norman welsh heading in with his attorney, michael cardoza. we spoke with him and he said welsh admits, there is no question he feels bad about what he has done. butler enters court and lewis lombardi entered alone. here is attorney michael cardoza discussing his client, norman welsh. >> right before he, as they say, lawyered upen he sat down with investigators and told them his involve machine >> reporter: the men are accused of using their status. we spoke to cardoza. the men are accused of using their status to set up -- stings, the former net of c net said he needed the money because he had a sick daughter.

joining us next, michael cardoza. michael, let us talk about the release. >> shore.ual? shore. >> sure--let us talk about it. think about it, and with protesters could have gotten ugly. certainly the sheriff's office does not want that to happen. so, they let him out. there were other jails and other districts but they did it, successfully. and i think as well, they should. they did not want any problems. >>pam: is their concern for his safety? >> of course, absolutely look at what is going on the protests, some people that of spoken out. say that there is in just as we all know that there's people out there. that may want to take justice into their own hands. if they see him walking down the streets? can you imagine? so they are not going to send him back to oakland. the will send them somewhere else within california and they will work his probation/broke out from there. >> is that a matter of public record? >> people are able to find that out rather easily perhaps they're not going to publicize that too much. for reasons that we are speaking of he might even want

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. >> michael cardoza representing welsh.ttorney said that welsh has admitted to breaking the law in some instances and this is a difficult time for his family. >> he has opened up to the family and certainly talked with him. his wife has been nothing but stellar in records to all of this. she's standing by him, as are his daughters, his father and the rest of the family >> reporter: we have been waiting for these four men to appear before a judge right here at superior court. we know at least one of them has shown up here in walnut creek. the men are accused of using their status to sell drugs, setting up stings, norman welsh said he needed the money because he had a sick daughter. welsh is accused of selling meth, pot and steroids. he was arrested at the same time as his friend chris butler. the law enforcement officers -- -- charged along with former private investigator chris butler, age 29. they face 38 count felony complaints and the men are expected to appear before judge brucey mills in a half hour. federal authoritie

. >> reporter: michael cardoza represents the former head of the county's narcotics team. norman welsh. >> in most cases they are more draconian than the state. >> reporter: there's now a state audit of all the cases cnet has been involved in since welsh became its head. the unit was disbanded in february. >> you would like for it to come in. >> absolutely. >> new name? >> probably. >> reporter: but that may be some time away along with welsh three other officers or former officers have been already charged with a total of 38 crimes in state court. the district attorney says those charges will continue but might be trumped later by federal charges. reporting live in martinez, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san jose police will begin voting on a contract monday that could save the jobs of many of their fellow officers. the plan calls for officers to take a 10% pay cut saving the city $13 million this year. city council members say even if the count tract is approved they will still have to lay off a large -- even if the contract is approved, they will still have to

. >> reporter: attorney michael cardoza says all of this is not special treatment, since so many peoplever the case. he says the state has to handle the situation with extreme care. kron4 news. >>> continuing our team coverage, while peaceful protests are planned, downtown oakland businesses are concerned that again, possible rioting by some people may unfold when mehserle is released from prison early monday morning. reggie kumar takes a look at how oakland businesses are preparing. >> reporter: many remember this scene on broadway in july, 2010. people looting the shoe store after mehserle was found guilty. i spoke to the manager friday afternoon. she said they're worried the same thing could happen again. she tells me this time they may board up the outside of the store but it's not known if that will happen. the twilight zone store located one block away from foot locker, they plan to stay open when mehserle is released from prison and he has no plans to board up his window. he tells me his business was never damaged in previous riots. >> because i have insurance. the reason is the

. >> reporter: commander wielsch's attorney michael cardoza says he has not heard yet what new charges his client might face when it goes federal. wielsch, the commander of the contra costa narcotics task force was arrested in february along with his private investigator friend chris butler. two other cops have also been arrested, all for a series of scandals ranging from selling confiscated drugs to dirty duis. butler even claims he and wielsch were running a brothel in a pleasant hill office park. >> what i would think is they are looking at the public corruption aspect of this and that's what they're investigating. >> reporter: cardoza hopes the fact that his client has confessed will eventually help him spend less time behind bars. >> as you all know, my client on the day of his arrest had a cathartic conversation with law enforcement and the d.a.'s office and admitted his responsibility. in federal law, early acceptance of responsibility is one of the things that mitigates in sentencing. >> reporter: we should learn some more details at that press conference tomorrow, allen. we'll

that was michael cardoza defending wielsch. it could be the case because you know what's going to happen is eventually there is going to be some kind of talk, some kind of negotiation. noble wants to go to trial. that's how it usually operates. because, you know, wielsch and butler have confessed, it is likely some kind of negotiation will take place. and, you know, they will probably try for a lesser sentence in the case. >> all right. we'll see. joe vazquez, thanks. >>> well, the former lab technician at the heart of the san francisco crime lab scandal has pleaded guilty to drug possession. she allegedly stole drug evidence from the police department lab in 2009 causing prosecutors to drop hundreds of case. police who served a search warrant at deborah madden's home found a small amount of cocaine there. that's the charge she pleaded guilty to. >>> the man police say beat bryan stow into a coma will be in jail for at least a few more weeks. a parole board dismissed a parole violation against giovanni ramirez for the attack on

. >> reporter: commander wielsch's attorney michael cardoza says he has not heard yet what new charges his client might face when it goes federal. wielsch, the commander of the contra costa narcotics task force was arrested in february along with his private investigator friend chris butler. two other cops have also been arrested, all for a series of scandals ranging from selling confiscated drugs to dirty duis. butler even claims he and wielsch were running a brothel in a pleasant hill office park. >> what i would think is they are looking at the public corruption aspect of this and that's what they're investigating. >> reporter: cardoza hopes the fact that his client has confessed will eventually help him spend less time behind bars. >> as you all know, my client on the day of his arrest had a cathartic conversation with law enforcement and the d.a.'s office and admitted his responsibility. in federal law, early acceptance of responsibility is one of the things that mitigates in sentencing. >> reporter: we should learn some more details at that press conference tomorrow, allen. we'll