 1 Taffe, McKenzie Subject:Team 1 Briefing Start:Wed 11/8/2023 6:00 PM End:Wed 11/8/2023 6:00 PM Recurrence:(none) Organizer:Scott, Rick Sgt. Bryan Treanor Paul Sisemore Blake Etherton Izzy Villaneuva Marcelo Magaña Daniel Bravo 1 Taffe, McKenzie From:Schafer, Aaron Sent:Friday, December 3, 2021 6:59 AM To:Amoroso, Brian Cc:Mickel, Fred; Scott, Rick Subject:Parade Participants Well, here are the ﬁnals numbers on who has agreed to be a part of the parade. Schafer ‐5 Majorie ‐ 4 Chad ‐ 2 Blake Etherton ‐3 Bravo ‐ 2 Shalhoob ‐ 4 Cheryl ‐ 3 Tiffany ‐ 1 Kemp ‐ 3 Thats a total of 27 people not including the three of you and your family's. Just wanted to get you the number this morning to start the logisƟcs of where people will be. Most of the kids can walk, which is 15 of the 27 people. I have instructed them to meet at the PD at 6 and walk over to the ﬂoat. Let me know if you need people to get there earlier. I'm off today, but around if you guys needs something. I will be going to Treanor's mom's service at 11. Schafer 1 Taffe, McKenzie From:Sean Quigley <squigley707@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, April 12, 2023 11:25 AM To:CityClerk Cc:Scott, Rick Subject:Re: cc Quigley (Police misconduct) Hi Chief Scott, I originally reached out to the city council regarding a disturbing video of a local arrest last year. I was told you were cc'd and would get back to me within a few days, but am following up now since I have not gotten a response. I am seeking comment on what appears to be a disturbing arrest of a non‐criminal, based on misidentification by one of your officers. Its scary to think, as a citizen of SLO, I could be so quickly taken down by a city police officer, who acting in error, stops me on the street and starts making demands. I cant say I'd be any less surprised by such an interaction, and not have a similar shocked response. This incident, combined with the violent arrest of a homeless man last July, and the follow‐up ticketing of the filmer of that incident by one of your officers paints a concerning picture of police accountability in the city. As the police chief, can you provide any insight on this or the other two incidents? Was there any investigation into the officers' conduct? And if so, can you share the result? Regards Sean On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 8:28 AM CityClerk <CityClerk@slocity.org> wrote: Sean Quigley, Thank you for taking the time to contact the City Council on this issue. The City Council has received your communication and Police Chief Scott, who is responsible for responding to your concerns, is copied on this email. Chief Scott or a member of his staff will be following up with you within two business days. City Administration City Clerk's Office 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3218 E cityclerk@slocity.org T 805.781.7100 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications 2 Bcc: Council All From: Shoresman, Michelle <mshoresm@slocity.org> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2023 7:49 PM To: Sean Quigley <squigley707@gmail.com> Cc: E‐mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org> Subject: RE: Police misconduct Hi Sean, I want to make sure that all the other council members and key city staff see your email, so I am copying the emailcouncil@slocity.org email address. Key staff as well as all councilmembers receive emails sent to that address. Thank you for your email. Michelle Shoresman pronouns she/her/hers Council Member Office of the City Council 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E mshoresm@slocity.org C 805.888.1973 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications From: Sean Quigley <squigley707@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2023 3:49 PM To: Shoresman, Michelle <mshoresm@slocity.org> Subject: Police misconduct 1 Taffe, McKenzie From:Inglehart, Brent Sent:Thursday, June 15, 2023 8:17 PM To:Scott, Rick Subject:Re: Missing child Blake, Dustin and Stevens were the hustlers. I simply got photo out. Glad we found her. Good team effort. Have a great night Chief. Brent Brent Inglehart Police Officer City of San Luis Obispo 805.594.8074 Service*Pride*Integrity From: Scott, Rick <rscott@slocity.org> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2023 5:15:32 PM To: Inglehart, Brent <bingleha@slocity.org> Subject: RE: Missing child Great work in quickly finding the kiddoসহ঺঻ Thank you, Rick From: Inglehart, Brent <bingleha@slocity.org> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2023 4:54 PM To: PD_Officers <PD_Officers@slocity.org> Subject: Missing child 7 yrs old Brent Inglehart Police Officer City of San Luis Obispo 805.594.8074 Service*Pride*Integrity 1 Taffe, McKenzie From:Dickel, Jason Sent:Tuesday, January 3, 2023 7:48 PM To:Scott, Rick Subject:Re: Riverside Deputy Cordero Funeral Blake Etherton and Joey Cox sir. They did not personally know him, but know people in common. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android From: Scott, Rick <rscott@slocity.