{"id":23136,"date":"2020-07-21T16:32:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T23:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/?p=23136"},"modified":"2021-04-13T20:14:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T03:14:28","slug":"mason-county-brady-list-of-unreliable-leos-7-21-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/mason-county-brady-list-of-unreliable-leos-7-21-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Mason County Brady List of Unreliable LEOs (7-21-20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/112918HectorDiaz-1024x653.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24341\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/112918HectorDiaz-1024x653.png 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/112918HectorDiaz-300x191.png 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/112918HectorDiaz-768x489.png 768w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/112918HectorDiaz-1536x979.png 1536w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/112918HectorDiaz.png 1924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Hector Diaz before he was removed from the K9 unit for dishonesty\/misconduct<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BradyLstMason-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23137\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BradyLstMason-791x1024.png 791w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BradyLstMason-232x300.png 232w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BradyLstMason-768x994.png 768w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BradyLstMason-1187x1536.png 1187w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BradyLstMason-1583x2048.png 1583w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BradyLstMason.png 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Provided by Mason County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A Giglio or&nbsp;<strong>Brady list<\/strong>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;<strong>list<\/strong>&nbsp;compiled usually by a prosecutor&#8217;s office or a police department containing the names and details of law enforcement officers who have had sustained incidents of untruthfulness, criminal convictions, candor issues, or some other type of issue placing their credibility into question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Police<\/strong>&nbsp;officers who have been dishonest are sometimes referred to as &#8220;<strong>Brady cops<\/strong>.&#8221; Because of the&nbsp;<strong>Brady<\/strong>&nbsp;ruling, prosecutors are required to notify defendants and their attorneys whenever a law enforcement official involved in their case has a sustained record for knowingly lying in an official capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, Dracobly&#8217;s name is not on the list.  Thus, it cannot be considered factually exhaustive and calls into question the process used to lodge names on the list.  Officer Dracobly&#8217;s story was reported in this publication some time ago and can be found @ WOMEN&#8217;S LIVES MATTER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-soul-snatcher-productions-tm-democracy-wall\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9qzn93Iigt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/dracobly-v-dracobly-reveals-mason-co-sheriffs-malfeasance\/\">Dracobly v. Dracobly exposes Mason Co. Sheriff&#8217;s Malfeasance<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Dracobly v. Dracobly exposes Mason Co. Sheriff&#8217;s Malfeasance&#8221; &#8212; Soul Snatcher, Productions (tm) Democracy Wall\" src=\"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/dracobly-v-dracobly-reveals-mason-co-sheriffs-malfeasance\/embed\/#?secret=Iq9paAAI1X#?secret=9qzn93Iigt\" data-secret=\"9qzn93Iigt\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/HectorDiaz.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24342\" width=\"581\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/HectorDiaz.png 400w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/HectorDiaz-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><figcaption>Hector Diaz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Most states, in a variety of ways, keep police disciplinary&nbsp;<strong>records<\/strong>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>public<\/strong>&nbsp;view. Some states, including New York and, until recently,&nbsp;<strong>California<\/strong>, keep police disciplinary&nbsp;<strong>records<\/strong>&nbsp;completely private. This has led activists to pressure prosecutors to create these&nbsp;<strong>Brady lists<\/strong>, expand them, and make them&nbsp;<strong>public<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87 (1963);&nbsp;<strong>Giglio<\/strong>&nbsp;v. &#8230; Under Brady-<strong>Giglio<\/strong>, when a&nbsp;<strong>police officer<\/strong>&nbsp;is called as a witness for a&nbsp;<strong>law enforcement<\/strong>&nbsp;agency, the prosecutor must disclose impeachment evidence,meaning any evidence that \u201ccasts a substantial doubt upon the accuracy\u201d of the witness&nbsp;<strong>testimony<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Four types of prosecutorial misconduct<\/strong>\u00a0are offering inadmissible evidence in court, suppressing evidence from the defense, encouraging deceit from witnesses, and\u00a0<strong>prosecutorial<\/strong>\u00a0bluffing (threats or intimidation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Nearly 200 cops with credibility issues still working in Washington state<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A Crosscut investigation found at least 183 police officers flagged for issues such as&nbsp;dishonesty, bias and excessive force remain in law enforcement.by&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>by <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/author\/melissa-santos\">Melissa Santos<\/a><\/li><li>\/\u00a0April 8, 2021<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"624\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SeaCops-1024x624.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24344\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SeaCops-1024x624.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SeaCops-300x183.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SeaCops-768x468.