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Skip to content All Sections Subscribe Now 55°F Thursday, August 25th 2022 Today's e-Edition Home Page Close Menu * News * News * Latest Headlines * Crime and Public Safety * California News * National News * World News * Politics * Education * Environment * Science * Health * Mr. Roadshow * Transportation * The Cannifornian * Local * Local News Map * Bay Area * San Jose * Santa Clara County * Peninsula * San Mateo County * Alameda County * Santa Cruz County * Sal Pizarro * Obituaries * Obituaries in the News * Local Obituaries * Place an Obituary * Opinion * Opinion * Editorials * Opinion Columnists * Letters to the Editor * Commentary * Cartoons * Election Endorsements * Sports * Sports * San Francisco 49ers * San Francisco Giants * Golden State Warriors * Raiders * Oakland Athletics * San Jose Sharks * San Jose Earthquakes * College Sports * Pac-12 Hotline * High School Sports * Other Sports * Sports Columnists * Sports Blogs * Things To Do * Entertainment * Things To Do * Restaurants, Food and Drink * Celebrities * TV Streaming * Movies * Music * Theater * Lifestyle * Advice * Travel * Pets and Animals * Comics * Puzzles and Games * Horoscopes * Local Events * Business * Business * Housing * Economy * Technology * SiliconValley.com * Real Estate * Marketplace * Subscribe * Log in * Logout Close Menu Get Morning Report and other email newsletters Sign Up SAN JOSE: RETIRED JUDGE LADORIS CORDELL PICKED… SHARE THIS: * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) * Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) * Click to print (Opens in new window) * Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) * * Subscribe * Log in Account Settings Contact Us Log Out Spoof a user Get Morning Report and other email newsletters Sign Up * Subscribe * Log in Search 55°F Thursday, August 25th 2022 Today's e-Edition * News * Local * Obituaries * Sports * Things to Do * Business * Real Estate * Opinion * Marketplace * e-Edition Trending: * Q&A: Student loan debt * Solving cat’s secret code * Battery company expands * McKinney Fire victim sues * New safe parking lot * Construction worker killed BREAKING NEWS OUR 49ERS COVERAGE TEAM IS BREAKING DOWN THE 2022 SEASON TODAY. HERE’S HOW TO JOIN. NEWS SAN JOSE: RETIRED JUDGE LADORIS CORDELL PICKED AS INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR SHARE THIS: * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) * Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) * Click to print (Opens in new window) * Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) * Previous LaDoris Hazzard Cordell speaks after being introduced by Mayor Chuck Reed as the new Independent Police Auditor by the San Jose City Council during a press conference at City Hall in San Jose on April 13, 2010. Cordell is a former Superior and Municipal Court Judge. (Gary Reyes/Mercury News) Retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell, who was selected as San Jose's independent police auditor, is shown in this 2008 file photo. Retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell, who was selected as San Jose's independent police auditor, is shown in this 2002 file photo. Cordell is also an artist. Here she is seen posing with a charcoal drawing entitled "For Luci." Retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell, who was selected as San Jose's independent police auditor, does a dance after being sworn in as a Palo Alto City Council member in 2004. LaDoris Hazzard Cordell is introduced as the new Independent Police Auditor by Mayor Chuck Reed and the San Jose City Council during a press conference at City Hall in San Jose on April 13, 2010. Cordell is a former Superior and Municipal Court Judge. (Gary Reyes/Mercury News) LaDoris Hazzard Cordell speaks during her introduction as the new Independent Police Auditor by the San Jose City Council during a press conference at City Hall in San Jose on April 13, 2010. Cordell is a former Superior and Municipal Court Judge. (Gary Reyes/Mercury News) LaDoris Hazzard Cordell is introduced as the new Independent Police Auditor by the San Jose City Council during a press conference at City Hall in San Jose on April 13, 2010. Cordell is a former Superior and Municipal Court Judge. (Gary Reyes/Mercury News) LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (r) is congratulated by Sharon Erickson, City Auditor, following an announcement by the San Jose City Council, naming Cordell as the new, Independent Police Auditor on April 13, 2010. Cordell is a former Superior and Municipal Court Judge. (Gary Reyes/Mercury News) LaDoris Hazzard Cordell speaks after being introduced by Mayor Chuck Reed as the new Independent Police Auditor by the San Jose City Council during a press conference at City Hall in San Jose on April 13, 2010. Cordell is a former Superior and Municipal Court Judge. (Gary Reyes/Mercury News) Retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell, who was selected as San Jose's independent police auditor, is shown in this 2008 file photo. Retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell, who was selected as San Jose's independent police auditor, is shown in this 2002 file photo. Cordell is also an artist. Here she is seen posing with a charcoal drawing entitled "For Luci." Retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell, who was selected as San Jose's independent police auditor, does a dance after being sworn in as a Palo Alto City Council member in 2004. LaDoris Hazzard Cordell is introduced as the new Independent Police Auditor by Mayor Chuck Reed and the San Jose City Council during a press conference at City Hall in San Jose on April 13, 2010. Cordell is a former Superior and Municipal Court Judge. (Gary Reyes/Mercury News) LaDoris Hazzard Cordell speaks during her introduction as the new Independent Police Auditor by the San Jose City Council during a press conference at City Hall in San Jose on April 13, 2010. Cordell is a former Superior and Municipal Court Judge. (Gary Reyes/Mercury News) LaDoris Hazzard Cordell is introduced as the new Independent Police Auditor by the San Jose City Council during a press conference at City Hall in San Jose on April 13, 2010. Cordell