San Bernardino City Council backs police chief after blackmail allegation

San Bernardino City Council backs police chief after blackmail allegation

A day after one of their own publicly accused the city’s police chief of attempting to blackmail her into silence, the rest of the San Bernardino City Council is standing firm behind him. “The City of San Bernardino rejects Councilmember Treasure Ortiz’s recent allegation against Police Chief Darren Goodman,” Mayor Helen Tran said Wednesday, Aug. 13, after the council — minus Ortiz — spent an hour and 40 minutes behind closed doors in a special …