Thread by @alllocalpolitic

The statements made today by @chief_filice were embarrassing to the residents of the @CityofSalinas. Filice has been the acting Chief for a little over two months because of @AdeleFrese's extended vacation and the only question Sara Rubin of the @mcweekly asked him was about

2/ a crisis in staffing and then a follow up by @MontereyHerald reporter @wrightscribe about ... morale, or staffing? There were three questions total from the "press" one from the Weekly and another from the Monterey Herald. None of them hit the point that #Salinas is a city in

3/ crisis. Does the new Chief live in #Salinas?

We have a sheriff running away from office - 14 months ahead of time and a County Seat that is in trouble - that being #Salinas - the largest city in Monterey County.

As usual there was a lot of talk about how much the community

4/ means to @chief_filice that he lives here (tbd) and how he cut grapes in Italy (which I suppose makes him relatable to the immigrant community in @kimbleycraig's mind) and that he wants to recreation only the best officers - no lowering of standards.

Chief, the problem

5/ w/ @SalinasPD isn't and wasn't with the officers you hire it's what they learn from the Fetherolf, @Kelly_McMillin's and @adelefrese's of the world.

So far what they see is large but politically connected narcotics traffickers getting a pass, criminals getting gun permits and

6/ politicians getting away with public corruption. The same politicians that rub elbows with you at all these publicity events.

That said, this one one of the worst, low attendance announcements of a new chief that I've seen in decades.

That wasn't because of the pandemic. ###