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.

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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.

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We can't ignore that the federal government, the FBI, is certainly going to have a role in this.

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Not all the speculation by friends, relatives, prior employees that have some judgment about individuals that may or may not be involved.

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We look forward to this partnership, to get to the bottom of, to resolve this scandal.

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We need the federal government because of a couple of issues, ... We believe that there may be issues that are within their jurisdiction solely. They bring added resources and expertise because of their prosecution in prior cases.

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There are very few clues ...

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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.

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I don't think we're going to have an option.

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