Chico PD to get a 15% raise?

5 Responses to “Chico PD to get a 15% raise?”

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   Scott Rushing October 16, 2023 at 6:51 pm #

   Juanita, I am following up on your comment about the Chico PD agreement with the city. The excerpt below is from the agenda of the October 3rd council meeting:

   2.5.
   CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL–ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
   Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of section 54956.9: 27 cases

   2.6.
   CLOSED SESSION ITEMS THAT AROSE AFTER THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA

   3.
   ADJOURNMENT – The meeting will adjourn to the Adjourned Regular City Council Meeting on October 17, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 421 Main Street, Chico, CA.

   My comment:

   Twenty-seven cases seem like a lot. Are you aware of the costs to the taxpayer?

   Also, the agreement between Chico PD and the city did not include random drug testing of the officers. The agreement did not include the requirement that officers pass tests of psychological fitness at any time.

   I believe there are some recent alarming incidents of domestic violence by Chico PD officers being investigated right now.

   The agreement appears to not only be generous but incomplete.

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   Scott Rushing October 17, 2023 at 11:08 am #

   SUMMARY: Juanita, hopefully, some of your followers will note the 27 legal cases the city is defending. Why?
   Also, the contract between the city and the police rightfully includes physical fitness but no requirement for annual psychological screening for mental fitness or random drug testing. Why not?

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     Juanita Sumner October 20, 2023 at 5:43 am #

     Thanks Scott – why are we paying for gym memberships when there is a facility at the police station? We also pay them to shower, shave and dress – “don and doff”. But those are penny-anny compared to their pension and health benefits, for which they contribute next to nothing out of salaries over $100,000/year.

     Yes, given their behavior at times, I would like random drug testing. I would like to know how many of them are on what prescriptions. And they should be required to see a registered mental health professional on a regular basis – I’d say monthly.

     Thanks for chiming in Scott, I hope people are paying attention. I was not able to attend the meeting and I’m waiting to see the video.

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   BC October 26, 2023 at 5:00 am #

   This post is off-topic but I wanted to bring something to your attention. I saw a short piece in the Enterprise Record which was discussing the proficiency ratings of public schools in Chico.

   I reviewed a couple of independent school rating sites, to get a more comprehensive and balanced view of the data.

   The data for elementary and middle schools is shockingly bad. Even the highest rated schools in Chico have nearly 30 to 40% of the students who are not proficient in English and math at grade level. And if you take a closer look at the numbers You will see that in most elementary schools they get progressively worse as the students M
   Move from grade to grade.

   It appears that the lowest performing schools such as Chapman elementary have 80% of the students who are not achieving at grade level.

   I will concede the point that I just took a summary view of the data, But if this is even close to being true I would think that the parents in chico would be very upset. And should be.

   Because 15 years from now this is the future of chico.

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     Juanita Sumner October 26, 2023 at 7:18 am #

     Wow, I have quit keeping track of CUSD, but I knew the situation is bad because I know kids who’ve been through our local schools. Thanks for the info – can you send a link or two?

     And I think this post is a perfectly appropriate place to post this – we pay teachers almost on par with the police department, although they don’t get all the benies. While the city is not responsible for the schools I think quality of schools is the business of the city. I think Chapman is in Mayor Coolidge’s district.

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