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Home My WebLink AboutSpecial Meeting - Closed Session - Public Employment - Polic City of Huntington Beach File #: 21-885 MEETING DATE: 11/12/2021 Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b)(1), the City Council shall recess to Closed Session to discuss the following personnel matter: Public Employment - Police Chief Recruitment ��...,..:.;•.r B,.i.. _. V a Pr,me ! -n 11/10/2021 ..;tA LN- IS r-• Estanislau, Robin From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Friday, November 12, 2021 7:35 AM SUPPLEME N i AL To: Agenda Alerts COMMUNICATION Subject: FW: POLICE CHIEF MeeSng Date. 4gende Item No.; From:surfPCH42<surfPCH42@protonmail.com> ' Sent:Thursday, November 11, 2021 7:26 PM To:Carr, Kim<Kim.Carr@surfcity-hb.org>; Delgleize, Barbara <Barbara.Delgleize@surfcity-hb.org>; Peterson, Erik <Erik.Peterson@surfcity-hb.org>; Posey, Mike<Mike.Posey@surfcity-hb.org>; Kalmick, Dan <Dan.Kalmick@surfcity- hb.org>; Moser, Natalie<Natalie.Moser@surfcity-hb.org>; Bolton, Rhonda <Rhonda.Bolton@surfcity-hb.org>; Chi,Oliver <olrver.chi @surfcity-h b.org> Cc: Fikes,Cathy<CFikes@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: POLICE CHIEF To the Honorable Huntington Beach Mayor and City Council Members, Rumor has it this gentleman is being strongly considered for our next police chief. Please consider ALL of the information below. The city of HB deserves better. • One of the officers told the Sentinel, "It is common knowledge within the rank-and-file that Chief Johnson is just an administrator and lacks basic law-enforcement skills. • It has been said numerous times that Chief Johnson has theoretical knowledge of police work and very little practical application of law-enforcement." • "Hired in March 2015, Johnson had a softer touch with homelessness than many liked, including Thouvenell, himself formar Upland police chief, who stepped in to bring some order to Memorial Park. And Johnson had a Jeff Sessions-like approach to marijuana, with a suprising degree of personal involvement: He led at least two raids on..." h"ys://ww,w.dailybulletin.com/2017/11/07/with-veteran-as-interim-pol ice-chief-upland-seeks-to-regain-footing/ 1 • "According to Bierbaum. Johnson's managerial approach has resulted in experienced and talented officers leaving the department. • 'The Upland Police Department lowered hiring standards subsequent to his hiring. There have been eight officers that he hired and subsequently fired." • Despite the praise Johnson earned from some homeless advocates for his approach with regard to the treatment of the indigent within city limits, a sizable contingent of citizens concerned about the high profile presence of the homeless in city parks. has expressed the belief Johnson has shied away from enforcing important aspects of the law.They say the police department has failed to adequately ensure that municipal codes are enforced at the city's parks, and that this has resulted in many residents being reluctant to make use of the city's recreational facilities • Members of the El Centro City Council blasted their police chief recently for the way a countywide organization is spending state grant money meant to aid the region's homeless population, calling the organization a "bureaucracy of waste" where emergency funds are being funneled to "couch surfers" rather than the chronically homeless. Police Chief Brian Johnson, who is a member of the nine-person Imperial Valley Continuum of Care Council executive board, • El Centro is the home of the largest police misconduct settlement in the history of Southern California. Let that sink in. then let me know if you think police brutality exists in the Valley. • El Centro Council Blasts Homelessness Agency as a "Bureaucracy of Waste" httns:/Icalexicochronicle.com/2020/07/24/el-Centro-count i I-blasts-homeless ness-agency-as.a.bureaucracy-ot-waste/ "Members of the El Centro City Council blasted their police chief recently for the way a countywide organization is spending state grant money meant to aid the region's homeless population, calling the organization a "bureaucracy of waste" where emergency funds are being funneled to "couch surfers" rather than the chronically homeless. Police Chief Brian Johnson, who is a member of the nine-person Imperial Valley Continuum of Care Council executive board, was updating the City Council on July 21 about his board's use and plans for millions of dollars in state funding for emergency homeless programs—most of 2 which has gone unspent after a year—that are being administered by the 1 VCCC when council members made those comments." Power struggle in Upland police department nets two top cops suspended https://sbLsentinel.com/2017/05/power-struggle-i n-upland-ppl ice-department-nets-two-top-cops-sttspgnsions-2! Article quote: I can state with absolute confidence that close to 80 percent of the police department's sworn personnel are prepared to stand up with a vote of no confidence towards the current chief of police," Bierbaum told the Sentinel. -Mark Gutglueck hugs:Hm.facebook.com/aroues/707400549390360/permalink/1073815436082201/ "Despite the praise Johnson earned from some homeless advocates for his approach with regard to the treatment of the indigent within city