is a former Superior and Municipal Court Judge. (Gary Reyes/Mercury News) LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (r) is congratulated by Sharon Erickson, City Auditor, following an announcement by the San Jose City Council, naming Cordell as the new, Independent Police Auditor on April 13, 2010. Cordell is a former Superior and Municipal Court Judge. (Gary Reyes/Mercury News) LaDoris Hazzard Cordell speaks after being introduced by Mayor Chuck Reed as the new Independent Police Auditor by the San Jose City Council during a press conference at City Hall in San Jose on April 13, 2010. Cordell is a former Superior and Municipal Court Judge. (Gary Reyes/Mercury News) Next Show Caption 1 of 8 Retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell, who was selected as San Jose's independent police auditor, is shown in this 2008 file photo. Expand By Sean Webby | Mercury News PUBLISHED: April 13, 2010 at 7:20 a.m. | UPDATED: August 13, 2016 at 10:44 p.m. With its Police Department dogged by allegations of racial profiling and overaggressive tactics, the San Jose City Council on Tuesday selected as the new police watchdog a retired judge and African-American woman who has talked of being stopped by police because of her race. The vote to make LaDoris Cordell, a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge from 1982 to 2001, the city’s independent police auditor was not unanimous. Mayor Chuck Reed — a staunch defender of the police — was one of three council members to vote against her. And the council’s choice stunned both police officers who fear she’ll be biased against them and community activists who believe she won’t shrink from confronting the 1,300-officer force. Speaking at a news conference alongside all 11 City Council members — but with no law enforcement representatives present — Cordell took a measured approach. She said she looked forward to “pushing the limits” of her new job, which monitors the Police Department’s investigations of its own officers but has little power to alter outcomes. She also said she would be fair to all sides and suggested that the community has many misunderstandings about the Police Department’s difficult task of ensuring public safety. “I intend to be out there in the community and to be the face of the IPA,” said Cordell, 60, who retired as vice provost of Stanford University last year and will start her new job in May. “I care very much that the concerns of the community are heard and the concerns of law enforcement are heard.” San Jose police Lt. George Beattie, the president of the police union, immediately criticized the choice. “I have serious concerns about Ms. Cordell’s ability to be independent and objective,” he said in an e-mail. “While she has a right to be associated with community groups that have historically been critical and antagonistic to our officers, this should raise questions about her ability to be objective, just as Chris Constantin was considered biased because of his relationships. I consider this a double standard.” The council last year picked Constantin, an auditor for the city, to replace police auditor Barbara Attard, whose contract was not renewed. But within days, Constantin withdrew after the Mercury News reported that his brother was a San Jose police officer. Shivaun Nurre has been the acting independent police auditor in the interim. Attard, widely seen to have been bounced from her position by a council who saw her as too ambitious to increase the office’s limited oversight power, greeted Cordell’s appointment with surprise and delight. “Are you kidding me?” she said. “How did that happen? I have confidence that she will provide great strength and leadership to the position.” Victor Garza, a prominent Latino civil rights activist who heads the local La Raza Roundtable, praised the surprising choice and called Cordell a fighter for social justice. “I didn’t feel the city would give her the opportunity to do that,” he said when told of her appointment. “And having dealt with the Police Department for a long time they are not going to embrace it right away. She will have to have work hard to bring them into the fold.” Indeed, Cordell’s appointment set off alarms among police because of her history. While a member of the Palo Alto City Council, she worked to create a police oversight process. In an incident that echoes what some activists say is a problem in San Jose, Cordell has often talked publicly of having experienced personally the pain and humiliation of racial profiling, when she was pulled over at gunpoint by police officers just after becoming a lawyer in the mid-1970s. And Cordell’s supporters include the NAACP and the Asian Law Alliance — community groups that have been leading critics of police and have called for San Jose Chief Rob Davis to resign. But while on the Palo Alto council, Cordell voted to equip police with Tasers. She also hosts “Make the Call,” a cable television show that highlights unsolved homicide cases and other law enforcement issues in East Palo Alto. East Palo Alto Police Chief Ron Davis says he’s a “big fan” of Cordell. Cordell was one of four finalists for the job, which pays about $170,000 a year. In her community evaluations, obtained by the Mercury News, panelists wrote that Cordell was “inspiring,” “energetic,” “well qualified” and “an excellent communicator.” But they also said she was potentially “polarizing,” “may overshadow the position” and that “members of the council may feel threatened by her excellence.” Meanwhile, city officials lined up behind the choice — at least publicly. Reed and Councilman Pete Constant, who both voted against hiring Cordell, said they wished her well in her new job. Police Chief Davis said, “We really look forward to establishing a positive relationship between the Police Department and the IPA so that we can work together to continue to build positive bridges between the Police Department and the community.” Asked why no police officials attended the news conference announcing the hiring, Davis said police didn’t have enough time to get to the announcement. The chief said he would have attended. Contact Sean Webby at 408-920-5003. 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