i never thought i would be 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

said today on the panel -- and i cannot believe i am going to say this -- i completely agree with john burris and stuart hanlon. [applause] >> thank you for giving my closing comments from me. i would like to thank the public defender's office for providing the public and anybody he wants to come to this forum, hearing from these experts, and they help you take away some good things from this -- and i hope you take away some good things you take away some good things from this panel. >> so many people here. this is the third and final panel for those of you who have stayed. this is going to be an incredible discussion. leading the panel, this is the chief attorney of the public defender's office, matt gonzalez. >> let me talk about how we decided to have a panel as part of this year is just a summit on the death penalty. san francisco is often known for being a large city, in this case, we have a unique history with the death penalty. during his reelection campaign of 1999, terrence hallohan said that they would not seek the death penalty for any offense in san francisco. he was reelected by

i never thought i would be 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 it is not just a document that is on a wall.

i never thought i would be 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 orgati

john burris and not reported. he had a commanding general expressing grave doubts about the war and did not report it. casey stayed in command for 80 more months. >> you know that for sure? >> he wrote it and a book with the new york times -- he wrote it "the new york times." burns did not report general petraeus sang "i think i'm going to quit." >> you also talked about the white house correspondents dinner. i want to run that clip and talk about how you see journalist relating to people in power. >> "rolling stone" has been doing great stuff. one of their functions is to not have to worry about things like that. we are able to go there. we do not have a table at the dinner. one of the things is that i talk to people at the pentagon all the time still. in the talk to me, not sometimes because they want to are they like me or my thoughts. they talk to me because they know it is in their interest to say we better respond to his e- mail even it is just to tell him to go have a nice day. >> you mentioned the white ho

. >> reporter: and civil rights attorney john burris is not the only one frustrated that court-ordered police forms have not been put into practice by the opd. a u.s. district court judge says he's in disbelief that changes mandated nearly a decade ago following a police abuse case known as the writer's case has yet to be implemented. >> of course we're looking for accountability within the department. we don't want racial profiling to take place. we want people to feel that they were not forced or used against them unnecessarily. >> reporter: the department's handling of the occupy oakland has the judge threatening a federal takeover if the changes don't happen by july. in the meantime, he's ordered all major decisions by opd be approved by a court-appointed monitor. in a written statement, the city says, we take this seriously and understand the implications for our community if compliance is not achieved quickly. now, if the oakland police department ends up in a federal receiver ship situation, we understand it would be the first police department in the country to be placed under