Every bit of information that you know about this case has been developed by LAPD investigators, ... It has come from LAPD personnel working daily attempting to rid out the corruption that we have seen. This is going to be a long- term case, and we ask just one thing: The support that allows us to complete our job unhindered. |
Having known Mr. Patton for a number of years personally, it was a shock to me to find this incident had occurred, |
I don't think we're going to have an option. |
I thought it was clearly disciplined, and we gave the right commands. The field commanders were right on top of it, |
It's the timing, closeness and proximity, |
Not all the speculation by friends, relatives, prior employees that have some judgment about individuals that may or may not be involved, |
The NFL is going to have a say on who's going to come here. The Coliseum has no role in selecting a team, |
The results in this department reflects a high level of officer enthusiasm to do their job, and that leadership comes from the management of this department, which includes myself, |
there are very few clues ... |
They're not just picking on elected officials, ... It's civil servants who are just doing their jobs. |
We can't ignore that the federal government, the FBI, is certainly going to have a role in this, |
We file thousands of cases a year as a police agency, ... We know what the criteria is to file a case. We have seen, in this instance, a tremendous reluctance to deal with issues because there are police officers that are being accused and there are gang members who are victims. |
We have taken since September to this date to investigate what Perez has said he has done as an officer and he has given us information about what others have done. |
We have to be in a situation that understands the importance of some of this evidence, ... There may be clues that alert the suspect that we know. |
We look forward to this partnership, to get to the bottom of, to resolve this scandal, |