Talk:Laurie Smith

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orgs[edit]

Commission on Peace Officer Standards & Training (P.O.S.T.)
Domestic Violence Council, Santa Clara County
Juvenile Justice System Collaborative, Santa Clara County
Disaster Preparedness Executive Committee, Santa Clara County
Speaker's Commission on Police Conduct
Attorney General's Commission on SWAT Practices and Policies
Attorney General's Crime Reduction Task Force
Attorney General's Criminal Justice Advisory Committee
Emergency Response Training Advisory Committee (ERTAC)

Do we have cites for these, besides SmartVoter? Thanks. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 14:35, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think these merit inclusion unless an independent source such as a reporter has noted that she is unusually active or trusted on commissions and boards. Such activity goes with the position, and the lists make the article look promotional, in my eyes - thereby detracting from the meat of the article, which is her career. But if anyone has written about her other activities as noteworthy ... Yngvadottir (talk) 16:33, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

lawsuits unfinished?[edit]

There are many 'controversies' which are left hanging in wikipedia's prose. There was a lawsuit about preferential treatment. What happened? Convicted? Dismissed? Ongoing? Wikipedia should not let readers guess the outcomes. :-) We should state the outocmes, when known, and state that the case is ongoin, "as of 2014" or whenever we last heard. The fact that the case was WP:NOTEWORTHY is shown by the cites to newspapers and teevee and such... but per WP:PRIMARY we can use court-documents "with care" if the actual outcome was not reported in the papers. Thanks for improving wikipedia, folks. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 14:35, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Problem of news coverage. The San Jose Mercury News is heavily paywalled - and often does not report things in any case. Metro Silicon Valley appears to have dumped its old archives. Good luck :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 16:26, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

sources[edit]

existing cites , some of them should be converted from References into Notes methinks

"Notes" == http://www.smartvoter.org/2010/06/08/ca/scl/vote/smith_l/bio.html Full Biography for Laurie Smith. Candidate
"Notes" == http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/sheriff/agencyarticle?path=%2Fv7%2FSheriff%2C%20Office%20of%20the%20(ELO)%2FGeneral%20Information%2FDepartment%20History%2FThe%20Sheriffs%20of%20Santa%20Clara%20County%20(1850-Present)&contentId=8bf4cb38aeb34010VgnVCM10000048dc4a92____
SanJoseMercuryNews#1 == "County Swears in States 1st Female Sheriff," San Jose Mercury News, December 16, 2008 refers to "a landslide."
SanJoseMercuryNews#2 == "AG to Review De Anza Case," San Jose Mercury News, June 6, 2007.
SanJoseMercuryNews#3 == "Smith Retains Sheriff's Office," San Jose Mercury News June 9, 2010.
SanJoseMercuryNews#4 == Tracy Seipel, http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_19521214 "Santa Clara County sheriff draws legal fire for way she hands out concealed-gun permits", San Jose Mercury News, 20 November 2011.
SanJoseMercuryNews#5 == Scott Herhold, http://www.mercurynews.com/scott-herhold/ci_20884920/herhold-why-does-george-shirakawa-need-bodyguard "Why does George Shirakawa Jr. need a bodyguard?", San Jose Mercury News, June 19, 2012.
SanJoseMercuryNews#6 == Tracy Seipel, http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_21422840/santa-clara-county-supervisor-george-shirakawa-jr-sheriff "Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr., sheriff interviewing for new bodyguard", San Jose Mercury News, August 28, 2012, updated August 30, 2012.
MetroActive#1 == Christopher Gardner, "Sheriff Laurie?" Metro Silicon Valley March 26, 1998, http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/03.26.98/sheriff-9812.html
MetroActive#2 == http://www.metroactive.com/features/25-people-who-changed-silicon-valley-intro.html "25 Who Changed Silicon Valley," Metro Silicon Valley March 17, 2010: "California's first female sheriff . . . professionalized [the] organization . . . The sheriff's office today is fiscally sound, accessible and outfitted with new technology."
MetroActive#3 == http://www.metroactive.com/features/George-Shirakawa-campaign-secrets3.html "School Buddies", Metroactive.com, Metro Silicon Valley.
MetroActive#4 == http://www.metroactive.com/features/george-shirakawa-campaign-violations2.html "Ties That Bind", Metroactive.com, Metro Silicon Valley.
SfGate#1 == C.W. Nevius, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/06/MNGA5Q9QJD1.DTL "State's Involvement Could Give Fresh Start to De Anza case," San Francisco Chronicle June 6, 2007, p. A13.
NBC#1 == Damian Trujillo, http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Santa-Clara-County-Deputies-Call-Sheriff-a-Bully-215602101.html "Santa Clara County Deputies Call Sheriff a 'Bully'", NBC Bay Area, July 15, 2013.
OaklandTribune#1 == Leslie Griffy, "De Anza rape case in Limbo, Year Later," The Oakland Tribune, March 3, 2008.

methinks WP:RS but I didn't verify each one

mutual-WP:ABOUTSELF stuff

http://www.sbsheriff.org/documents/CSSAPressReleasereThreeJudgePanelOrderImmediateRelease062013.pdf
http://sccsab.org/SCCSAB-events.php Sheriff's Advisory Board of Santa Clara County
http://www.calsheriffs.org/Documents/SPECIALEDITIONMAG.pdf
http://www.post.ca.gov/commissioners.aspx Commission on POST
http://svria.org/organization Silicon Valley Regional Interoperability Authority
http://www.neighborwebsj.com/ Santa Paws House
http://www.sjsu.edu/about_sjsu/history/alumni/ Distinguished Alumni
http://www.sccfd.org/pub_ed/County_Implements_Pharmaceutical_Drop-Off_Program.pdf Santa Clara County Fire Dept (?)
http://www.usfca.edu/management/cjl/ International Institute of Criminal Justice Leadership - University of San Francisco
http://peninsulapress.com/2011/11/06/silicon-valley-sheriff-has-made-a-name-in-her-domain/ A project of the Stanford graduate program in Journalism

HTH. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 15:27, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The recent allegations against Smith should be included[edit]

This is important information Gorbax85 (talk) 21:57, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Can you list reliable sources that support the information being added, please? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:03, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Political Party[edit]

It seems noteworthy that Smith is a registered Republican but I'm not sure where it fits in Cliff bar (talk) 17:45, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]