"…The declaration we received in response to our order comprised the third icy blast issuing from Pandora's dower. Halford declared that he had appeared at the hearing on the Pitchess motion, "with the original copies [sic ] of all potentially responsive records that were in existence in the City of Santa Ana Police Department" (emphasis added) for the officer in question. Furthermore, he declared that "[p]ursuant to court order, after the hearing I requested that the original records reviewed by the court be maintained by the Department for an indefinite period of time." He then swore that he reviewed that which was submitted to this Court in response to our order, "and do not recall any other records that were produced in response" (emphasis added) to the Pitchess motion. Finally, Halford stated that no other records existed for Officer Garcia and that no records regarding this officer had been purged or removed from his personnel file.
We set this case for oral argument even though the parties had waived the appearance, ordering all officers involved in this morass to be present and answer questions regarding the discrepancies. In oral argument, an astounding revelation occurred: We were informed that the Santa Ana Police Department and City Attorney's Office regularly, systematically, and secretly censored all personnel files before conveying them to any court for in camera review, removing all worker's compensation claims or other records the agencies deemed superfluous. This revelation directly contradicted Halford's earlier sworn declaration that "no records of ․ Officer Frank Garcia have been purged or removed from his personnel file."…"
" If u declare with your mouth,
"Jesus is Lord," & believe in your heart
that God raised Him from the dead,
u will be saved."
Romans 10.9