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 7:06:18 PM To: Dickel, Jason <jdickel@slocity.org> Subject: Re: Riverside Deputy Cordero Funeral Thank you Jason for putting this out. Who are the two who came from Riverside? R.Scott On Jan 3, 2023, at 6:59 PM, Dickel, Jason <jdickel@slocity.org> wrote: Hello With the tragic loss of Deputy Isaiah Cordero in Riverside last week, please keep his family and friends in your thoughts in addition to our own two officers here, who are former Riverside County Deputies. The funeral for Deputy Cordero is scheduled for January 6th at 1100 hours in Riverside, Ca. We will be sending a vehicle down and we would like to accommodate those who would like to be there. Overtime is not authorized but if you are interested in attending the funeral, please let me know asap. Sincerely, Jason Jason Dickel Police Lieutenant 2 Police Department 1042 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-2729 E jdickel@slocity.org T 805.781.7317 C 805.431.7167 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 1 Taffe, McKenzie From:Scott, Rick Sent:Thursday, May 25, 2023 11:19 AM To:Dietrick, Christine; Johnson, Derek Subject:Re: Thank you Thank you Christine and Derek for sending these very kind words of appreciation. Thank you, R.Scott On May 25, 2023, at 11:46 AM, Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> wrote: Blake, I wanted to reach out and say thanks for your response and assistance with the gentleman in the Clerk’s Office yesterday. Much appreciated and, as someone who worked closely with schizophrenics in my past life, well managed with a person who is clearly struggling with some chronic mental health issues. Best, Christine Christine Dietrick pronouns she/her/hers City Attorney City Attorney's Office 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E cdietrick@slocity.org T 805.781.7140 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the CONFIDENTIAL use of the designated addressee named above. The information transmitted is subject to the attorney-client privilege and/or represents confidential attorney work product. Recipients should not file copies of this email with publicly accessible records. If you are not the designated addressee named above or the authorized agent responsible for delivering it to the designated addressee, you received this document through inadvertent error and any further review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication by you or anyone else is strictly prohibited. IF YOU RECEIVED 2 THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONING THE SENDER NAMED ABOVE AT (805) 781-7140. Thank you. 1 Taffe, McKenzie From:Mickel, Fred Sent:Monday, January 9, 2023 11:35 AM To:Scott, Rick; Amoroso, Brian Cc:Schafer, Aaron Subject:Staffing for Monday night Chief, Aaron has been working on staffing needs and in communication with Jason. This is the staffing for tonight so far. We plan on holding day watch over as needed (those who are not scheduled to be back tomorrow). Tomorrow's staffing plan is being worked on. Monday night 1/9/2023 1 - Lt Dickel (Station security) 2 – Sergeant Stradley (Patrol) 5 – Patrol Etherton Parsons Bravo Cox Noriega Perlette Storm watch 1 – Sergeant Hurni (17-0000) 6 – Officers Stevens (19 – 0300) Swartz (15-2300) Keller (16 – 2300) Davidson (17- till released) Sandoval(17- till released) Ares (17- till released) Peck (unless he has flooding issues at his home) 1 - FST Karp Fred Mickel Operations Captain Police Department 1042 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-2729 E fmickel@slocity.org T 805.594.8048 slocity.org 2 Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re- transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 1 Taffe, McKenzie From:Sanders, Sue Sent:Tuesday, December 26, 2017 2:00 PM To:Amoroso, Brian Subject:Annual Evaluation - Blake Etherton Flag Status:Completed Hi, Brian. Shall I assign Blake Etherton’s annual evaluation to Jeff Booth? I’m sending out the January evals and his will be due on 1/7/18. Can you let me know? Thanks Sue Sue Sanders Assistant to the Chief of Police Police Department 1042 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-2729 E ssanders@slocity.org T 805.781.7020 slocity.org This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re- transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 1 Taffe, McKenzie From:Staley, Chris Sent:Wednesday, July 8, 2015 3:22 PM To:PD_ALL Subject:MADD Awards This year, the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) are recognizing and honoring law enforcement officers from Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties for their efforts in DUI enforcement. I’m pleased to announce the officers who are recipients for this year’s Award (based on the DUI arrests in 2014). • Officer Tim Koznek = 136 • Officer Luca Benedetti = 46 • Officer Blake Etherton = 36 • Officer Caleb McCornack = 31 • Officer Jeff Koznek = 26 A Recognition Luncheon will be held on July 15th at the University of Santa Barbara’s Corwin Pavilion (located at University Road in Santa Barbara). The luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. If you plan to attend, please let Sue know so she can adjust our rsvp’s accordingly. Congratulations to these officers for their commitment to save lives thru DUI enforcement. Chris Staley Police Captain Police Department 1042 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-2729 E cstaley@slocity.org T 805.781.7142 slocity.org 1 Taffe, McKenzie From:Karp, Paddy Sent:Tuesday, May 10, 2022 12:02 PM To:Siegel, Amanda; Orozco, Rudy Subject:FW: Body Camera Battery Hey Partners, Can someone plz address this for Blake with Watchguard? Thanks, Paddy Karp Field Service Technician Police Department 1016 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-2729 E pkarp@slocity.org T 805.781.7117 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re- transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. From: Etherton, Blake <betherto@slocity.