1:03:01
In all probability, the hearing
in your left ear won't come back.
1:03:05
Two bullet fragments are still
lodged there in the bony portion.
1:03:08
One is very close to
the carotid artery...
1:03:10
andyou'll have to be checkked
from time to time.
1:03:12
Your left side will
feel stiffioccasionally.
1:03:16
Once in a great while you may
experience some dizziness.
1:03:19
But in general,
you'll be okkay.
1:03:40
Through my appearance
here today...
1:03:42
I hope that police officers in
the future will not experience...
1:03:45
the same frustration and anxiety
that I was subjected to...
1:03:49
for the past five years
at the hands of my superiors...
1:03:52
because of my attempt
to report corruption.
1:03:55
I was made to feel that I had
burdened them with an unwanted task.
1:04:00
The problem is that the atmosphere
does not yet exist...
1:04:04
in which an honest police officer
can act...
1:04:06
without fear of ridicule
or reprisal from fellow officers.
1:04:10
Police corruption cannot exist
unless it is at least tolerated...
1:04:14
at higher levels
in the department.
1:04:16
Therefore, the most important result
that can come from these hearings...
1:04:20
is a conviction by police officers
that the department will change.
1:04:25
In order to ensure this...
1:04:26
an independent,
permanent investigative body...
1:04:29
dealing with police corruption,
like this commission, is essential.