.@SalinasPD is in a state of existential crisis. That should concern all of Monterey County - as well as the more powerful @MCoSheriff's dept. (@MontereyPolice)
These are leaderless entities.
Something has gone wrong.
The Salinas Chief is @AdeleFrese
And @SheriffBernal is
These are leaderless entities.
Something has gone wrong.
The Salinas Chief is @AdeleFrese
And @SheriffBernal is
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the head of MCSO.
Bernal was a deputy when $750,000 bought him a seat at the table. A deputy! With 12 years on the job. 12 uneventful years - Steve Bernal was never a barn burner, as my friends like to say. He was the dude who walked into
the head of MCSO.
Bernal was a deputy when $750,000 bought him a seat at the table. A deputy! With 12 years on the job. 12 uneventful years - Steve Bernal was never a barn burner, as my friends like to say. He was the dude who walked into
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briefing with a "pull my finger" joke.
This guy 👇
briefing with a "pull my finger" joke.
This guy 👇
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Adele Frese became the Chief of Police in Salinas after @Kelly_McMillin retired.
Ultimately Kelly turned out to be worse than I had ever thought possible - and I've known Kelly since he was hired by SPD.
In Kelly's absence the @CityofSalinas - led by former Det. Joe Gunter,
Adele Frese became the Chief of Police in Salinas after @Kelly_McMillin retired.
Ultimately Kelly turned out to be worse than I had ever thought possible - and I've known Kelly since he was hired by SPD.
In Kelly's absence the @CityofSalinas - led by former Det. Joe Gunter,
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someone I considered a friend - brought in Frese (whose husband is an officer with Monterey PD).
I was told Frese was selected behind the scenes because she is a person is does what she is told.
So who is really running @SalinasPD?
Someone ask @PhillipsForSup.
someone I considered a friend - brought in Frese (whose husband is an officer with Monterey PD).
I was told Frese was selected behind the scenes because she is a person is does what she is told.
So who is really running @SalinasPD?
Someone ask @PhillipsForSup.
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Why is any meaningful coverage of these serious issues left out of @salnews, @montereyherald and @mcweekly, the three struggling but still existing newspapers in MoCo?
The Salinas Californian and Monterey Herald are controlled by large corporate and hedge fund interests.
Why is any meaningful coverage of these serious issues left out of @salnews, @montereyherald and @mcweekly, the three struggling but still existing newspapers in MoCo?
The Salinas Californian and Monterey Herald are controlled by large corporate and hedge fund interests.
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They have a few reporters on staff, nothing compared to what these local titans of journalism once credibly boasted.
They have been destroyed and guys like @JimJohnson_MCH are so traumatized by this fact that they have grown apathetic to their profession and who could blame
They have a few reporters on staff, nothing compared to what these local titans of journalism once credibly boasted.
They have been destroyed and guys like @JimJohnson_MCH are so traumatized by this fact that they have grown apathetic to their profession and who could blame
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them. Guys like Johnson and @dkellogg66 have seen their decades long employers decimated.
@bradleyzeve is another issue, however.
It is in this mix of growing isolation (from their perspective) and absolute unchecked corruption that our Monterey County "leading"
them. Guys like Johnson and @dkellogg66 have seen their decades long employers decimated.
@bradleyzeve is another issue, however.
It is in this mix of growing isolation (from their perspective) and absolute unchecked corruption that our Monterey County "leading"
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law enforcement agencies have been rendered completely impotent to deal with serious public corruption threats - while the Bradley Zeve's remain silent.
And therein lay the problem.
The complicity in allowing beautiful Monterey County to become a rusted ship with
law enforcement agencies have been rendered completely impotent to deal with serious public corruption threats - while the Bradley Zeve's remain silent.
And therein lay the problem.
The complicity in allowing beautiful Monterey County to become a rusted ship with
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a new coat of paint.
Time will tell if this is correctable but it's an indication of where the US is headed without serious intervention.
Also ... @GavinNewsom.
a new coat of paint.
Time will tell if this is correctable but it's an indication of where the US is headed without serious intervention.
Also ... @GavinNewsom.
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