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SeaCops-1536x935.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SeaCops.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Seattle police officers wear gas masks and carry weapons as smoke rises and they clash with protesters, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Seattle during a protest in support of Black Lives Matter and against police brutality and racial injustice. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time police arrived, the street fight had dispersed. A man emerged from his house, clearly intoxicated, shouting for the cops to come fight him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Without saying a word, Officer Casey Gillette entered the man\u2019s yard and punched him in the head.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Gillette then wrestled the man to the ground and, with the help of another officer, placed him in handcuffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>An&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/casey-gillette-potential-impeachment-disclosure_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">internal police investigation<\/a>&nbsp;found that Gillette, a Yakima police officer, used excessive force during the 2013 incident and lacked probable cause to detain the man.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/2013-use-of-force-complaint-casey-gillette-compressed_0.pdf\">According to a superior<\/a>, Gillette first tried to arrest the man for a crime that didn\u2019t exist in city code, then arrested him for a different offense \u2014 also not supported by the facts \u2014 in an apparent attempt \u201cto justify [the] prior use of force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet Gillette continues to work as a cop, as do&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/officers-on-brady-lists-in-wa-by-county-pdf-version.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at least 183 officers in Washington state<\/a>&nbsp;whose dishonesty, lapses in judgment, bias&nbsp;or sloppy police work have landed them on a list of officers with credibility issues. (<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/news\/2021\/04\/how-we-reported-cops-credibility-issues-washington-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more about how we reported this story<\/a>.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Gillette received a written reprimand for the punching incident. He also was placed on a list of witnesses commonly called the \u201cBrady list,\u201d after the 1963 court case Brady v. Maryland.<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/news\/2021\/04\/getting-story-how-we-investigated-cops-credibility-problems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Next:<\/strong>&nbsp;Getting the story: How we investigated cops&#8217; credibility problems<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The list is essentially a collection of cops who come with a warning label. When these officers are called upon to testify, letters are sent from the prosecutor\u2019s office to alert defense attorneys of their past misbehavior \u2014 incidents that could be used to question the officers\u2019 testimony, or impeach their credibility in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Officers with credibility issues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"984\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BradyListMap-1024x984.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24345\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BradyListMap-1024x984.png 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BradyListMap-300x288.png 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BradyListMap-768x738.png 768w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BradyListMap.png 1372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Brady List Map<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers end up on the Brady list for a variety of reasons, but the most common is dishonesty. About half the officers Crosscut identified as still working in law enforcement were flagged by prosecutors because they appear to have lied or were somehow deceptive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Others were placed on the Brady list because of incidents of bias, such as posting racist remarks on social media or making discriminatory comments toward suspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A few, like Gillette, are there because of their excessive or questionable use of force. The Yakima police chief agreed that Gillette\u2019s use of force was improper, but disagreed with the investigator\u2019s conclusion that Gillette fabricated a reason for the arrest.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/news\/2021\/04\/how-fired-cops-win-their-jobs-back-arbitration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Next:<\/strong>&nbsp;How fired cops win their jobs back: arbitration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Crosscut began compiling a statewide database of officers placed on county Brady lists more than nine months ago, shortly after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosecuting attorneys say being on the list doesn\u2019t mean a cop is dirty (although, prosecutors have occasionally been known to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/island-county-bad-cop-comment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">call their Brady list their \u201cbad cop\u201d file<\/a>, for short). Officers on the list are regularly called upon to testify in court, with their testimony serving as evidence against defendants in criminal cases.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are instances where the officer involved may have had something relatively minor as to what the misconduct was,\u201d said Dan Clark, who leads the criminal division in the King County Prosecuting Attorney\u2019s Office. \u201cWe still have an obligation to turn that [information] over.