Annual Report 2005 - San Diego Health Reports and Documents

This division has approximately113 open investigations.Special Operations DivisionSpecial Operations DIVISION2005 STAFFINGAttorneys 7Commander 1Supervising DA Investigators 4Investigators 10Legal Support Manager 1Legal Support Supervisor 1Supervising Paralegal 1Paralegals 5Support Staff 4Total 2005 SpecialOperations Personnel 34This division investigates and prosecutescases involving misconductby public officials and law enforcement.It also handles internal affairs,election law violations, hate crimes andmajor vice. This division acts as the primaryadvisor to the San Diego Grand Juryand reviews all police use of deadly force.Special Operations is headed by Division2005 Statistics:Open Investigations 201Cases Reviewed 33Cases Issued 26Cases Pleading guilty 31Cases that went to trial 9Chief Julie Korsmeyer and Assistant ChiefDavid Williams.The investigators are involved in thegathering and dissemination of criminalintelligence, threat assessment and are oncall for officer involved shootings, incidentsinvolving serious violence againstpeace officers and security for the DistrictAttorney and her staff.Special Operations keeps the ConfidentialInformant Benefit Records and the BradyIndex. To ensure the office maintainsgood working relationships with Mexicoand other foreign governments and withthe Indian Tribal Governments in thearea, this division has two InternationalLiaisons and a Tribal Liaison.Professional Standards is also part of theSpecial Operations Division. ProfessionalStandards is responsible for allemployee background checks and internaladministrative investigations. Wealso coordinate Police Officer Standardsand Training conducted at the RegionalFirearms Training Facility and we maintainrecords on the vehicle fleet.SPECIAL OPERATIONS CASEPeople vs. Adrian CamachoThe gang member and drug dealergunned down an Oceanside Policeofficer during a routine traffic stop.He was convicted of first degreemurder and sentenced to death.36