{"id":499,"date":"2011-01-15T15:17:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T22:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cana16.com\/?p=499"},"modified":"2011-01-15T15:17:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T22:17:33","slug":"we-must-not-allow-the-police-to-ignore-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cana16.com\/?p=499","title":{"rendered":"WE MUST NOT ALLOW THE POLICE TO IGNORE US"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been nearly two months since our last appearance at the Police Board meeting. We skipped the December meeting and the January meeting is coming up in about5 days. It looks like we must make another appearance at the Police Board meeting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0At the last meeting we made requests for information from the Police Department Superintendent. At that time the General Counsel for Superintendent Weis stated that she would prepare a response to our questions.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Some of the questions we raised were related to the Office of Emergency Management, a separate organization. The Chairman of the Police Board stated that he would ask the management of the OEMC to send a representative to the Police Board meeting to address the issues we raised.<\/p>\n

\u00a0We have not received a response from the General Counsel for Superintendent Weis. Freedom of Information requests should receive a response in less than 2 weeks. The Executive Director for the Police Board stated that he will look into this matter.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The OEMC has stated that it will be in attendance at the next Police Board meeting on Thursday, January 20, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u00a0It may be that senior management of the Police Department is waiting to see if we have given up the pursuit. If we don\u2019t persist, they won\u2019t have to do anything more.<\/p>\n

\u00a0We must continue to let them know that these issues are important to us and we expect their full attention. We can do that by:<\/p>\n