The San Diego City Council has appointed nine commissioners to the Commission on Police Practices (CPP).<\/p>\n
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The following candidates have been appointed to the CPP in their respective categories:<\/p>\n
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District 8 Representative:<\/p>\n
Jesus Martin Gallegos-Munoz<\/p>\n
Low- and- Moderate Income Category:<\/p>\n
Rashida HameedFrancisco Peralta VargasScott RodriguezJames Tyrell Ruland<\/p>\n
Youth Category:<\/p>\n
At-large Category:<\/p>\n
Michael Alan FockenCrystal Van Dyke<\/p>\n
\u201cCongratulations to the new appointees and thank you for your willingness to volunteer time and energy to fulfill the will of San Diego voters and perform police oversight,\u201d said Council President Joe LaCava. \u201cThe work of the Commission on Police Practices helps build trust between the public and the police, a critical component of public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n
The appointments add commissioners to the body, which can comprise up to 25 people. All appointees must subscribe to the Oath of Office and receive training to carry out their duties.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are grateful to the City Council for appointing this dynamic group of new Commissioners,\u201d said Roger Smith, Executive Director of the Office of the Commission on Police Practices. \u201cThey come from a variety of professional backgrounds and represent every corner of San Diego. We are excited to work with them to carry out the mandate and mission of Measure B.\u201d<\/p>\n
The CPP is an independent community oversight body of the San Diego Police Department.\u00a0It has investigatory, review, and auditing powers, including the power to make factual determinations about investigated matters and to make advisory recommendations regarding police officers’ actions and the department’s procedures, policies, and practices.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Commission’s mission is to hold law enforcement accountable to the community and increase community trust in law enforcement, resulting in increased safety for both the community and law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Diego City Council has appointed nine commissioners to the Commission on Police Practices (CPP). \u00a0 The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-398677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}