Terry Daniels This is Me

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1. 1. www.tahoedailytribune.com

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   Published on: 7/4/2008   Last Visited: 7/6/2008

   The report focuses much of its attention on an alleged September 2006 incident between a resident and SLTPD Chief Terry Daniels.Several South Lake Tahoe citizens said they witnessed the verbal altercation during breakfast at a local restaurant.
   
   The incident led the report to admonish Daniels by saying he "displayed conduct unbecoming a police officer."
   
   The report also expressed concern about a climate survey summary of the police department issued last October, which paints a negative picture of department morale.
   
   The summary, which was well-documented in this newspaper, prompted the report to conclude that "many of the statements made by members of the SLTPD and information gathered through documents can only be classified as troubling."
   
   The restaurant incident, if the allegations are true, is inexcusable but not particularly surprising.For one, Daniels had only been department chief for two months in September 2006 and was, and still is, feeling his way as a supervisor.
   
   That he may have let his temper get the best of him is certainly unprofessional, but not unheard of for public officials under considerable pressure.At the very least, Daniels should have learned from the alleged altercation, apologized and made sure he kept his cool from then on.
   
   The department's morale, however, is another matter.
   
   Daniels freely admitted in a recent Tribune article that he's burning out his officers because his department is understaffed.We applaud him for acknowledging what his officers know to be true.
   
   But current officers the Tribune interviewed contended that neither the staff shortage nor contentious contract negotiations over the past year colored their comments about department morale.
   
   Daniels must turn this around quickly before more officers seek jobs elsewhere.
   
   The grand jury report suggests these measures:
   
   -- Revitalize the department's Participative Management Team.The PMT, which has languished the past few years, is an organizational structure allowing employee input into department decision-making.
   
   Daniels has indicated the future of the PMT will not be decided until the fall.
   
   -- Send police leadership to training that includes strategic management, leadership, coaching, business management, anger management and human-skills development.
   
   -- Ensure that the City Council and city manager take "proactive measures" to oversee the police department.The measures should include a collective agreement between the city manager, City Council and the police chief on the police department's organizational structure.
   
   The grand jury recommended that Daniels and the city manager meet monthly to discuss the performance of the police department.

2. 2. www.tahoedailytribune.com

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   Published on: 7/2/2008   Last Visited: 7/4/2008

   South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Terry Daniels, seen during a City Council meeting in May, was cited in a report by the El Dorado County Grand Jury that was released Tuesday.South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Terry Daniels, seen during a City Council meeting in May, was cited in a report by the El Dorado County Grand Jury that was released Tuesday.
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   South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Terry Daniels, seen during a City Council meeting in May, was cited in a report by the El Dorado County Grand Jury that was released Tuesday.
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   That was just two months after Daniels became police chief in July 2006.
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   Daniels previously has stated that the future of the team will not be decided until the fall, after the department's busy summer season.
   
   City Councilwoman Kathay Lovell has doubts about the validity of the grand jury's findings and said such a confrontation described in the grand jury report "is not in (Daniels') character."
   
   Lovell "absolutely" supports Daniels' leadership of the police department.
   
   "I don't have a lot of faith in this particular grand jury's findings," Lovell said, citing errors later corrected in a previous report by the panel regarding county fire districts, and a report on the Clean Tahoe program she feels is unsatisfactory.
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   Daniels also should write three- and five-year strategic plans for the department and make them publicly available, indicates the grand jury report.

3. 3. www.sltpd.com

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   Published on: 6/4/2008   Last Visited: 6/4/2008

   Terry Daniels is our current Chief of Police.Chief Daniels came to be employed with our agency as a patrol officer, after beginning his law enforcement career at the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department.