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Defense attorneys, however, question why any cops who have been known to lie, abuse force or stretch ethical limits continue to work as police officers, when a police officer\u2019s word can be enough to convict someone of a crime or put them in jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI really think we should not need a Brady list, because there should be no such thing as a police agency that keeps cops with histories of lying, or false arrests, or brutality, or fabricating reports, or other misconduct,\u201d said Anita Khandelwal, director of the King County Department of Public Defense.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/max_992x992\/public\/images\/anita-khandelwal.jpg?itok=YgDsIo7L\" alt=\"Director of King County\u2019s Department of Public Defense Anita Khandelwal\" title=\"anita-khandelwal.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Khandelwal\u2019s office recently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/letter-to-kcpao.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">joined with several other groups to ask King County<\/a>&nbsp;to stop prosecuting cases that rely on evidence collected by cops on the Brady list.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBlack, Indigenous, and other people of color are disproportionally ensnared in the criminal punishment system. They should not be forced to confront claims or purported evidence found by officers who have been disciplined for being dishonest or racist,\u201d the Department of Public Defense wrote in August 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The King County Prosecuting Attorney\u2019s Office has yet to formally respond to that letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eight months later, a deadly shooting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to deciding whether a criminal defendant ends up in jail or facing charges, a police officer\u2019s honesty can also be crucial in determining whether families of police shooting victims get justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Eight months after Gillette punched a man in the head in Yakima, he shot and killed an unarmed man in a parked car at a Yakima car wash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Yakima County&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/prosecutor-ruling-on-gillette-shooting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prosecuting Attorney\u2019s Office ruled<\/a>&nbsp;the 2014 shooting of Rocendo Arias was justified, based largely on Gillette\u2019s statement that Arias lunged at him while pointing what turned out to be an Airsoft pellet gun.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>But a retired police captain who reviewed the case on behalf of Arias\u2019 family said the evidence contradicted Gillette\u2019s story. The blood spatter pattern, along with the position of Arias\u2019 body \u2014 slumped forward, with his hands in his lap \u2014 suggested he was actually sleeping at the time, not lunging, as Gillette had claimed,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/rod-light-letter-on-gillette-shooting-arias-family-claim.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote former Yakima Police Capt.&nbsp;Rodney Light<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Arias family brought a wrongful death lawsuit, and the city ended up paying $500,000 to settle the case without admitting any wrongdoing on the part of Gillette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>William Pickett, the family\u2019s attorney, called the sequence of events \u201cabsolutely disgraceful.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe should have been discharged. Instead, he was promoted,\u201d said Pickett, referring to how Gillette moved from patrol to the SWAT team after the shooting, and later became a detective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Gillette didn\u2019t respond to multiple requests to be interviewed for this story.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The current Yakima police chief, Matthew Murray, wasn\u2019t around when the incidents involving Gillette took place, but said he saw no indication in his records that Gillette had lied. He called Gillette \u201ca star\u201d detective who investigates sex crimes against children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any indication he was acting in bad faith,\u201d Murray said of Gillette.<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/max_1600x1600\/public\/images\/rocendo_arias.jpg?itok=Ray3YIOh\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1015\" height=\"571\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RocendoArias.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RocendoArias.jpeg 1015w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RocendoArias-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RocendoArias-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><figcaption><em>Rocendo Arias is shown in this undated photo provided by his family&#8217;s attorney.\u00a0Arias was 23 when he was shot and killed in Yakima by Police Officer Casey Gillette.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">How officers end up on the Brady list<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Most incidents that land cops on the Brady list are of much lower stakes than fatal shootings \u2014 things like submitting inaccurate reports about traffic stops&nbsp;or lying about why they missed a court date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>But Pickett, a former president of the Washington State Bar Association, said any deception in a cop\u2019s record \u201cis always relevant, because it addresses the character of the witness.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese folks, when they swear the oath to serve and protect, they are given an enormous amount of control over our lives, if they choose to exercise that,\u201d Pickett said. \u201cAnd they have to be of the utmost trustworthiness \u2014 they just have to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brady lists from Washington\u2019s 39 counties aren\u2019t a complete accounting of every cop who has ever crossed a line. But they shed light on the kind of behavior that police officers can be credibly accused of while still being allowed to keep their jobs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In most cases, police officers&nbsp;end up on these lists&nbsp;if their departments have conducted an investigation and determined that they have been less than truthful or have committed some other form of misconduct.