In an effort to field public input on policing and public safety in Isla Vista, the Isla Vista Community Services District released a Google Forms survey on Dec. 1 for any and all Isla Vista community members to share their experiences and provide their perspectives with the option to remain anonymous.
As the I.V. CSD was looking at how to respond to calls from the community for greater transparency in local policing and public safety, Bertrand suggested using Google Forms. Courtesy of the I.V. CSD
“We want to equitably improve safety in a holistic manner, making our community safer by improving the health and wellness of our community. I especially hope that Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community members share their perspective on safety in Isla Vista,” Ethan Bertrand, Isla Vista Community Services District (I.V. CSD) director, wrote in a statement to the Nexus.
As the I.V. CSD was looking at how to respond to calls from the community for greater transparency in local policing and public safety, Bertrand suggested using Google Forms.
According to the description on the Google Forms survey, the responses will be used “to improve our own public safety services” and “discover what potential new services are needed.” The results will be summarized and shared with the public, law enforcement and university officials down the line, according to the description on the form.
The form asks community members questions about their experiences with law enforcement, how I.V. can be made safer, how law enforcement can be improved, instances of racial injustice in I.V., public safety issues, interactions with I.V. CSD’s Safety Stations and on the interpersonal violence investigator’s role, a position created by I.V. CSD, in I.V.
Anyone who wishes to share their input and experiences can do so here: https://forms.gle/xKuwLdUTPZytGHdx6
what “calls from the community”?
There’s no “calls from the community” whatsoever. This is all self-produced drama to push their anti-police agenda. Good luck w/ that, especially w/ all the violent “homeless” camping out in IV now & the constant supply of marching powder (meth) that makes the rounds in the encampments.
CSD just needs a reason to exist, even if it’s an imaginary, made up, fabricated “reason” & what a better way to get it past than by racializing it & add the “social justice” catchphrase to the supposed issue.
Those supposed “calls from the community” are basically a vocal minority that sees ANYTHING they encounter as a racial slight, aattack, wrongdoing or affront. That’s who the CSD relies on to make “legitimate complaints” and while they aren’t maany in terms of population, they’re the biggest whiners ever. You basically have an organization that is aabsolutely useless trying to prove its worth through misinformation and a penchant for perpetuating myth. The term “racial injustice” and the way they use it is absolutely ridiculous and it makes REAL victims of REAL racism look like a joke. CSD is nothing more than… Read more »
Get a load of this crock of crap! Same people who killed the budget for community policing, now calling for “social justice” & all this other woke nonsense. Seriously, you people on the CSD need to find better use of your time, like making a REAL difference in Isla Vista for example. CSD has done NOTHING for Isla Vista, but then again, what can you expect from an organization created by Das Williams, the self-serving politico w/ a hyper-inflated sense of self importance? This is a stepping stone type of organization for budding politicos to pad their resumes w/, nothing… Read more »
Is this even for real? You guys MUST be kidding? Are you? What a joke at the expense of the Isla Vista community! This MUST be a joke, right? I went on the Google form and saw this question: What are instances of racial injustice that you have experienced or witnessed in Isla Vista? Could you POSSIBLY make the question more subjective? Talk about putting words in sombody’s mouth! This would NEVER fly in the court of law! But then again, these individuals don’t care about the rule of law as it is, they want to create their OWN law.… Read more »
Right you are. These idiots already had local police produce statistics that indicate without any doubt that there is no racial bias policing of Isla Vista. They have the numbers. My guess is some CSD sycophants will fill out this sophomoric form to give traction to nothing. They do nothing other than use tax dollars to pay salaries.
The part that gets me about the CSD is that all these “accomplishments” and “milestones” they claim to have reached or achieved, they were already in place LONG before the CSD came to be. The ONLY things I’ll give them credit for is the “safety station” in Little Acorn Park, but the ONLY service utilized by the public is phone charging. As for getting from campus, or anywhere in IV for that matter, to home, the UCSB CSO volunteers have ALWAYS been there. Then there’s the “tenant/landlord mediation program” they claim to have started. Sorry kids, that was put in… Read more »
Their politico “manager” makes $80K a year with benefits. Check the homeless village the county is building at the CSD’s “Community Center”–so much for “self governance”. Today two un-elected CSD directors will start four year terms–continuing the campaign to service the homeless instead of constituents.
Well, you got to have a supply of future voters to support your scam! What better way than to house them & stuff with taxpayer money? The CSD has outlived its usefulness the moment it got off the ground. When the agenda of that organization took a turn for the woke worst (which was pretty much right off the bat), it became apparent what the end goal is. Funny how much the CSD hates the cops, but are so qquick to rely on them to fix the problems the CSD creates. That “pallet village” thing they’re building, it is going… Read more »
By the way, was just near the pallet village, cops, fire & rescue, all there. I got a funny feeling this is going to be a harbinger of things to come.
Like I said, grab the popcorn, grab a drink, sit back, relax and watch the pallet village locals go to town.