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Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck on Tuesday called for a "rational discussion" of the issues raised during a deadly manhunt for a fired officer, who outlined a revenge plot against law enforcement agents and their families.
Beck spoke about the Christopher Dorner investigation and the reward connected to the Southern California manhunt at a Tuesday morning news conference.
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Beck was joined at the news conference by an LAPD sergeant and captain identified in former officer Christopher Dorner's manifesto. The LAPD members were under protection during the manhunt for Dorner, who outlined plans to target law enforcement officials and their families as part of the revenge plot that ended with a shootout near Big Bear in California.
"We all sign up for some degree of risk," Beck, whose name also appeared in the Dorner document, said at the news conference. "Our families don't sign up for that. Our children don't sign up for that. These 50 families we protected -- think about their children."
The news conference came one week after the manhunt ended at a cabin in the Big Bear area. Dorner died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a shootout with San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies, according to investigators.
Beck on Tuesday addressed the reopening of the investigation -- a move he announced during the nearly weeklong search -- into Dorner's 2008 firing. The fired officer was found to have falsely reported a fellow officer for excessive use of force.
An attorney has been reviewing the case, which will be presented to the LAPD Office of the Inspector General -- the body has oversight of the department's internal disciplinary process -- before it is released to the public at a police commission meeting, Beck said. The findings will be the subject of public comment so "everyone can see the transparency with which we address this," Beck said.
"Nothing should be considered closed and done," Beck said. "It's about fairness, and doing the right things for the right reasons."
Beck did not provide an estimate on the timeline for the review, but said the investigation will require at least "several months."
Beck also addressed the $1 million reward offered for information in the manhunt. The agencies -- about 30 -- involved in the reward will provide a recommendation to Beck.
"Not only is this reward the largest in local law enforcement history, it's also the most complicated," Beck said. "It is my desire that the reward money be used. We generated countless tips because of it. It had its desired effect."
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The search for Dorner began when he was identified as the suspect in the Feb. 3 shooting deaths in Irvine, Calif., of Keith Lawrence and his fiancée Monica Quan. Four days later, Dorner shot and killed a Riverside, Calif., police officer in what investigators described as an ambush at a stoplight during the manhunt.
Earlier Feb. 7, Dorner was involved in a shooting with LAPD officers in the Corona, Calif., area. The officers were part of a security detail for one of the subjects mentioned in the Dorner manifesto.
Dorner's burned-out pickup was found near Big Bear later that morning. The search continued through the weekend before a stolen vehicle report led authorities to Dorner.
A San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputy was killed outside the cabin from which Dorner engaged deputies in a shootout. The 33-year-old's charred remains were found after the cabin burned.
Beck opened Tuesday's news conference by reading the names of the four victims.
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There must be a conspiracy for our ratings!!
Not.
Yup. ;-D
Great, ok, I've thought, now, how about the 71 year old Hispanic woman your people shot at 100(?) times and hit twice in the back, and her daughter. Seems the most we've heard so far is she's not doing good, and you're going to buy her a new pick-up truck?
Oops, oh ,oh, it's COMPLICATED!!!
Why did this cop Dorner go nuts? What is the story behind that?
Why did the LA Police shoot up a couple of vans and wound innocent women delivering papers. Why did they make no attempt to arrest Dorner if they thought he was in the van but just started shooting?
Why did they purposely burn the building down that Dorner was in?
Did they not won't him to talk?
What is the evidence thaqt Dorner shoot the Guan's daughter and her man? How come Dorner, such a good shooter, did not fire a bullet since 2008 but "now"? Why those cops fired at Dornor got killed or injuried but not the ones around the site. How many weapons found in Dorner's poccession? Can he carried 30 pieces around from car to car or truck to truck. Who burned Dorner's truck?
Burning the cabin down insured no letters or evidence would be left for public consumption, on his body or in the cabin. One manifesto was enough.
Tbh im surprised this hasn't happened before.
Okay, raise your hands if you really think the LAPD is going to deliver a judgement any different than the one they initially concluded. They've burned the man's body, they've removed all evidence from his home, from his mother's home, and they've clearly got the media under their control. NPR had a woman call in who served on their Board of Rights panel back in the day with Gascone. While not familiar with the Dorner case, she was explaining that the BOR hearings were far from impartial and that cops who crossed the blue line regularly appeared their once discarded by the LAPD. NPR cut her off and ended the call!
Everytime the LAPD is asked about their procedures, they spend 20 minutes first talking about how scared they were and about the cops who were shot. This rhetorical strategy is defensive and serves to justify their actions and deflect criticism. If the reward terms were so complicated, why didn't Beck explain those terms clearly when the reward was offered? LAPD knew it wouldn't have to pay a reward because they intended on killing the man, not capturing him and trying him. And people who believed otherwise should have recalled their nearly killing those two elderly hispanic women who were delivering papers. What did they sign up for, Detective Beck? Why were their lives less important than those of your family.?
