In this press release from the City of Mesa News Room on Thu 20 April 2017 @ 3:37 pm,
Mesa City Manager Chris Brady announced today that the search for a new police chief has been narrowed to four finalists, one of whom is Robert L. Davis, shown in the image to the left from an article published on April 08, 2009 from Metro Active
Chief Concerns
How did the once-popular Rob Davis become the most controversial Top cop in recent San Jose history? ...
Another article published on July 26, 2010 nine months later by ABC News 7 San Jose Police Chief Rob Davis stepping down
announced that "San Jose's police chief abruptly announced his retirement Monday. Chief Rob Davis will step down after 30 years on the police force. . . "
Wondering why, after 30 years Police Chief Davis abruptly resigns? .....Controversy
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The report By Erin Sherbet starts off like this:
THE DISASTERS tumbled like dominoes.
A Taser death, a police shooting, and later a community blowup over allegations that San Jose's police disproportionately arrest Latinos for public-drunkenness. Concerned that policing practices damaged downtown's economic health, the downtown association's head called for a commission to help police better manage nightlife issues.
In the past six months, Rob Davis has lost support, becoming the most controversial San Jose police chief since the department became a modern urban force under Harvard-educated reformer Joseph McNamara three decades ago.
The affable chief is typically comfortable in the public eye, but these days, Davis is discovering that he cannot talk his way out of trouble.
His critics include not only traditional police watchdogs like the ACLU, the NAACP and Latino community groups but also city officials, business owners and law enforcement leaders....and then there's list report from October 1, 2014 that might ring an alarm bell here in Mesa about staggering costs of pension benefits and the role of Police/Fire unions donating money for political campaigns
Former San Jose Police Chiefs Paid $5.3 Million from Pensions
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| Rob Davis retirement party |
But Davis didn’t mention that he and his fellow chiefs abandoned the infant when they golden parachuted to lucrative new gigs while still receiving 90 percent of their final salaries—plus 3 percent cost of living increases—for the rest of their days. Fly asked City Hall for compensation numbers on the four pensioners, and their active retirements could just as easily boost the argument as to why pensions needed to be scaled back in the first place.
Davis, who retired on Halloween 2010 and now holds a private-security consulting gig, has already deposited $817,497 in retirement checks.
His annual pension is about $215,00.
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| Chris Brady |
QUESTION: Does Mesa City Manager Chris Brady's recommendation to consider him as a candidate for the Mesa Police Chief show that he knows any of this information? Or is there another reason?
In the city's press release there's this:
“The candidates interviewed during this recruitment are public safety professionals with superior credentials and experience.” City Manager Chris Brady said. “I am excited that we have four very qualified individuals who have the knowledge, skills and experience to lead our police department. All the candidates who have participated are strong leaders and represent the best in their field.”
Is this statement quoted believable at all in reference to Robert L. Davis looking at this information below?
"Davis had apparently planned this for awhile, since the day he took office actually. It did not come as a surprise. At the end of October, he will have spent 30 years with the department. He started as an officer and will leave as police chief.
With 30 years nder his belt, he will be entitled to a pension worth 90 percent of his salary. This year, that amounts to about $215,000.
Davis was sworn into office in January of 2004 touted as progressive and technology-minded.
"The day I got sworn in, in my speech, I said we've got to move this department into the next century and get technology on board and get it used," he said.
Under Chief Davis, neighborhood crime data became available online and the department is now the first in the country where officers have deployed mini video field cameras. But, there has also been controversy including two high-profile officer-involved shootings in the Vietnamese community and charges of excessive force and racial profiling from other minorities
His current employer Hillard Heintze has this posted mentioning a special emphasis on ethics and integrity programs, as well as issues ranging from use of force policy to active shooter planning.
Since joining Hillard Heintze, Rob has led the firm’s Law Enforcement Consulting services. This responsibility has ranged from serving as a strategic advisor on a high-level engagement Hillard Heintze conducted in partnership with DHS’s Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute to evaluate integrity and counter-corruption programs within U.S. Customs and Border Protection to advancing the firm’s on-the-ground support to working with collaborative reform for a growing list of cities across the United States.
Rob has also earned international recognition as an expert in addressing gangs and gang violence, having served as a consultant for the U.S. State Department on five occasions. He traveled throughout Central and South America to train federal police agencies, politicians, government administrators, education leaders, heads of social service organizations and citizens regarding the design, implementation and evaluation of anti-gang programs. Rob has served in national and international leadership positions, in part as President of the Major Cities Chiefs Association.
Robert L. Davis
Senior Vice President, Practice Lead, Law Enforcement Consulting
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