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2022 10:45 AM To: Karp, Paddy <pkarp@slocity.org> Subject: Body Camera Battery Hey Paddy, I was told you’re the person to contact but I also know that might be wrong lol. Anyways, I just got a new battery for my watch guard about 2 weeks ago, due to the last one trying to explode. The current one does not really charge. Or it just charges on a trickle. Just letting you know so it can be passed on to the correct person. Thanks, 2 Blake Etherton Police Officer Police Department 1042 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-2729 E betherton@slocity.org T 805.781.7317 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re- transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 1 Taffe, McKenzie From:Sanders, Sue Sent:Monday, July 6, 2015 2:55 PM To:Staley, Chris Subject:MADD Awards - DRAFT E-Mail Announcements Hi, Chris. Here’s a draft email to notify the recipients of the MADD Award and a second one for the PD_All notification. Please edit and send out.  To the Recipients: I’m pleased to let you know that each of you has been selected as a recipient of the MADD Award based on your DUI arrests in 2014. You will receive a formal announcement and invitation from MADD shortly. An OTS/MADD/AVOID Recognition luncheon will be held on July 15th at the University of Santa Barbara’s Corwin Pavilion (located at University Road in Santa Barbara). The luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. Please mark your calendars to attend. If you cannot attend, please let Sue know so we can adjust our rsvp’s accordingly. Congratulations and thanks for all your efforts.  Officer Tim Koznek = 136  Officer Luca Benedetti = 46  Officer Blake Etherton = 36  Officer Caleb McCornack = 31  Officer Jeff Koznek = 26 To All_PD This year, the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) are recognizing and honoring law enforcement officers from Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties for their efforts to stop the crime of DUI. I’m pleased to announce the names of the recipients for this year’s Award (based on the DUI arrests in 2014).  Officer Tim Koznek = 136  Officer Luca Benedetti = 46  Officer Blake Etherton = 36  Officer Caleb McCornack = 31  Officer Jeff Koznek = 26 A Recognition Luncheon will be held on July 15 h at the University of Santa Barbara’s Corwin Pavilion (located at University Road in Santa Barbara). The luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. If you plan to attend, please let Sue know so she can adjust our rsvp’s accordingly. Congratulations to these officers for their commitment to save lives thru DUI enforcement. Sue Sanders Assistant to the Chief of Police 2 Police Department 1042 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-2729 E ssanders@slocity.org T 805.781.7020 slocity.org 1 Taffe, McKenzie From:Sanders, Sue Sent:Tuesday, July 14, 2015 9:53 AM To:Wade, Aaron (Aaron.Wade@madd.org) Subject:RE: MADD Award Statistics for 2014 - Award Recipients Names / RSVP List Hi, Aaron. Just a slight change to our rsvp list for tomorrow’s luncheon. Officer Etherton cannot make it, but Officer McCornack is bringing his wife, with him. Thanks for all your work! Sue Sue Sanders Assistant to the Chief of Police Police Department 1042 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-2729 E ssanders@slocity.org T 805.781.7020 slocity.org From: Sanders, Sue Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 1:04 PM To: Wade, Aaron (Aaron.Wade@madd.org) Cc: Staley, Chris; Storton, Keith; Mickel, Fred Subject: MADD Award Statistics for 2014 - Award Recipients Names / RSVP List Hi, Aaron. Listed below are the names of the officers who made 25 or more DUI arrests in the calendar year 2014 for recognition at the MADD Recognition Luncheon at the University of Santa Barbara’s Corwin Pavilion on July 15th at 11:30: 1. Officer Tim Koznek = 136 2. Officer Luca Benedetti = 46 3. Officer Blake Etherton = 36 Cannot Attend 4. Officer Caleb McCornack = 31 Will have his wife, attending 5. Officer Jeff Koznek = 26 Also attending the luncheon will be: 1. Captain Chris Staley, Acting Chief of Police 2. Captain Keith Storton 3. Sgt. Fred Mickel Please note that Officer Tim Koznek is partnered with the OTS AVOID DUI Coalition. 2 If you need anything further, please let me know. Thanks for all your help is recognizing the efforts of these officers. Sue Sue Sanders Administrative Assistant Police Department 1042 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E ssanders@slocity.org T 805.781.7020 slocity.org