From: Christopher Jordan Dorner /7648 To: America Subj: Last resort Regarding CF# 07-004281 I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days. You are...
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We beleive, what the Daily Post failed to report and disclose, were all the documents concerning their California Public Records Request Act requests, and subsequent opposing answers from the city of Los Altos. We’ve done that for them now. After all, isn’t that what it’s all about?  Open Government and Transparency in reporting the...
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It was literally an open mic with only two of the original police community advisory group members present to hear Palo Alto Police Chief Dennis Burns outline its future role. The police advisory group was secretly formed by Chief Dennis Burns with its members handpicked from the community, several being rejected during the interviewing...
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I could go into great detail on how taser guns do not work as claimed by law enforcement and Taser International and actually often times exacerbate benign situations, but I will save that for another story. Before we address the effectiveness and safety of tasers we should determine if Police Chief Greg Suhr will...
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By now you know the story about the naked Menlo Park police detective who was arrested in Sunnyvale motel room with a prostitute wearing a catsuit. When I heard about it, I had a good laugh like everybody else. But upon reflection, this story is deeply troubling because two parties — Santa Clara County...
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As an elected or appointed official, the prosecutor is the most powerful official in the criminal justice system. Prosecutors exercise unfettered discretion, deciding who to charge with a crime, what charges to file, when to drop the charges, whether or not to plea bargain, and how to allocate prosecutorial resources. In jurisdictions where the...
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“Driver says he was spit upon in parking spat” as reported Daily Post today. Finding parking in Palo Alto can be stressful, so much so that one man was cited for misdemeanor battery after allegedly spitting on a driver who blocked two parking spaces. Police said psychiatrist Peter Lucy, 62 of Los Altos, became...
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A non-profit organization starts a global search to find candidates willing to settle on the Red Planet… indefinitely By Samantha Rollins | January 9, 2013 The dream of colonizing Mars may no longer be relegated to the world of science fiction. If Netherlands non-profit Mars One succeeds in its elaborate mission, humans could be settling on...
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When Santa Clara County Deputy District attorney Ben Field was handed a four-year suspension from the practice of law after a State Bar finding of ethical misconduct, some have suggested the reprimand was too harsh. Given the nature of the misconduct outlined in the case against Field, I believe a stronger case can be...
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Well, as the Holidays wind down and the new year begins, I find myself as usual “waxing philosophical.” I also find myself waxing the car. Yes, just thinking how the New Year will be now that I am pushing sixty and a third of my life is over. It’s time to review my life,...
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