Quote Originally Posted by Urbanized View Post
All I can say is that I have been in a number of meetings with the man and he has struck me as genuinely concerned about the issues that a few people here have suggested he is UNconcerned with. I'll leave it at that.
Obviously your perspective is valid within the scope of its foundation - his public face at public meetings.

I'd argue to the contrary that he is an unprofessional man who forwards his own agenda when the public isn't watching.
Brown vs. Oklahoma gives an Oklahoma judge's perspective of him. An interesting twist is that records indicate that racial slurs were used while violating the citizen's rights (the victims were black). Records also indicate that there were depositions and transcripts that provide all the details of Citty's rights violations and possible racist attitude. However (and conveniently), if you request those records, they will tell you the record files have disappeared. I know, its been requested.

Chief Citty is also a hypocrite and is not blind when it comes to justice. He covered up his own step-daughter's crimes of possession of a fake ID and obstruction. She sent a text to her friend that their upscale home was getting ready to be raided by police with a search warrant after Chief Citty told his daughter about it. Citty has had other officers fired and criminally prosecuted and convicted for the exact same thing. His daughter's actions not only obstructed justice but also placed the officers in unnecessary danger by tipping the alleged offenders off. His daughter was never charged with anything.

Last year Chief Citty told a local high profile non-profit that if I was allowed to attend their fundraising banquet or if I was acknowledged in any way that he nor OCPD would participate in their event. This, even though we were both in attendance the year before without issue and I provided thousands of dollars in donors that were personal friends. What did Chief Citty provide? He and his entourage attended (for free), insisted on their own reserved private table (paid for by a close friend of mine at my request) and they provided a single auction item (ride in Air1).

Chief Citty has insisted on GPS for OCPD patrol cars but regularly avoids the installation of dash cams because that footage he knew would eventually be deemed a public record. Though he is all for GPS on patrol cars and the recording of record searches by individual officers - because those items are not public record and he can use them to target officers that cause problems for the department - like whistle blowers.

This thread isn't about Chief Citty, but I felt the need to throw in my two-cents. I literally have dozens of specific examples of how corrupt and unprofessional Citty is. I receive correspondence from police officers on a somewhat regular basis and he is not well-liked within the department by patrol officers - at least based on my perspective.