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In other cases, prosecutors have added officers to the list if they have been observed giving conflicting statements, or a judge has determined they disregarded the truth in some way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>After filing more than 100 public records requests, Crosscut has identified at least 183 cops across Washington state who have been placed on prosecutors\u2019 Brady lists, yet continue to work as police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>That number is likely an undercount, as it doesn\u2019t include every officer who may have been added to these lists in recent months, or some officers on lists that may be held by city instead of county attorneys.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>&#8220;These folks, when they swear the oath to serve and protect &#8230; they have to be of the utmost trustworthiness \u2014 they just have to be.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u2014 William Pickett, lawyer for the family of Rocendo Arias<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>About half of the working cops that Crosscut identified as being on Brady lists ended up there because of some form of deception \u2014 such as lying to co-workers, submitting false reports or affidavits, or lying during internal investigations. That\u2019s 89 officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;dozen others were placed on the lists because their official reports were deemed to be inaccurate, but it wasn\u2019t clear that they were intentionally trying to deceive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Other reasons officers were placed on their county\u2019s Brady lists included past criminal convictions, failing to properly handle evidence, or other forms of sloppy police work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Crosscut identified 20 working officers who are on Brady lists for excessive force or bias. That number doesn\u2019t capture every officer who has exhibited those behaviors around the state. A few officers are on Brady lists for multiple reasons, according to prosecutors\u2019 notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>For 26 officers, Crosscut was unable to determine why they were placed on prosecutors\u2019 Brady lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fired for lying, but still on the force<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, officers are fired for lying. But the discipline doesn\u2019t always stick.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s what happened with Shelton Police Officer Hector Diaz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>An&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/diaz-sexual-harassment-investigation_compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">internal investigation in 2019<\/a>&nbsp;found that Diaz made inappropriate sexual comments to dispatchers, members of the public and other police employees. During the investigation, Diaz \u201cdisplayed a lack of integrity and truthfulness,\u201d his police chief wrote at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/diaz-fake-restraining-order-investigation_compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another incident<\/a>, Diaz lied to his then-girlfriend by telling her a restraining order was in effect against her \u2014 part of a ploy to keep her from talking to a barista she suspected Diaz was also dating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/diaz-girlfriend-statement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a statement to police<\/a>, Diaz\u2019s former girlfriend said she feared she \u201cwould go to jail\u201d for violating the nonexistent restraining order, causing her to drive out of her way to avoid passing the coffee stand where the barista worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>She also reported receiving threatening texts from Diaz, and told police she terminated a pregnancy because she didn\u2019t think she could keep the baby safe from him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI know for a fact that my life, along with the baby\u2019s, would be in danger,\u201d she wrote of&nbsp;her decision to get an abortion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c&#8230; This is not something I would have ever done if I felt safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Darrin Moody, a&nbsp;former police chief of Shelton, decided to fire Diaz in September 2019, citing&nbsp;\u201ca pattern of dishonesty\u201d that included lying in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c&#8230; You admitted to \u2018lying\u2019 several times in order to get the desired results in your personal relationships, and you did this while using your position as a police officer to further the deception,\u201d Moody wrote in his letter firing Diaz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>But Diaz filed a grievance under his union contract, leading the city to reinstate him as part of a settlement agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, Diaz still works as a Shelton police officer.<em><\/em>His response to everything is, \u2018I\u2019m a cop, why would I lie?\u2019\u201d\u2014 An ex-girlfriend of a police officer accused of dishonesty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Diaz did not respond to requests to interview him for this story. His current police chief, Carole Beason, wrote in an email that she wasn\u2019t around for those incidents, then didn\u2019t respond to further inquiries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In her statement to police, Diaz\u2019s former girlfriend questioned why the Shelton Police Department would want to keep an officer like Diaz, who she said abused his power while using his badge as cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHis response to everything is, \u2018I\u2019m a cop, why would I lie?