Schmidt’s letter to DA

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Our in-depth series on Chico policing:

Professor blasts Chico cops in fatal shooting (May 22, 2017)

Professor's letter to the DA (May 15, 2017)

Group may ask for citizen oversight board (May 4, 2017)

Swift siege leads to fatal shooting (April 19, 2017)

Sheriff's captain blasts crisis training (April 8, 2017)

Speakers call for outside investigator (April 6, 2017)

Chico police deploy body cameras (April 4, 2017)

Police shooting sparks protests (March 20, 2017)

Police-community relations on the mend (March 4, 2017)

Investigators hunt missing cell phone (Oct. 3, 2016)

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Celebrating Desmond

Prof’s letter to the DA

Read Diane E. Schmidt's letter to Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey on the fatal shooting of Desmond Phillips.

Schmidt is a professor in the Chico State criminal justice program and a long-time resident of the Chico area.

Dave Phillips & Rep. Doug LaMalfa

Dave Phillips addressed his son's death at the hands of Chico police with the District 1 congressman at the April 17 town hall meeting in Oroville.
Thanks to KZFR 90.1 FM, which aired this excerpt on April 18 at 11 a.m.

Phillips refutes police claim

David Phillips showed the Human Relations Network of Butte County (HRN) a piece of wood that he says was like the splintered doorjamb police claim was in his slain son’s hand. Phillips claims the hands of his son, Desmond Phillips, were empty when he was shot to death by Chico police. (See story on HRN meeting here. ) — photo by Dave Waddell.

A revolving door

Who occupied the Chico Police Department's chief's post:

Mike Maloney (2009-April 2012)
Kirk Trostle (2012-December 2014)
Mike Dunbaugh (January 2015-June 2015)
Mike O’Brien (June 2015-present)

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