. >> i know what happens to, quote, unquote snitches. now, i can understand if there was consensus, in other words if the people outside said hey, give her name but no, you have the inspectors outside disagreeing with your d.a.'s saying no, she doesn't know anything, don't give them her name. >> ma'am, the problem is that it's the d.a.'s call, it's not the chief's call or the department's call, it's the d.a.'s call. they're the only ones who can -- had a young lady in a similar situation i work with but it's the district attorney's office calling you, not the department calling you. there's not much we can do about that, unfortunately. >> ok. with whom do i speak? because it's like we have disposable lives and you wonder why we won't tell you anything. >> if you give your name to sergeant yamaguchi, we'll figure out who you need to talk to and broker that. >> ok. you also need to consider this is one of the reasons why the people in my community will not talk to the police. have a blessed day. >> thank you, ma'am. next speaker. good even