\u2019 \u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">\u2018A deadly force situation\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brady lists are not specifically designed to track uses of force by police agencies. Still, at least eight currently working officers ended up in prosecutors&#8217; Brady files after using force in a way that was thought&nbsp;to be questionable or excessive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Gillette, the Yakima police officer who punched a man and later killed Rocendo Arias, is one of those officers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>So is Darrin Dotson, a Jefferson County sheriff\u2019s deputy who has a history of losing his cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Dotson&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peninsuladailynews.com\/news\/jefferson-deputy-suspended-for-conduct-at-sons-ballgame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">once got suspended<\/a>&nbsp;for yelling at a Little League umpire while armed, on duty and in uniform, according to local media reports. The umpire had apparently called a strike on Dotson\u2019s 10-year-old son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A few years later,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/dotson-traffic-stop-incident_compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dotson was cited<\/a>&nbsp;as having \u201cclearly exhibited poor control of his emotions\u201d when he detoured from an urgent call to pull over a truck driver, then swore at the man and possibly dented the door of the man\u2019s truck when slamming it closed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, in 2016,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/darrin-dotson-16-8971.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dotson intentionally applied his Taser<\/a>&nbsp;to the face of a man he was trying to arrest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/max_992x992\/public\/images\/andrew-myerberg.jpg?itok=Z3_OWLu8\" alt=\"Director of Seattle\u2019s Office of Police Accountability Andrew Myerberg\" title=\"andrew-myerberg.jpg\"\/><figcaption><em>Director of Seattle\u2019s Office of Police Accountability Andrew Myerberg.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Targeting a person\u2019s face with a Taser goes against the guidance listed in the device\u2019s operations manual, which says \u201cto avoid targeting the face &#8230; to reduce the risk of serious injury or death,\u201d said Andrew Myerberg, the director of Seattle\u2019s Office of Police Accountability, which reviews misconduct complaints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cFor me, that would be a deadly force situation,\u201d Myerberg said, after hearing a description of Dotson\u2019s case.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.jefferson.wa.us\/DocumentCenter\/View\/4793\/JCSO-Operations-Policy-Manual---Lexipol?bidId=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jefferson County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>&nbsp;similarly directs deputies to avoid using a Taser on a person\u2019s head or neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Myerberg said there are alternative, less lethal tactics that can be used in a situation where someone is resisting arrest, but deliberately deciding to apply a stun gun to someone\u2019s face is \u201chard to justify.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Dotson didn\u2019t respond to requests to be interviewed. Neither did Jefferson County Sheriff Joe Nole, who was not in office at the time of the Taser incident or the other two incidents involving Dotson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>An outside prosecutor from Kitsap County weighed whether to press criminal charges against Dotson for the Taser incident. Ultimately,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/2016-10-15-letter-from-pao-kitsap.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no charges were filed<\/a>, but the incident was added to Dotson\u2019s Brady file at the county prosecutor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Showing bias&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Racism is another reason prosecutors flag cops for the Brady list. At least a dozen working cops have landed on Brady lists because of incidents where they showed some form of bias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, those offenses have occurred on social media. In 2017, a Whatcom County sheriff\u2019s deputy posted an image on Facebook of a female model in a Native American headdress, with the caption \u201cVictoria\u2019s Secret apologizes after use of Native American headdress in fashion show draws outrage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The deputy, Ryan Rathbun, posted along with&nbsp;that image, \u201cTime to get the small pox blankets out and shut some people up.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/rathbun-letter-whatcom_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a 2017 memo from the Whatcom County prosecutor&#8217;s office<\/a>, Rathbun said he wasn\u2019t biased against Native Americans, and \u201cthis remark was a parody of something he had seen on&nbsp;<em>South Park<\/em>, a cartoon broadcast show.\u201d&nbsp; The county prosecutor at the time, David McEachran, wrote that he considered Rathbun a \u201cwell qualified, hardworking and good deputy sheriff\u201d who didn\u2019t show bias or prejudice while on duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Rathbun remains employed as a Whatcom County sheriff\u2019s deputy and has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatcomcounty.us\/DocumentCenter\/View\/46504\/Activity-Report-2020-03-18-07-30-59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continued to respond to calls out in the community<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Other agencies may have reacted differently to the same set of facts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor me, that would be almost certainly a termination case in my mind,\u201d said Myerberg, Seattle\u2019s Office of Police Accountability director. \u201cI don\u2019t see any way that officer would be able to stay with the Seattle Police Department.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Myerberg said discriminatory social media posts do, in fact, say something about a cop\u2019s ability to police people fairly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you are racist, you are not just racist on Monday,\u201d Myerberg said. \u201cYou are racist on every day of the week.