Captain Collins made the announcement of the future AR-15 forum at the 1st Annual Emeryville 'Barbershop Forum', a series of police department sponsored public forums to build community trust after the tragic BART police shooting of Oscar Grant in 2009. Top brass of police departments from around the Bay Area attended the Emeryville event tonight including the Chiefs of San Francisco, Oakland and Hayward. Emeryville's Chief of Police, Jennifer Tejada was notably absent however.
Making the announcement to the crowd of 50 or so members of the public tonight, Officer Collins didn't commit to a date or location for the proposed AR-15 forum but presumably it will take place at Emeryville City Hall Council chambers as part of a 'Special Meeting'. Such community forums commonly occur before regularly scheduled Council meetings. The Tattler will announce the date and pertinent information as soon as it is made public.
A public forum on the future of assault weapons in the hands of our police is a welcome gesture from the EPD. Correction: Oscar Grant was killed by a BART policeman, not an Oakland policeman.
ReplyDeleteHoly smokes...not OPD, it was a BART cop that killed Oscar Grant. Dumb mistake. Thanks for the correction Joe.
DeleteFirst Brian took away the ability for the police to inform us about the race of crime suspects so we can help catch them and make our city safer, now he wants to disarm the cops. The reward the cops are going to get for doing your bidding is they're going to get their guns taken away from them. Serves them right for ever listening to you.
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