police tracking activists (the more things change...)
Subcommander Bob
bob at black.org
Thu Sep 6 14:12:59 PDT 2001
September 6, 2001
By VIK JOLLY and TONY SAAVEDRA
The Orange County Register
ANAHEIM -- Detectives compiling information on Latino
activists used
an investigative technique typically reserved for
investigating organized
crime, drug networks and street gangs, according to a
former police
captain.
Police, under orders from Chief Roger Baker, created
organizational
charts on five Latino activists who complained about
alleged police
misconduct. Baker presented the confidential report
Nov. 14, 2000, to the
City Council in a closed-door briefing.
Retired Capt. Marc Hedgpeth said the charts showing
the activists and
their connections to community groups were part of a
process called "link
analysis," often used to outline conspiracies.
Hedgpeth, who headed
Anaheim's intelligence unit for four of his 25 years
with the department,
said the process in Anaheim is almost never used on
non-criminals.
To my knowledge just looking at the report, I can't
think of a time when
we ever used a link analysis process to deal with
people who are not
suspected of any kind of criminal conduct," said
Hedgpeth, who competed
with Baker for the chief's post. "At least four of
those people who were
attacked by Baker, we never suspected them of any
kind of criminal
conduct."
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http://www.ocregister.com/local/chief00906cci1.shtml
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