linburg was promoted to sergeant. that same year he was elected president of the san francisco pride alliance. an organization that represents roughly 200 lgbt employees of the department. after taking officer, linburg had questions about the group's finances. after discovering irregularities involving the treasurer he did not report it and he is accused of encouraging officers to look the other way. mike evans resigned from the department after he withdrew more than $15,000 from the group's account. pulling money from atms and paying personal bills. the district attorney is deciding whether to file criminal charges. we've learned getting the case to the d.a. almost didn't happen. >> was there attempts to keep this quiet? >> i was told that it was not a police situation. that it was just pride alliance. and that no one would go forward to the police department. that it would be held internally. >> reporter: this former pride alliance board member said it was the organization's president lieutenant linburg who wanted t