sitting here agreeing with every word john burris would say. [laughter] this is the first time i have had an opportunity to be with him. however, i do agree with him. it has to be enforced throughout the organization. what we expect up our people. what we want to ensure up our people, particularly the integrity and the values aspect. many of us, not many, but quite a few departments have of all you statement. ethics, integrity are part of those values. it is not just a document that is on a wall. it is something we have to believe that every level and in force at every level. in preparing for this, i found an absolutely wonderful article, "the truth about the police code of silence revealed." i really recommend that you take a look at that. i'm going to recommend most police chiefs take a look at this. there are profiles. he talks about the code of silence. that is about the fact that there is. how you prevent the code of silence? it is like how do you prevent crime? or how do you stop crime, let's put it that way. the best way to prevent these

attorney john burris represents the family in a federal civil suit. in january a judge dropped the case saying the officers committed a justifiable act of homicide but then norman welsh, the narcotics team commander ramonuis lombardi, a san ro officer were rested in a growing scandal. the same judge reversed her decision and reul ruled the cie can now move forward because of the arrests. burris says the officers credibility is severely damage. >> this was a potential operation where you get drugs from a big-time dope dealer and ultimately get the drugs back and make the money from them. where the drug enforcers become the dealers. >> well, they made a habit of stealing and reselling drugs seized during busts. >> we understand that his credibility will be at issue. >> attorney cardoza admits his client was wrong on one front not on this one. >> it doesn't make any sense to me at all. these officers didn't go out and commit crime in every piece of law enforcement work they did. >> my issue is and always has been that we did not ever have the real story