REACT Task Force is located in Redwood City as part of the San Mateo County Sheriff's Department.

As indicated on the tread the Almanac just closed-this case illustrates perfectly the county loop that includes the current and past sheriffs offices, the Sequoia Healthcare District and lord only knows what else--Oh thats right--the D.A.'s office

At one point, the Almanac made a point of not letting cases be "tried" in the message boards.

Apparently, they have softened their view.

Game on!

Historian are you really going to try shut down another newspaper to protect your friends?
Wouldn't life be a lot easier for everyone including yourself, if we all just played by the rules.
I am fairly certain that was the whole point of having any laws in the first place.

Those calling for Atherton's computer forensics expert to solve the Buckheit mystery will be disappointed.

Sherman Hall is part of the problem, not part of the solution.

What Athertonians don't know about the Police Department. All it takes is a single altercation with the wrong officer. Buckheit isn't the only victim. He's just the only victim with the guts to speak out.

I've read about this for a long time now and have been amazed it's still going on.

First and foremost, if a police officer admits in court that a report was falsified, something has to give. It is irresponsible for the police department, town manager, council, etc. to not take some sort of decisive action based on this.

Second, Mr. Buckheit has won not just one, but several court actions in a row, from getting a police report, to an innocence, to keeping the lawsuit alive despite several passes at trying to kill it. If Atherton has been advised that his case had no merit to it, this has been bad advice based on the track record. This case should have been settled by now.

Next, this has all been exacerbated by the political climate in which a spotlight has been turned on public pensions and benefits, and police officers (rightfully or wrongfully) are at the top of that heap. Not a good time to have scandals break.

It sounds to me that at the very least, an officer needs to be fired. I would say this if this had been done to someone just passing through the town. Doing it to a resident makes it worse. It also sounds like the city attorney has given some pretty bad advice.

I have lived here for 15 years and have had good experiences with the police department. The problem with this case, and I hope the decision makers will listen not to mention the police themselves, is that without identifying and punishing the officer who did wrong, the entire department suffers and gets a bad reputation.

I have now heard people talking about the Atherton police department in very negative ways in neighboring communities based on all the bad press.

[POST REMOVED. Please don't use Town Square to accuse named individuals of wrongdoing.]

Guerra has moonlighted as a management consultant. He should know as well as anybody that not one but two people must be fired. The one who falsified the Buckheit report and the one who helped cover it up.