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Consider Directing Staff to Draft a Letter on Behalf of the City Council to the Alameda County District Attorney in Support of the Police Chief/Police Department Request to Add Special Circumstances Against Shane Killian. (Councilmember Herrera Spencer)
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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
The Council can take any of the following actions:
1) Take no action.
2) Refer the matter to staff to schedule as a future City Council agenda item. Concurrence that staff time will be devoted to the item does not signify approval.
3) Take dispositive action only on time sensitive legislative matters if sufficiently noticed such that the public and Council have been provided sufficient information by the published agenda, and no formal published notice of a public hearing is required.
Name of Councilmember(s) requesting referral: Trish Herrera Spencer
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): July 18, 2024
Council Meeting date: September 3, 2024
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
Request City Council direct City Manager's office or appropriate staff to draft a letter on behalf of City Council to Alameda County District Attorney in support of Police Chief Joshi's/Alameda Police Department's request to add/impose special circumstances where appropriate against Shane Killian and that such direction be given by Council at the September 3, 2024 Council meeting or as soon as possible.
See article, "Alameda police chief urges tougher charges in family massacre," July 17, 2024. https://www.ktvu.com/news/alameda-top-cop-bristles-das-charging-decision-family-slayings
Excerpts from the article include:
"The person who did this should be held accountable," Joshi said.
"I've been a police officer for 26 years. I've seen a lot in my career. This is for sure, if not the most shocking,...
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