i am here with officer leroy thomas who works in the traffic unit with me. >> thank you sergeant. >> chicana lending -- connolly is very tall. i am not. i worked as a -- at the traffic unit. i am the toe hearing the supervisor am the toe hearing supervisor for the police department. i conduct toe hearing things in my office and we determine if toes are proper or improper. we are here to discuss the submission of the department bulletin 18-117. it has been submitted to modify the department general line 9.06 and specifically section two-point a point to. this was last revised in july o. this was when the general order was a root -- revised and it was supported by the california vehicle code 146 '02 and 22 at 651. at that time, there was no relevant case law. in 2012, usd was decided by the ninth circuit. usb requires a community caretaking function wherein a vehicle is seized without a warrant. the government cannot justify the impoundment by simply citing sections of the california vehicle code and department policy on impoundment and inventory searches. the fact that an impoundment

thomas wrote some. there were a couple from leeward leroy to his brother and some other information. there are a decent number of letters outside the diary, of but the diary itself is 98% of what the book is comprised of. >> yes. >> are there any living descendents of either the gresham family or any of the slave families? >> the slave families, i do not know. the gresham family, yes. there are. and we hope to meet some of them later this week. >> they have a page on facebook . the gresham family page. and we have become friends with a couple of them on there, and they are very interested in the book. social media connects everybody pretty quickly. of course, there are no direct descendents of leroy, but also some on thomas's side, and i think minnie. >> first thing i thought of when i heard about this book was carrie berry in atlanta. a young child who also kept a diary and from what i have seen tonight, this is definitely more extensive but if you are familiar, how would you compare and contrast the two? >> it is a lot more detailed and a lot longer. a lot longer. there's other wom

there is a photograph of thomas as an old man with three generations of his descendants. m are named leroy. >> talking about diaries and such. i just finished reading a book tollbridge rancis sherman, the commander of the 88th illinois regiment, the great grand reat, father elijah p fort was in. i was interested in this book because it told about the virginia.n my great, great grand father was disability by francis sherman battles in in most before peach tree 'm interested in the officer's p.o.w. camp. that?ou tell us about officers speaks about going to take a look at what they're doing. playing baseball or cards or doing things. scape.me e mentions funerals for them. in the given burials town. yes that makes him happy and they subscribed to several newspapers. he'd hear from people speaking about what they'd seen and heard. from multiple and you think about them paper. he's thinking what does this mean? s? the newspapers lying to u we'll have to wait another week. i don't believe this story. he agree was his dad, early. and theugh this and weekend, gassing sherman, we can go on the defen

there is a photograph in the book of thomas as an old man with three generations of his descendents. two of whom are named leroy. >> talking about diaries and such, i have just finished reading the book by colonel , theis trowbridge sherman commander of the 88 illinois regiment who -- which was the regiment my great, great grandfather was in. in i was really interested this book because it told about all the battles in georgia. great-grandfather was already out on disability by that time, but francis sherman was involved with most of the or before georgia peachtree creek because by that time he had been captured. officer'ssted in the pow cap. -- pow camp. >> i have done after reading on that. initially it was a list of men south and west to a place called andersonville. , they would go and take a look at what they were doing, they would be playing baseball or they would be playing cards or doing things, he talks about escape. does not mention very many by name. does mention funerals for them, they are given burials in the town. yes. >> it's an interesting book, i'm most ofwhere he gets his information, from the