It has been said that integrity can be defined by how one behaves when no one is looking. 
WE ARE ALL LOOKING NOW
Former members of the FPD were responsible for the brutal death of Kelly Thomas
The City of Fullerton hired Michael Gennaco and his office of “independent review” to investigate the incident. Michael Gennaco’s findings are posted here in this previously sealed confidential report.
READ IT HERE
Last night, a brave member of our community, Mr. Barry Levinson
asked the hundred million dollar questions.
MY PUBLIC COMMENTS CONCERNING THE PREVIOUS LEAKED CONFIDENTIAL REPORT (ENTITLED THE “INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIVE REPORT INTO THE IN-CUSTODY DEATH OF KELLY THOMAS by the OIR GROUP HEADED BY MICHAEL GENNACO) BEFORE THE CITY OF FULLERTON CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 WITH SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS by Barry Levinson
“The previously sealed Fullerton Police Department Internal Investigation concerning the brutal beating death of Kelly Thomas reportedly stated the following:
“Three of the four Fullerton police officers primarily involved in the beating death of mentally ill transient Kelly Thomas violated a series of department policies, including use of force, according to an internal affairs investigation report obtained by Voice of OC.”
The conclusions of this report issued in April 2012 well over a year before the start of the criminal trial of Ramos and Cincinelli, seems to contradict the sworn testimony of both Fullerton Police Department Training Officer, Corporal Rubio and Fullerton Police Department Sergeant Kevin Craig. They both testified that they saw no major violations of the Fullerton Police Department Policy Manual during the brutal beating death of Kelly Thomas and the subsequent police response to his injuries.
Question: Did FPD Police Chief Dan Hughes provide this crucial piece of evidence to the OC DA?
Question: Didn’t the failure to admit this crucial piece of evidence at the trial refuting the testimony of both Craig and Rubio help to achieve not guilty verdicts?
Question: Why hasn’t Dan Hughes suspended or taken other disciplinary action against both Craig and Rubio for allegedly committing perjury in a criminal trial?
Question: Why didn’t Police Chief Dan Hughes take action to open up a police investigation concerning the alleged perjury by two of his officers? Why did he not follow the same course of action for this alleged felony perjury case as his department did with regard to my baseless misdemeanor case that was later dropped by the OC DA for lack of evidence? Is it asking too much of our Police Chief to treat with the same seriousness an alleged felony perjury in a murder trial by two of his officers as he did with my bogus misdemeanor case?
To all of you on the dais, I ask for an independent investigation on the felony perjury allegedly committed by Sergeant Kevin Craig and Training Officer Corporal Stephen Rubio?
I sincerely hope that this council does not ignore what I have presented to you tonight.
We keep hearing in this chamber that the new Fullerton Police Department is doing everything possible to regain the trust of Fullerton residents. Clearly this confidential report shows us that a lot more needs to be done to regain that trust.
That concluded the statement I made during public comments at the September 15, 2015 Fullerton Council meeting.
PS: It is extremely informative to note that it was Council member Jan Flory who while I was in mid- sentence interrupted my 3-minute presentation. She attempted in vain to get our City Attorney to rule that this information that has been out in the public purview for several months could be blocked from being disseminated by a private citizen, yours truly. She also strongly inferred that I was doing something wrong by revealing the conclusions reached by this report penned by expert Michael Gennaco hired by our city to both make recommendations to fix our police department and report on the actions of those 6 officers the night of the Kelly Thomas beating death. Ms. Flory valiantly tried to keep the truth from the public last night. In my opinion this showed where Ms. Flory’s true allegiance lies and it was not with the public.”
Lets see if the residents get some answers. We will keep you posted.
#1 by Fullerton The Cesspool City on October 22, 2015 - 12:49 am
Well another Fullerton council meeting and still no one on that dais will talk about the leaked Gennaco investigation of the Kelly Thomas beating death.
Does that mean that all 5 council members are not concerned with the very serious issues that report brings up in relation to the Kelly Thomas criminal trial as well as the current status of our FPD? We know that Council member Flory tried valiantly but failed to keep Mr. Levinson from talking about it at council last month.
We also know to some people silence can infer acceptance. So if any of you are actually concerned about the conclusions of that report, you better speak up very, very soon. The fact is that Gennaco’s expert conclusions was that many FPD policies were not followed the night Kelly Thomas was beaten to death at the hands of several FPD officers. These conclusions I do not believe were not given to the jury as a rebuttal to the contradictory testimony of Rubio and Craig.
Going once, twice….sold to Fullerton – The Cesspool City!
#2 by Reality Is..... on October 22, 2015 - 9:35 am
You realize they saw that Gennaco report long ago right? They have known what was in it and have been addressing it behind closed doors for awhile now? The leak isn’t a surprise to them, they had read it long ago. The leak is a concern to them because it could lead to a lawsuit by the people involved because it’s a personnel document that isn’t for the public per the POBAR laws. So when you rant and rave to them, they don’t care because they know what’s in it and have addressed any issues in it. Ramos and Cissy aren’t working in Fullerton anymore. I’m sure Fullerton will end up paying them off because they were found not guilty. Gennaco’s findings are just his opinions of policy violations. You could ask a pool of 100 and probably 90 would say no policy violations at all. So in the end Fullerton will pay those two off, retire them, and move on from the incident. The others are still working and will continue to work no matter how much you cry. DannyBoy is the boss. He runs the show. They all are on the same page and there really isn’t anything you can do about that.
#3 by Fullerton's Conscience on October 23, 2015 - 3:36 pm
If the city was following the POBOR law, the only person who would have seen the confidential Gennnaco report would have been Police Chief Dan Hughes and the DA’s office who subpoenaed the personnel records of the Kelly Thomas cops.
If Realty Is knows that some council members and others in the city government were allowed to see the report that would be a violation of the law.
It is amazing to me that Realty Is brags about law breakers and corruption in the city of Fullerton.
He certainly infers that he is an insider and maybe a FPD officer.
Really Is is so clueless that he doesn’t even understand that his posts just make him and the city look really, really bad.
#4 by Reality Is..... on October 24, 2015 - 10:25 am
LOL keep reaching. You are reaching further and further now. You clearly don’t understand POBAR or the legal process. If you think the only person with access to a report that was contracted by the City Manager and the City Council is the Chief and the DA’s office, that just shows how little you really know and understand. The DA’s office? Explain why they would get a copy of that report? Anyways, the report was leaked by Ron for a reason. I think it will cost him in the end.