Talk:Laurie Smith

orgs

 * California Peace Officers' Association
 * Western States Sheriffs Association
 * Major County Sheriffs' Association
 * Police Futurists International
 * Child Quest International


 * 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)
 * 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)

lawsuits unfinished?
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)
 * 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)

The recent allegations against Smith should be included
This is important information Gorbax85 (talk) 21:57, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Can you list reliable sources that support the information being added, please?  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:03, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Political Party
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)