Car Accident Interaction With San Bernardino Police – Community Stories.
This story is referencing a car accident.
This was my experience today: I contacted our mayor via email in the hope of bringing it to their attention.
I’m not against our police department; I appreciate what the majority do for our community. However, I encourage everyone to speak up and report police misconduct. This could easily be you or a loved one.
On Friday, I went to the San Bernardino police station in person with my mom. I asked the police department how to go about it, and they took down my information. Only to be told that I would be contacted by the officer in question? This seemed as a form of intimidation. The officer falsified his police report. There were a few discrepancies, one being the silver car in front of my mom. The other was stating he talked with my mother, admitting to being at fault; this never occurred. He showed up when she was being taken by ambulance. When I had asked him, he said he was going to the hospital to take her statement, which he never showed.
The report was one-sided and only has the other 2 parties’ version. At the time of the accident, the other driver stated that the silver car was tailing him. He relayed that to me twice, once at the scene and once again at the hospital. He asked if my mom was ok.
Today I was lost for words. I went back this morning again with my mom and asked to speak with a Sargent. After some time, he came out and said, “If that’s what the officer wrote on the report, then that’s what happened.” Long story short, he tried to intimidate me by saying, if I was sure about what I was saying, they have body cameras, so he would prove me wrong.
I said, “Perfect.” He supposedly went to review them, came back, and said the officer did speak with her. She probably doesn’t remember from the accident. Hence, I said, “May I see this video because I was there?” He said, “No, I’m not saying it’s on video.”
Still, I have two officers now saying they did take her statement. How convenient, they said they carried body cameras, but all of a sudden, since it wasn’t in their favor, he didn’t have it?
Also that there are two parties saying the silver car was in front of my mom. I said, of course, the one involved and the one who struck her. He confirmed this. He also said, “Of course, I know you are trying to defend your mother”. I said, as you are with your officers. At that point, it was awkward, and he said, “No one died, and no one is going to jail for this as it’s a minor traffic accident. I don’t understand”. I told him that only this is costing us on our insurance. He said that was not their problem on their end. That’s something we were going to deal with on our own. I told him it was with reports like this. He then just asked if there was anything else he could help us with.
I was more upset at the fact that I know he is covering for his officers’ misconduct. Then, he tried to sweep it under the rug like it’s no big deal. I contacted the Mayor’s office through email. I brought up the issue and my experience in hopes that they would question the way the department carries itself. I’m hopeful that the insurance lawyers can request the body cam footage, which I am sure they won’t have. My brother was there, and so was another witness who can also say that not one officer took my mother’s statement. I would not go through such lengths if it were not true.
My mother is scared and asked me to leave it alone, but I’m sorry, I’m very bothered by it. The photos I sent to her claims agent can determine that. If in fact she did turn west while facing North, then how would she sustain damage to her driver’s side and the other driver’s side?
Story submitted by @cesar_arturo91
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