OT & Ugly-Homeless Man Tooled to Death In Fullerton (cont'd)

The evidence reviewed in this investigation includes:

• A 30-minute surveillance video taken from a pole camera at the Fullerton Transportation Center (FTC). The camera is remotely controlled by FPD Dispatch and can be moved to focus on various areas of the FTC. The camera pole is located approximately 150 feet northwest of the area where the incident occurred;
• Two cell phone videos taken by witnesses;
• Six videos of the area and persons around the area of the incident from Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) buses;
• Video and photographs of the crime scene taken by FPD after the incident;
• 151 witness interviews. 73 witness interviews were conducted during a canvass of the FTC and surrounding areas by OCDA Investigators during the weeks following the incident. The other 78 included 18 medical personnel such as responding paramedics and hospital staff. Six of the 78 are sworn FPD officers who responded to the scene after the end of indecent, two are civilian FPD employees, 11 are OCTA employees, and the remainder are civilian witnesses;
• Police reports from the six involved officers submitted to the OCDA on July 26, 2011;
• Audio from the incident from the Digital Audio Recording (DAR) devices of Ramos and Officer Wolfe, Corporal Blatney, and Sergeant Craig (DAR devices of Cicinelli and Officer Hampton were either not activated or not being carried);
• Integrated and enhanced video combining surveillance video with DAR overlay from all relevant officers;
• DARs from seven other responding officers who arrived after the incident;
• Two police batons used in the incident from Ramos and Officer Wolfe;
• One Taser and the downloaded information regarding its use from Cicinelli;
• Downloaded information from six additional Tasers, which were determined not to have been used;
• Medical records from St. Jude Medical Center (St. Jude);
• Medical records from University of California, Irvine Medical Center (UCI Medical Center);
• Photographs of Thomas from the hospital and autopsy;
• Forensic testing including DNA;
• Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Coroner’s and Toxicology reports with consideration of all materials gathered and submitted by the OCDA;
• Dispatch logs and audio from FPD; and
• Other evidence.


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