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Residents press council on policing and alleged misconduct; debate over verifying councilmembereligibility flares
Summary
A lengthy public-comment period raised concerns about policing, alleged harassment by an elected councilmember and calls for the council to verify that the member is not a convicted felon; the council debated options and a motion to have a resident gather records failed 2—3.
Dozens of residents used the meeting's public-comment period to press the council on public-safety staffing and alleged misconduct by an elected official. Comments ranged from praise for police patrols to detailed accusations against Councilman Joseph Lowry (transcript spelling varies between Lowry/Lowery).
Jack Mazzola, a resident, opened public comment by praising the police: “I just wanna congratulate chief Aragon, his staff, and all of our officers who've been doing a really good job bringing crime down.” Several other speakers followed with complaints and allegations.
Carl Beard urged Chief Aragon to investigate allegedly missing or stonewalled harassment reports involving a councilmember: “...we're compiling a political file on all these complaints. And from what I'm finding out, a lot of this stuff never was documented,” Beard said, and asked why reports were not forwarded to the district attorney.
Harvey Freebird described behavior he…
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