MIT Officer Discovered in House of Police Raid Target

The declaration of the state of emergency has resulted in several police raids in areas of high gang activity or in the homes of crime affiliated individuals. On Tuesday morning, during one of those raids, an officer of the Mobile Interdiction Team was discovered in the homes of one of the targeted individuals. Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams said that the officer, John Gamboa, is a relative of the homeowner and wasn’t breaking any law by being there.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“I think Mister Gamboa lives with the daughter of one of the person in that particular area. They are his in-laws. If there was nothing illegal found at the home when the police raided, then I don’t see what charges can be levied against him. It would have been good if he was not there, certainly. But again, his common-law and his child live there. And if he sees the need to go and visit them, then we can’t stop him.”

 

Reporter

“Do you see this as a possible compromise in terms of information reaching out of the police department, given the familiarity between these two persons?”

 

Chester Williams

“I don’t think so because Jean Gamboa would not have known of the SOE. And if a matter of fact, if he had the information then, and he would have shared it, then we would not have found nobody at the house.”

 

Reporter

“But in terms of other operations, the MIT might be going on, that he could warn somebody living in the house?”

 

Chester Williams

“Certainly, that’s something we’ll have to look at.”