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NEW YORK -- The New York Police Department detective who fired 31 of the 50 shots that killed an unarmed groom and injured two of his bachelor party guests testified before a grand jury on Friday.
Michael Oliver, 35, looking emotionally drained, came out after 2{ hours in the company of his lawyer, James Culleton, who said, "Thirty-one shots, although shocking to a lot of people, can be fired with a 9-millimeter semiautomatic with reloading in approximately 10 seconds."
He said the grand jurors posed numerous questions about the Nov. 25 incident, which resulted in the d... Read more
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28 March 2007
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GISD police chief under scruti
GALVESTON — Galveston Independent School District Police Chief LeeRoy Amador likely will be the center of attention tonight at a grievance hearing demanded by three of his former officers.
Ira Leigh, DeWayne Baziel and Timothy Fields say they lost their jobs because they questioned Amador’s policies and integrity.
Two of the men were not rehired when the department reorganized in August. The third, Amador said, quit several months later.
Their attorney plans to use Amador’s personnel records from his former employer, the Texas Department of Public Safety, to illustrate what they say is a pattern of questionable professional behavior.
Amador disputed the complaints but said he was not surprised to see them surface. He said he was not the first police chief the officers had complained about.
“We knew this was coming,” he said. “I have nothing to hide. It’s all part of the public record. There is no validity to the complaints.”
During tonight’s public hearing, attorney Paul Aman plans to focus on seven complaints against Amador during his 24 years as a state trooper. The complaints, according to information provided by Aman, include an alleged incident of domestic violence and a criminal investigation into illegal activities at a commercial building Amador owned but rented out.
Amador’s DPS supervisors disciplined him for five of the seven complaints, all for failing to keep them notified about the incidents. But Amador said it was important to note none of the situations led to any criminal charges.
“On the family violence situation, I was a victim of circumstance,” he said. “There was no arrest and no charges were ever filed. You know, if there was really a problem, there would have been charges.”
Amador said he did not know anything about the criminal activity on his property until he found out about the police investigation. His tenant, he said, had sub-leased the property to someone who brought in illegal 8-liner machines without his knowledge.
Amador attributed his problems with DPS to discrimination.
Amador eventually resigned from the department in June 2004, faced with the threat of being fired.
He filed suit against DPS Director Thomas Davis for discrimination later that year but lost the case.
GISD Superintendent Lynne Cleveland said she had no idea about Amador’s history with DPS, other than that he worked there before joining the GISD police.
“When I came on board, he had already been hired,” she said. “I just went on what records we had here. His evaluations were way above average.”
Cleveland recommended promoting Amador to head the department last month, a move the school board approved unanimously.
“I stand behind my recommendation,” she said.
“There’s not anything substantial in this information for me to be worried about. He’s doing a great job for us.”
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