Lee Baca Quotations

We're going to look at every aspect of this shooting, we're going to examine the intensity of what occurred, we're going to examine our policy, and we're going to again learn from this there is no such thing as a safe shooting anywhere in urban America,

Sherman Block was a giant in the law enforcement family. His dedication and commitment to his profession was unparalleled.

He should have just let them pull him over and do their investigation and we would not have any of this.

What are we going to do, take him to Long Beach or Pasadena?

(The suspect) had been circling the block for about four hours, in a strange manner, ... American Morning.

Certain people get attracted to this type of work; they pass our stringent background investigations, they get through our academies, they take an oath of office to defend the constitution of the state of California as well as the United States -- and what do they do? They go off in a total different direction. And I think the public is fed up with this, and I know I am fed up with it.

And I'm not going to do anything to make it easy for a person who willfully violates policy.