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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Supervisor Nancy Fanden Contra
Costa
July 12, 1988 for action
DATE: County
SUBJECT: LETTER FROM CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
TO DEPUTIES LINDA TREADWELL AND ROBERTO ORTIZ
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECO14MENDATI ON:
That a letter be sent to Contra Costa County deputy
sheriff ' s, Linda Treadwell and Roberto Ortiz from the Chair
of the Board of Supervisors, expressing the Board' s
condolences.
These officers put their lives on the line when they stopped
to question a suspect. Fortunately, both officers were
wearing bullet-proof vests when the suspect took aim and
fired upon them.
BACKGROUND:
Tom Lee Reed, recently paroled from state prison 2 1/2
months ago from a five-year armed robbery charge, .was
formally charged with the attempted murder of Deputy Linda
Tredwell and Roberto Ortiz by Bay Municipal Court Judge
Bessie Dreibelbis on July 7 , 1988 .
Tom Reed was stopped by Deputy Tredwell because he was
acting suspiciously. During the course of a pat search Tom
Reed produced a gun and began firing.
Deputy Treadwell faces several weeks of bone surgery to
repair damage to her shoulder. Ortiz was released from the
hospital Sunday, July 3 , 1988. Both deputies were shot in
the arm.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON July 12, 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED /02 /fI
Sheriff I it Batchelor,-Clerk of the Board o -
j Superv,sors and County Administratoer
M382/7-83 BY DEPUTY