Several months after a criminal and administrative investigation began regarding alleged misconduct by Joseph Garrido, he has filed a lawsuit and claimed whistleblower status. Absent from this lawsuit is any explanation as to why Mr. Garrido supposedly witnessed misconduct, yet took no action for years until after he was under investigation.
Although we look forward to challenging these lies in the proper venue, a court of law, we will address one of these blatant and demonstrably false lies now. Among the many false statements contained within this lawsuit, we will focus on the tragic death of a Department K-9 named “Spike.”
Please read the October 6, 2020, memorandum regarding the supervisory inquiry into this unfortunate tragedy which details the incident and the actions which took place to prevent it from happening again.
Exploitation of a tragic loss like this in pursuit of financial gain is what we have come to expect from Attorney Vincent Miller, and we look forward to vigorously challenging this case in Court.
Department Memorandum: https://lasd.org/transparency/discipline/#misc_2020
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