Contra Costa County's Chief Public Defender Ellen McDonnell says at least 45 officers from the 99 sworn officers are on the text chains of what's been disclosed thus far, with 16 of them being in leadership roles such as detective or sergeant.
and it seems to me a lot of what we have meets the definition of a law enforcement gang," she says.
She believes that now 40% of Antioch police department's 99 sworn officers were engaging in the text chains, up from the 20% estimate given early in the week by the city.Mayor wants audit of Antioch PD after judge releases officer names involved in alleged misconduct McDonnell wrote to Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton on Friday, requesting that she, "immediately dismiss all pending Public Defender cases involving APD, agree to release our incarcerated clients, and cease filing any APD related cases."
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