Remember BART PD? Let Them Know You Do at Public Forum on New Police Chief on 12/17/09

While BART's PR machine saw fit to blame Oscar Grant for his own murder in April, it also recently credited Gary Gee with thirty-six years of "dedicated service" -- this, despite that fact that Gee has overseen an abhorrently dysfunctional and corrupt police force as documented by NOBLE in their review of BART PD and Meyers Nave with their investigation into the events of New Year's Day, and despite the fact that Gee refused to hold a single person accountable related to the murder of Oscar Grant, even going so far as to declare that every officer acted professionally and according to protocol on January 1st. Currently, Gee is on extended medical leave until he cashes out at the end of this year.

Commander Dan Hartwig is now filling in as interim police chief and on November 21st, a BART police officer was again caught on camera using excessive force. In a subsequent meeting of BART's Police Department Review Committee on November 25th, when questioned about supposed increased training of BART officers, especially regarding mental health issues, Hartwig played typical police misconduct apologist and showed open hostility to public accountability by implying that only police officers are in a position to question police brutality. Of course, Hartwig was hired for the job by Dorothy Dugger.

In short, can the community really afford to sit back and allow Dorothy Dugger to choose the next chief of police at BART?


Protest at BART Public Meeting on New Police Chief
Thursday December 17th
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter Auditorium
101 - 8th Street in Oakland
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/06/18631625.php


BART Committee on Police Violence Caught on Camera, Hiring Police Chief, & New Year's Eve, 11/25/09: audio
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/28/18630712.php

Violence again on BART involving police and passenger
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/23/18630174.php#18630185