my name is brian maloney. i worked with scott for 14 years, side by side, beat partners in the gang units and on the s.w.a.t. team. the past couple of days i put these words together, all while sitting next to scott's side, so he helped me write this. scott and i started the hayward police department a few months apart from each other in 2001. he came from the contra costa county sheriff and i was a lateral from the almeida county sheriff. scott breezed through the field training program. one of his ftos even said, "i was supposed to be teaching him but i found out i could actually learn a thing or two from him." he also said "it's rare that someone goes from being your recruit to being your mentor." after work and patrol, it didn't take long for scott to get an assignment on the special duty unit, which is a gang street team, a position on the s.w.a.t. team which is referred to as the special response unit or sru, at hpd. scott helped me train while i prepared for the sru test. his encouragement and motivatio

my name is brian maloney. i worked with scott for 14 years, side by side as beat partners, in the gang unit and on the s.w.a.t. team. the past couple of days i put these words together all while sitting next to scott's side so he helped me write this. scott and i started the hayward police department a few months apart from each other in 2001. he came from the contra costa county sheriff's. i was a lateral from the alameda county sheriff. scott one of his ftos even said i was supposed to be teaching him, but i found out i could actually learn a thing or two from him. he also said it's rare that someone goes from being a new recruit to being your mentor. after work and patrol it didn't take long for scott to get an assignment on the special duty unit which is the gang street team a position on the s.w.a.t. team which is referred to as the special response unit or sru at hpd. scott helped me train while i prepared for the sru test. his encouragement and motivation helped me succeed in getting onto the team. afte