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Pamela Price is accused of threatening employees as part of a recall campaign

Questions about payments for Pamela Price recall campaign

As part of the campaign to recall District Attorney Pamela Price, thousands of dollars were paid to a security company founded by one of the group's key leaders – even though the company does not have the required state license to operate as a security firm, the East Bay Times reported.

OAKLAND, California. – Employees of the Alameda County District Attorney's Office accuse District Attorney Pamela Price of using criminal means to threaten and intimidate them because of her participation in the recall campaign against her.

Attorney Daniel Horowitz, who represents the employees, wrote a letter to the district's top prosecutor with a list of demands to stop the alleged threats and intimidation tactics.

“District Attorney Price abused the authority of her office and threatened hundreds of employees of the Alameda County District Attorney's Office with arrest if they engaged in political activity related to the November Citizen's Recall election,” Horowitz wrote in the letter to Price, County Councilwoman Donna Ziegler and Assistant District Attorney Royl Roberts.

Horowitz said Price has engaged in “mafia boss tactics,” including hiring private armed security guards for her office and courthouse – an unprecedented move in the county's history, as Alameda County Sheriff's deputies normally provide security.

“These unacknowledged armed guards created an atmosphere of fear in the office,” Horowitz said. He added: “Weapons in the courthouse in the hands of unacknowledged men threatened judges, prosecutors and the public.”

Horowitz said the sheriff's office banned those private security guards from entering the courthouse, but Price moved to 7677 Oakport Street, where the guards are still present.

There are also allegations that Price retaliated against prosecutors who did not support her election and warned staff of possible arrest if they participated in the recall campaign against her.

Horowitz's letter contained a list of demands from workers to remedy the situation. Among other things, he demanded that Price stop using private armed security guards in the workplace, stop threatening “industrial action” against those involved in the recall, and that workers be able to pledge in writing to raise funds for the recall.

Price's office issued only one statement on these allegations: “No comment.”

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