City of South Gate Calls on Attorney General to Investigate Threatening Note Sent to Police Officers -- $5,000 Reward to Be Offered.News Editors SOUTH GATE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2002 Mayor Announces Plans to Seek $5,000 Reward for Information Leading to Arrest and Conviction of the Author(s) of the Threatening Note Representatives of the City of South Gate announced today they were seeking the assistance of the Attorney General of the State of California in investigating a threatening note that was left in the private mailboxes of the city's police officers. Simultaneously, Mayor Xochilt Ruvalcaba announced she was introducing a motion to the city council next Monday authorizing a $5,000 reward for anyone providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of the author(s) of the threats. "Public Safety in the City of South Gate is once again being jeopardized by those who seem to have a selfish self·ish adj. 1. Concerned chiefly or only with oneself: "Selfish men were . . . trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of human rights" Maria Weston Chapman. motive motive or motif (mōtēf`), in music, a short phrase or passage of two or more notes and repeated or elaborated throughout the composition. The term is usually used synonymously with figure. and seek to undermine the city's public safety initiatives," said Mayor Ruvalcaba. "The City of South Gate has a zero tolerance policy zero tolerance policy Substance abuse A stance taken by US government, that any type of drug abuse is punishable by incarceration. See Correctional facility, War on Drugs. on crime whether committed on the streets of the city or within the rank and file of our police department. "We will not stand for this kind of behavior from members of our police department and we intend to prosecute To follow through; to commence and continue an action or judicial proceeding to its ultimate conclusion. To proceed against a defendant by charging that person with a crime and bringing him or her to trial. these culprits to the full extent of the law," she continued. The notes left in the police private mail boxes included language threatening the officers for "traitorous behavior" and they were told to "Look over your shoulder, until you leave this organization" and "You never know what can happen in this violent world in which we live." Acting Chief of Police Rick Lopez concurred with the Mayor's assessment of compromised public safety because of the "hostile and fearful" climate the note has created among the rank and file of the police department. "I have little patience for thugs with badges and will work with the Attorney General's office to ensure that these criminals are caught, dismissed from the department and prosecuted," said Acting Chief Lopez. "I refuse to accept this kind of behavior or action by members of my police department and am prepared to do whatever it takes to bring these thugs to justice. My goal is to work with the Attorney General to get to the bottom of this matter immediately. My only concern is that in conducting this investigation, we may just be touching the tip of the iceberg tip of the iceberg n. pl. tips of the iceberg A small evident part or aspect of something largely hidden: afraid that these few reported cases of the disease might only be the tip of the iceberg. ." Acting Chief Lopez indicated he was meeting with representatives from the Attorney General's office this afternoon to discuss when and how to proceed with the investigation. Incorporated on January 20, 1923, South Gate is the sixteenth largest city in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County and encompasses 7.5 square miles A square mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of length one mil. A mil is one thousandth of an international inch. This unit of area is usually used in specifying the area of the cross section of a wire or cable. . The City, located just 12 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or , has a population of more than 100,000 residents. |
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