Investigations always seem to take months while judgements are pretty instantaneous. But it takes a while to come up with a story that will stand the test of challenge and credibility.
Nice that he mentioned all the people killed or wounded by Dorner, but didn't mention those wounded by the LAPD.
Have any charges been filed yet against the officers in the attempted murder of the two Latino women or the surfer? No attempt to identify the occupant(s) of the vehicle, no communication or warning at all, no attempt to apprehend the occupant(s), just open fire. The officers clearly attempted to kill whoever was in the vehicle(s).
These stories are being buried!
The cops burned the cabin and then denied it. Same ol. Great start with the "transparency".
All of the Dorner fans on this site have a new hero to worship today. The serial murderer from Orange County.
Why did Dorner wait 5 years if there was a case for discrimination? The guy's wife left him after one week of marriage. Could a string of personal setbacks led him to look for a scapegoat? You bet.
His last appeal was just denied not long ago. Apparently he was fighting it through channels until he ran out of them.
Something tells me this is one and done...
Tragic... the house did not burn.. it was burnt.... sorry.. but when you sign up as a law enforcement official you bring your family with you.. no different than if you sign up to combat American aggression and take your son with you..
Dorner was not "right" to take these actions.. however he did not act as a psychopath and kill indiscriminately.. as the LAPD would have, if their victims had succumbed to their wounds..
Doesn't this unfortunate collection of violent acts really illuminate the soaring mental health issues and arrogance of Police? Given that Law enforcement suffers from a very high rate of suicide? Doesn't this set of circumstances define the absolute need of a complete overhaul of how the citizens of this country choose and train their law enforcement personnel?
The "deflection" the LAPD is engaged in is an affront to the intelligence of the people.
or
Maybe not.
Will anything happen to the police officers that shot the 2 women delivering news papers?.
"Not only is this reward the largest in local law enforcement history, it's also the most complicated," Beck said. "It is my desire that the reward money be used. We generated countless tips because of it. It had its desired effect."
One tip led directly to Dornor. The kidnapped couple in the Condo who's car was also stolen was the call.
Being tied up both your hands and feet at gun point gagged and a bag tied around your head, then the door shut on top of it is complicated, making it past all of those obstacles and making it down stairs tied up is complicated, especially as one becomes a senior citizen. Making a 911 call in that state is complicated. The first couple made the million dollar call, I thought it was 1.2 million, butgive them the money. What is so complicated?
On the second supposed tip, if the guy who had his white pickup taken at gun point, then later hears a shoot out going on, then calls his law enforcement buddy instead of 911 to tell him there is a shoot out going on, and oh yeah, my pick up was stolen also a few minutes ago, does not in any way deserve the reward. He might think he does, however he admits to hearing the shoot out, then he called his buddy?
Then we find out he is a retired Police reservist, who is a scout master teaching the kids survivals skills, which if he teaches by this example is kind of scary. "Wait until you hear the shooting happen, then call your buddy to discuss the reward"
He has the gull to tell the media, of course I am going after the reward money, I earned it, I was a police reservest.
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck on Tuesday called for a "rational discussion" of the issues seem to be as rational as the retired police resevest when it comes to discussing the reward.
Oh, please. I don't see how anyone can defend Dorner's choice to kill. If he wanted to be heard all he had to do was to hire an attorney and sue. I don't understand how this could be a conspiracy to keep him from talking -- especially when he had already published a "manifesto".
Dorner was a killer and needed to be stopped period. But I smell a coverup by the LAPD, I don't think he was going to be taken alive and the LAPD made sure of it. I do believe that he was telling the truth and fir
Didn't these guys break dozens of laws, injured innocent people and caused havoc and chaos in the process of getting this guy? Would they do that for anyone else in the community? Do LAPD normally shoot at innocent people? Is it 'line of duty' or 'line of fire'? And what if one of the innocent people the cops shot at shot back? Hmmm... Many questions I'd say, too many for 'case closed'...
I hope a huge majority of it goes to the two maids who found him, were abducted by him and then reported to police not only where he was, but also what he was driving.
Dan,
It was not the two maids, it turned out it was the owners of the condominium Karen and Jim Reynolds that walked in on Chris Dornor. Originally it was a couple that was reported that Dornor had abducted, then it was changed to two maids. However the first report was the correct one. Here is the half hour media interview, both part 1 & 2.
Jim & Karen Reynolds Christopher Dorner Hostages News Conference Part 1
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_rGpnSikBHI
Jim & Karen Reynolds Christopher Dorner Hostages News Conference Part 2
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=q3XXpaL7E6Q