(Source: California State Attorney General’s Opinion No. Police seized all of his computers, files and electronic devices containing 30 years of reporting.News of the raid spread around the country and world, prompting rebukes from politicians like Gov. "Chief Bill Scott had defended the raid for two weeks before conceding it was wrong and apologizing. Investigators were hoping to catch Carmody and his source on video but never did.A spokesman for the San Francisco Superior Court said he could not comment.Police also obtained video from the Italian Athletic Club and Tony’s Pizza in North Beach and the Washington Square Inn. SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said Wednesday that his Police Department respects the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s decision recently to Earlier this week, the SFMTA pledged to address systematic racism and support the San Francisco community in protesting police brutality, leading to a refusal to transport San Francisco police officers to protests and demonstrations on Muni buses.Scott responded saying that the Police Department respects the view and choices of the community and that the department recognizes that “we are all in the midst of a difficult, emotionally charged time as we come to terms with painful truths about the kind of policing that took George Floyd’s life in Minneapolis.”Scott ended his statement by expressing “SFPD’s commitment to the safety and First Amendment rights of the community,” and reporting that the department has adjusted its transportation accordingly.The city’s police union, the San Francisco Police Officers Association, was less diplomatic about the transit agency’s decision.“Hey Muni, lose our number next time you need officers for fare evasion enforcement or removing problem passengers from your buses and trains,” the SFPOA wrote on social media Wednesday. Then-Mayor Edwin Lee said a major factor in his choice was Scott’s experience in helping lead the Los Angeles department through transformational progress. But by issuing Carmody a press pass, the department recognized he was a working journalist.Investigators then began writing a series of warrants – seven in all – allowing them access to the officers’ phone records, and Carmody’s geo locations and call information.The Police Department used the locations to retrace Carmody’s steps around San Francisco in hopes of catching him and his source on video doing the handoff.In March 2019, Judge Charlene Kiesselback, who retired this month, signed a warrant letting police search video at a Starbucks. “I am honored to work in the City and County of San Francisco, where residents, community leaders and local stakeholders are actively engaged in the process to help make our Police Department the finest in the nation,” said Chief Scott. William Braconi Chief Bill Scott had defended the raid for two weeks before conceding it was wrong and apologizing. He was selected to lead the SFPD after a nationwide search. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MAY 15: San Francisco police chief Bill Scott looks on during a news conference at the San Francisco Police Academy on May 15, 2018 in San Francisco, California. A 2003 California Attorney General’s opinion, which was cited in SFPD’s notice on the new policy today, addressed a legal question as to whether law enforcement agencies in the nation’s largest state had discretion to provide copies of photographs of arrested persons in response to requests from members of the public.Then-Attorney General Bill Lockyer’s office opined at the time that law enforcement agencies do have such discretion, “though once a copy is furnished to one member of the general public, a copy must be made available to all who make a request.” Unlike prescribed information in which the California Public Records Act requires disclosure, however, the A.G. opinion had “no hesitation in finding that mug shots fall within the ‘records of investigations’ exemption” of relevant law, making the release of police booking photos wholly discretionary. Adachi was a longtime adversary of the police.Carmody, known in the business as a “stringer,” shoots video of breaking news and gathers other information and sells it to local television stations. Less than a week later, the police department’s internal affairs bureau opened a criminal case and began hunting for the leaker. Anonymous Tip Line. Scott had previously served for 27 years in the Los Angeles Police Department, where he was a deputy chief. William Braconi describing what was allegedly happening behind the scenes.It outlines how the botched attempt to squeeze a journalist for his source went all the way up to the chief.“Chief Scott was hardly a passive and disinterested observer in what was occurring, but was actively seeking information and providing guidance and direction as the investigation was going on,” Braconi wrote.He added that after Scott learned about the April discussion with Carmody, the chief suggested investigators “write yet an additional search warrant to obtain Mr. Carmody’s phone records” to see if he called or texted his sources.Before serving search warrants, police are required by department policy to have them reviewed by an assistant district attorney. Revelations in the police report that were published in the news drew outrage from Adachi’s supporters, who accused police of trying to smear the powerful elected official and tarnish his legacy. (Photo by Mason Trinca for The Washington Post via Getty Images) "The city’s continued effort to expose the source of the Adachi report is not sitting well with First Amendment advocates.“People who expose facts to the public always have their own motives and those motives may be pure and they may be impure but the end result of leaks like this is that information is coming out that nobody is contesting is false,” said David Snyder, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, one of the press-freedom groups that fought to have the Carmody warrant applications unsealed.Exposing sources in general is bad for journalism, he said, because it may discourage others to come forward with information in the future.“Whether you oppose or support an elected leader shouldn’t be the determining factor whether true information about that person is allowed to see the light of day,” he said.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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