 Oh, oh, can you be can you be my attorney? Yeah, we're for defense or prosecution. You need legal aid No, this is for the treason case. I want you to protect me for what I'm not sure I'm being questioned regarding it by Barrick and flop You don't need me to defend you. You just need me to be there for questioning. You're still defending him technically please But yeah, you tell me when I answer Right, I might I might get Miranda is here, right? So I need to make sure that whatever I say ain't truthful and to the point But at the same time you're my lawyer to make sure that you hear the question first. You tell me answer I don't know if I'm conflicted or not Corvid at it It kind of slacks waves conflict you can be his lawyer because this is not a this is not a criminal proceeding at this time If it goes to court, you cannot be his lawyer in court be clear. Okay. Hey If you wave conflict then I can I can also help and I can't defend you in court But for questioning you can have grace primary and then I'm like secondary Well, it's just here. Let me I'm bringing down Okay, so um captain Turner and captain Ruth We decide to meet up at city hall sat down and had a conversation with them there don't conversation We brought the reasons why things were moving slow captain Ruth raised a question asking that She raised a question Well, the city council can vote on who's gonna be in charge of PD or something like that Can the captain just vote and sit above the city council? Obviously, I did not agree with it It was an unprofessional thing to say in front of mayor being the same. It's not better. I'll be honest I was in a state of disarray. Just it's not somebody who I expect to be like this My interactions with the mayor have been very extremely positive and very very good. Okay, so what's going on? He's being questioned about Ruth being charged Yeah, hey, buddy. Oh, yeah, we're ready slacks. Okay. Here's the thing when you guys are in the other room He's covering. I don't think so. I think he's being honest like dude Sometimes like shit happens and you're like you're so like what the hell just happened that you like you just don't listen to it Captain slacks as a formality I'm gonna be advising you of your rights You do have the right the right to remain silent anything you say or do can and will be used against you in the court of law You have the right to an attorney if you cannot afford an attorney One will be appointed to you by the state at no cost if available. Do you understand your rights? I've read them to you today. Yes, I do Captain slacks, I'm gonna be asking you a series of questions today Some of these are related to an incident specific that I'm thinking you are aware of with that involves captain Ruth And some of them might be outside of that scope on the date of February 24 2024. Did you attend a meeting in the mayor's office? Yes, what was the official purpose of your visit to the mayor's office that day discussion about PD matter activity numbers hiring firing Disploring action also the PD legislation that the mayor was planning on proposing City Council, okay, and that legislation was the now known as the police continuity act. Is that correct? Correct? Let me take you back to captain Ruth's statement to keep mentioning that it was hyperbole and it was hyperbolic and that She didn't mean it. How do you know that to be true because at the city council is heavily discussed And the chief justice himself said it was not treason based on the what transpired the mayor provided He saw the story myself and captain Turner provide outside story and the chief justice Agreed that it was not treason based on what transpired Did you participate in or overhear any discussions or comments that indicated that the police department would be Considered an equal branch of government. Oh, I believe that Captain Ruth has brought something like that up. I think something about the PD being like a branch of government I don't remember the exact wording. I'm just remembering I'm not sure actually as far as that because having to see it the city council I thought we were a branch of government, but it was explained to me that that was not the case afterwards No, no, I'm just saying no Kind of clarify real quick. Yes. Do you do you understand being a government employee doesn't necessarily mean that you're Specifically part of your department's a part of one of the branches one of three branches of government I understand that the way I see myself as, you know, local authority and this is says Andres Yeah, I would I would argue that the police department falls under the department of justice, right? Or the you're the officers of the peace and lawyers are the officers of the court and then you have this No, that's good because I because I clarify I was helping him with that being said I'm gonna ask you about another scenario. Does the police department generally provide security details when there's a credible threat against an individual? If you could just give me an example be great But if requested and if that's right, yes, are you aware that there's a security detail applied to a city council member as early as yesterday? Yeah, that was correct. I was the point of contact. Are you aware of any other requests? Yes, I get a branch of government. Yeah, but not not in Los Santos If you don't I ask him, what does he have to do with the investigation? This is all tied to captain roof and I have reason to believe based on statements collected at this point in time That there may be a crime that was committed And I have questions about it quick question for my clarification What's the difference between somebody being recommended for it and somebody specifically asking for it on their own behalf? In this case an officer made the recommendation that a council member should be protected by a security detail by the police rec Okay Oh, I don't want to speculate in a matter I know that threats have been made to multiple members city council because because if people are trying to overthrow him You're aware of so far then Define credible someone who has a history of Violence who has perpetrated crimes against people in government before There were threats being made and it seemed like the threats were being fall They the fall through and people got hurt and that's all I have to say as far as the investigation because it is ongoing It's an ongoing investigation. Okay. Yeah, because chavon wasn't it like a take it up the chain of command pause the recording for a moment True thing she oh my gosh Audio recording is being no no no no no 40 a.m. EST Yeah, you're right. Ruth told chavon is 14 27 that she could not have a security detail I just want to cut through After the kidnapping that we have like um like three weeks ago many things that are going on And so I was at four point. Are these threats? Are these threats the open investigation? I'm not asking