\u201d<em><\/em>The public absolutely has to trust that when an officer raises their hand and swears, \u2018This happened,\u2019 that what the officer said was the truth.\u201d\u2014 State Rep. John Lovick, D-Mill Creek<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018A second chance\u2019&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Cops often object to being on the Brady list, saying it damages their credibility and could end their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet several police officers who have been placed on the Brady list in one jurisdiction later go on to find employment somewhere else.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>One of them is Wade Murray,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/wade-murray.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a former Seattle cop who admitted to insurance fraud<\/a>&nbsp;while trying to cover for his nephew, who had crashed Murray\u2019s&nbsp;car into a retaining wall. Murray filed a false insurance claim saying that he, not his nephew, was the one driving, while also arranging for his nephew to leave the scene and for the car to be privately towed. Murray was suspended in 2018&nbsp;over the incident and now works for the Milton Police Department.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/max_992x992\/public\/images\/james-schrimpsher-.jpg?itok=Eh9tChxU\" alt=\"Police Chief James Schrimpsher of the city of Algona, Washington\" title=\"james-schrimpsher-.jpg\"\/><figcaption><em>Police Chief James Schrimpsher of the city of Algona, Wash. outside of the police department on April 2, 2021<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Another Brady list officer who switched departments is James Schrimpsher, the chief of police in Algona. He is on King County\u2019s Brady list for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/schrimpsher-arbitrator-upholds-firing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">being less than truthful in an internal investigation<\/a>&nbsp;in 2007, when he was a King County sheriff\u2019s deputy. He was fired over the incident.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Schrimpsher cautioned against writing off officers on the Brady list as bad cops who are somehow irredeemable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI made a mistake going on 15 years ago&nbsp;and, luckily, I had some good mentors who picked me up, dusted me off and put me on the right path,\u201d Schrimpsher said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>He said he has used what he learned from the experience to try to improve the state\u2019s criminal justice system. That work has included helping get members of the Washington Fraternal Order of Police on board with major reform measures, as well as serving on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2180\/2020\/12\/CSTF-Final-Report-2020_12.21.20_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington State Criminal Sentencing Task Force<\/a>, which recommended ways to reduce long prison sentences and promote alternatives to incarceration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the reasons I wanted to be on that task force is that people make mistakes, and they shouldn\u2019t have to pay for them the rest of their lives if they have learned from that mistake,\u201d Schrimpsher said. \u201cBecause I got a second chance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">&#8216;The tip of the iceberg\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa Daugaard, executive director of the Public Defender Association, said she doesn\u2019t think the worst actors in police departments actually show up on prosecutors\u2019 Brady lists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather, she said, the cops who end up on the lists are simply the ones where there is a \u201csmoking gun\u201d showing how they lied, cut corners or abused their authority \u2014&nbsp; things typically hard to prove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe few officers that are proven to have Brady material are the tip of the iceberg,\u201d Daugaard said. \u201cThe iceberg is the other officers you are worried are hiding evidence, fabricating evidence, producing inaccurate pictures, or subverting justice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark, the lead&nbsp;criminal deputy in the King County Prosecuting Attorney\u2019s Office, said his office takes its obligation to turn over potential impeachment material very seriously, and is diligent about providing that information to defense attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>But there are&nbsp;other places the system can break down, including with the police agencies themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Khandelwal, the director of the King County Department of Public Defense, said decisions about who goes on the Brady list rely too much on police agencies investigating themselves and issuing disciplinary findings against officers, which doesn\u2019t always happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>State Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, hopes to address that in part by passing a new law,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=5066&amp;Year=2021&amp;Initiative=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Bill 5066<\/a>, that would make it mandatory for officers to report any misconduct they see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>But even when there is an official investigation or misconduct finding, prosecutors don\u2019t always learn about it in a timely manner, said Dhingra, who also works as a King County deputy prosecuting attorney.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Another proposal,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov\/biennium\/2021-22\/Pdf\/Bill%20Reports\/Senate\/1088-S%20SBR%20APS%2021.pdf?q=20210330150523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Bill 1088<\/a>, would try to fix that&nbsp;by requiring police agencies to notify prosecutors within 10 days about any misconduct that could cast doubt on an officer\u2019s testimony. The measure would also require police agencies to check whether potential new hires are on their local county\u2019s Brady list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>State Rep. 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