1:00:13
Oh, well.
1:00:19
Well, Frank,
the facts are these.
1:00:22
You'll have to stay on leave
of absence for a few months.
1:00:25
In all probability, the hearing
in your left ear won't come back.
1:00:29
Two bullet fragments are still
lodged there in the bony portion.
1:00:32
One is very close to
the carotid artery...
1:00:33
andyou'll have to be checkked
from time to time.
1:00:36
Your left side will
feel stiffioccasionally.
1:00:40
Once in a great while you may
experience some dizziness.
1:00:43
But in general,
you'll be okkay.
1:01:02
Through my appearance
here today...
1:01:05
I hope that police officers in
the future will not experience...
1:01:08
the same frustration and anxiety
that I was subjected to...
1:01:11
for the past five years
at the hands of my superiors...
1:01:14
because of my attempt
to report corruption.
1:01:17
I was made to feel that I had
burdened them with an unwanted task.
1:01:22
The problem is that the atmosphere
does not yet exist...
1:01:25
in which an honest police officer
can act...
1:01:27
without fear of ridicule
or reprisal from fellow officers.
1:01:32
Police corruption cannot exist
unless it is at least tolerated...
1:01:35
at higher levels
in the department.
1:01:37
Therefore, the most important result
that can come from these hearings...
1:01:41
is a conviction by police officers
that the department will change.
1:01:45
In order to ensure this...
1:01:47
an independent,
permanent investigative body...
1:01:50
dealing with police corruption,
like this commission, is essential.