limits, a sizable contingent of citizens concerned about the high profile presence of the homeless in city parks, has expressed the belief Johnson has shied away from enforcing important aspects of the law. They say the police department has failed to adequately ensure that municipal codes are enforced at the city's parks, and that this has resulted in many residents being reluctant to make use of the city's recreational facilities" • Huntington Beach mom alleges Upland police falsely imprisoned her in marijuana dispensary — Orange Count' Registerhttps://www.ocreeister.com/2017/03/29,buntington-beach-mum-allcbe - upland-tx,lice-lalxh-impriwned-her-in-marijuana-dispel.im amp/ Article quote: • UPLAND — A woman alleges that in shutting down a medical marijuana dispensary in January, police Chief Brian Johnson and another Upland police officer locked her and a security guard inside the pot shop for about an hour. tttps://%-%iv.pressreader.com/usa/imperial-valley press/202t 1028/28148�.9;7454.C;8�g ECD officer facing lawsuit from prior job EL CENTRO-An Ell Centro Police officer is named as a defendant in a federal constitutional rights lawsuit alleging excessive force stemming from an incident at his previous job, federal court records show. Grant Hasselbach began his job at EI Centro Police on Dec. 15, 2020,the City Manager's Office reported. Previously, he was an officer in Huntington Beach in the Los Angeles area from March 29, 2014. to Aug. 27, 2020. an ofticial from that city reported. Upland PD Attrition Rate Eclipses Ten Percent Yearly 3 https://sbcsentine1.com/2017/08/upland-pd-attrition-rate-eclipses-ten-percent-yearly/ "Each and every one who left did so mostly due to turmoil and dissatisfaction with the chief of police," Bierbaum asserted. "The Upland Police Department lowered hiring standards subsequent to his hiring. There have been eight officers that he hired and subsequently fired. An additional four quit because they decided police work wasn't for them. That is a failure of the management structure within the Upland Police Department." Bierbaum laid the responsibility for the exodus of experienced police officers at the feet of Upland Police Chief Brian Johnson. "It costs about $50,000 to hire an officer," said Bierbaum. "By one measure, the losses suffered by the city since Chief Johnson was hired equates to about $12 million in lost investments in personnel, salary, benefits, training, overtime and pension costs. Upland is still responsible for the pension costs of those officers leaving or who have left. Chief Johnson has opened the floodgates and the devastation has only begun." Former Upland police captain sues ex-chief, city httRsJMNwst)sun.a)m/2017/11/09/former-upland-rxditt--cApWin-suctirx-chkf-cih/ Former Upland police Capt. Anthony Yoakum, who was dismissed by the city, has sued former Upland Police Chief Brian Johnson and the city, alleging Johnson gave confidential personnel information about Yoakum and made false statements about his performance to other law enforcement agencies. Upland Police Chief, At Odds With Neari Four-Fifths Of His Officers, Resigns hnps:l/sbcsenti nel.com/2017/10/upla nd-police-chief-at-odds-with-nearly-four-fifths-of-h is- officers-resigns/ the Upland Police Officers Association had called for, and held, a vote of no confidence against Johnson. The Sentinel was told that 78 percent of the association voted against Johnson or"no confidence." Ten percent voted that they yet had "confidence" in Johnson's leadership of the department. The balance, some 12 percent, rendered a verdict of"undecided." For slightly more than six months, the investigation of Teague was ongoing, and the suspensions of Yoakum and Simpson continued. During that time, all three remained in limbo and on paid leave, representing a cost of roughly $270,000. Taken together with the $30,000 spent on the management consultant's inquiry into Johnson's action, the cost to Upland's taxpayers growing out of the January 21 incident approximated $300,000 monetarily, and the loss of Yoakum's, Simpson's, and Teague's services throughout the six-month plus duration. Upland Police Chief Fires Department's Highest Ranking Captain & Senior Sergeant 4 httr)s://sbcsentinel.com/2017/1 0/upland-t)ol ice-chief-fires-departments-highest-ranking-captain-senior-sergeant/ With veteran cop as interim police chief, Upland seeks to regain footing https://www.dailybulleti n.com/2017/11/07/with-veteran-as-interim-pol ice-chief-upland-seeks-to-regain-footing/ • Captain Anthony Yoakum, The People's Police Chief, Files Lawsuit Against City of Upland, Upland Police Department & Former Police Chief Johnson! — The Upland Report https://theuplandreport.wordpress.com/2017/11/07/captain-anthonv-voakum-the-peoples-police-chief-files- lawsuit-against-city-of-upland-upland-police-department-former-upland-police-chief-brian-j ohnson- congratulations/ • petition: UPLAND'S RIGHTFUL POLICE CHIEF IS ANTHONY YOAKUM! UPLAND CITY MANAGER—REINSTATE BOTH YOAKUM & SIMPSON TO UPD!,California https://www.thepgtitionsite.com/134/409/591/voakum-is-uplands-ri ghtful-chief-of-police/ • Cazares v. City of El Centro et al, No.3:2020cv01571 - Document 18 (S.D. Cal. 2021) his://law.iustia.com/cases/federaUdistrict-courts/califomia/casdce/3:2020cv01571/684540/18/ 5