for Yeah, yeah, so details about it. Yeah, so so so I mean I heard about this with them and one city council members are said a city council member has been hurt and one is One is um, you know hiding right now a fear for her life Can you just tell me which city council member it is? All I'll say is if it's the person that you mentioned in the hallway Xavier is not them It's not them. Okay. No, okay. Perfect. It is not the main two fish Whatever you're talking about with these other city council members I'm not looking for answers for them. The one I'm referring to specifically is for chavon Has there been anything like that for her? I mean Chavon has been attacked on multiple occasions and multiple times by different kind of people in different kind of groups Unfortunately, she's been a target Often and um frustrating. I'll be honest. All right. I'm gonna I'm gonna we're gonna share the recording back on I'm gonna resume this on a questioning with chavon in mind and uh, hold on Can I can I have a moment with uh with cam slacks before we turn the recording back on two minutes? My stupid or do you think that roof is behind clapping the city council? Uh, I have no idea what that's that's not what they think That's not that I That's what in my mind when when they're talking about city council getting hurt Yeah, no, uh, I just had like a huge epiphany and I'm trying to be Very wise about How am I gonna say this because I just piece together like six different things over the course the last like month and month or so Maybe it was three four weeks. Did you call to have uh, PD presence at the town hall meeting whenever he was having the conversation with people at city hall like he does Yeah, yeah, I did I did So that was your call you personally made that call to watch for chavon and watch for the mayor Correct. Yeah, of course. I mean because once you brought that up to me I was like, you know, why wouldn't you stop that because they kept telling me they got fingled down down here Doing dumb shit kidnapping the mayor attacking this and that so ever since then we had folks come down there and protect, uh, city hall Okay So you need to remember that and I think it would be wise for you to bring it up at a certain point and make sure you Say you made that call specifically. You just need to know that All right, we're ready Holy dude. Oh my gosh. If I didn't remember that he would not have caught on it all holy shit, dude Oh, dude, they were gonna aoe them into a trap They were literally gonna aoe the three captains man power level, dude She'll let it happen. No, I know it like cornwood would never I think I know we're going with this Because it bring keep bringing him shabon and effect. She's being attacked. I mean, but you did that you made that call You guys good. Yeah. Yeah, we're good. Keep in mind Slacks is the only captain who's actually had it had corns back I'm just gonna get back into it because we are strapped for time So are you aware of any requests made by officer louise cambell for a security detail for one shavon thoroughbred? I don't usually um interact with the louise cambell, uh, but I do Remember ever since the couple instance after a fingled an has been and bingo Oh my gosh Oh And uh, when the public announcements are being made that we send officers down there to make sure that we're being proactive Hell, I've been down there myself twice I've called people down there on the radio when they do those public announcements because a lot of times folks do use them Holy shit kidnap somebody or hurt somebody. Yeah, what do you know about officer cambell? Is she an officer? Absolutely. I mean, she was one of the police looks for skeleton crew Do you trust her judgment? A thousand percent if she brought a request to have a security detail for a sitting city council member Would you honor it? Yeah, I mean if she brought me information, it's incredible. Threatness happening. Absolutely. Okay. Are you aware that? Captain ruth was presented with this exact scenario, but declined said security detail That is new to me captain who's never made mention of this I don't recall ever having a conversation about something like this. Oh Is that something that? Oh Something that could be handled is from shift to shift to shift Because things kind of change depending on the environment we deal with and what kind of criminals out there So I can't really answer much on that because I don't have much detail as far as what you're talking about right now That would be more of a shift one matter that I don't really attend too often because I'm a shift to a guy Okay, this might have been answered already, but Dude, he might have been actually What was the atmosphere like between the three you upon exiting the mayor's office? I was in a state of disarray. I was blindsided and my job dropped because like I said, he called us fucks He was screaming. Let's get out close traders captains He'll have our badges. I'll have our job in a week things like that. I mean Everything kind of came out. We discussed the conversation to the whole pd I felt like at the moment we had to be very transparent because the last thing we want is To have it come up as a cover-up for what transpired to The mayor is saying well, they said this and I was saying no this never happened, right? And I think that's the last thing we want to have in in the pd So we want to make sure that we wanted to give our perspective or The captain's perspective as far as what happened and make sure that anything did transpired was there on paper Have you ever seen characteristics or attributes of being vindictive or seeking revenge from captains? I don't think I've ever seen her do anything Like that. No, I don't think I have ever exact examine behavior of revenge Like I said, I think she's somebody who's um by the book somebody who's very textbook and likes to follow the rules That's all the questions that I have for now Captain slacks. We will let you know if we have any additional questions or need any additional follow-up I would ask that between now and when we speak with captain turner If you could refrain with some speaking or letting him know any of the questions that we've asked you about All right, thank you. John captain slacks. Thank you. Appreciate your professionalism and your integrity. Of course. I appreciate you y'all, you know, um seeking justice And I do did I do good. I mean Come with me Yeah, you're welcome by the way. I caught on as soon as you said something like that. Did you catch that shit? Literally right when holy shit. Come here. You definitely Literally it was the next question. Holy shit. I mean there there's a reason why you were clear this call were to ask why right Uh-huh. That's right. Hey captain slacks Uh-huh. You're gonna be a damn good captain someday So not today Someday. All right. We'll see you in court. Dude. I'm so glad I was there. Oh my gosh