Next week the City and the B'game Police Department will be holding a Zoom Townhall meeting on the "use of force" and will be responding to questions from the public. While it's tempting to question if this topic should be our first priority for BPD community outreach, I decided to go ahead and submit my questions. Here they are:
- What are BPD’s responsibilities for mutual aid to neighboring cities that “defund” their police when we are fully funding ours? Have we notified those city councils of the potential for reduced aid?
- If the city allocated 10% more funding to BPD today, how would it utilize the funds?
- What evidence exists to support Councilman Brownrigg’s public assertion that “so many of our neighbors and friends and residents fear the police”? (Daily Journal, June 19, 2020)
- Please describe in detail what the City Council would like to see happen when:
-A 6’2” 220 lb. male reacts physically to a 5’6” 145 lb. female BPD officer?
-A driver with fully opaque windows refuses to lower all windows?
- What is the risk of senior, tenured officers taking early retirement or filing for disability due to the demonization of police nationally, in the Bay Area, and in Burlingame?
- How many slots will there be in the training program for new officers in the next three years?
- What are our current capabilities to repel a violent outbreak in Burlingame? What Police PPE, vehicles, canine support, etc. is fully operational?
- In the event of a natural disaster or violent outbreak, how many hours or days will it take to have at least 80% of the entire police force in town and on duty?
- How many of Burlingame’s 23,000 adult residents have been issued active concealed permits (CCW) today? What are the requirements for a Burlingame resident to obtain a concealed carry permit today? Does the city offer training classes to provide the skills required to be granted a concealed carry permit?
The meeting is on July 23 at 6:30 pm and the City is requesting questions by 4 pm the day before at [email protected]. We'll see how many questions can be addressed in the 90 minutes allocated. If you want to ask the council why they sold the Measure I sales tax as a new BPD funding source for two more uniformed officers if they were unhappy with the force, now would be a good time to do so. The times they are a'changing especially for those with short memories.
Excellent questions Joe.
Thanks for the info
Will be watching
Posted by: Barking Dog | July 15, 2020 at 09:54 AM
As well, how does the City and citizens directly support our police and their families physically, emotionally, spiritually?
Posted by: Peter Garrison | July 15, 2020 at 03:19 PM
Give it a Rest All.
If you are afraid to live in Burlingame, CA. you need more Xanax.
Or, email Hillsider. He loves to share Positive Ideas.
Posted by: [email protected] | July 15, 2020 at 07:11 PM
Good luck getting them to answer any of your questions. This isn't about Burlingame. It's so the future assembly candidates can prove they are woke.
Posted by: JP | July 15, 2020 at 08:34 PM
Woke?
What does that mean?
Posted by: [email protected] | July 16, 2020 at 07:23 PM
I need to go buy a lottery ticket. hollyroller and I agree on something.
Posted by: hillsider | July 18, 2020 at 04:48 PM
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Any Luck?
Posted by: Barking Dog | July 18, 2020 at 09:42 PM
No..
Thanks anyway.
Posted by: [email protected] | July 19, 2020 at 06:32 PM
Getting back to JP...
Woke?
What does that mean?
Woke?
Posted by: [email protected] | July 19, 2020 at 07:14 PM
If you are interested, here is how the Q&A will work tomorrow night:
"We will alternate between the written questions received in advance and the people who want to ask a question live, or message the City Clerk during the meeting.
If someone sends us multiple questions in advance, we will respond to one, then move on to someone else, then rotate back to the original person after all other questions have been asked.
We hope this will give everyone a chance to have at least one question asked and answered. If there are questions that we can’t answer during the meeting or that we can’t get to, we will post answers on the website."
Posted by: Joe | July 22, 2020 at 09:33 PM
Beach has fallen off the cliff....
Posted by: Barking Dog | July 23, 2020 at 08:05 PM
Big big aspirations for higher office. We're just the little people who form the on-ramp.
Posted by: resident | July 23, 2020 at 08:54 PM
Just read in the Daily Post that Silicon Valley Clean Energy offers city councils $10,000 to put a ban on natural gas in new homes on the council agenda.
Posted by: Cassandra | July 24, 2020 at 10:12 AM
Why is this even being discussed? Once again, lets not fix something that isn't broke.
Posted by: TERRY STENIBACH | July 24, 2020 at 10:45 AM
Terry, if you are talking about cops and not natural gas they are talking about it because future Assembly candidate Emily Beach needs to be on record closely overseeing the police and fighting Systemic Racism
Posted by: resident | July 24, 2020 at 12:53 PM
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Posted by: resident | August 25, 2020 at 11:44 AM
Keeping our protectors in my prayers every day and night.
Posted by: Peter Garrison | August 25, 2020 at 02:41 PM