New excerpts from Lawrence profile and a call on readers

There were some interesting lines that didn't make the print version of the unauthorized, brief biography of San Bernardino Police Sgt. Bradley Lawrence (which you can read a few posts down).

I'm going to post a few below.

Also, since I know a lot of readers here are members of the law enforcement community, I want to ask for a photograph of Lawrence if anybody has one. Just send me an email, and I'll keep the source confidential. Otherwise, we'll just have to wait until Sept. 23, when our photographers will go to court looking to take photos of Lawrence.

As for the cutting room floor stuff, the first has to do with former Assistant Police Chief Wayne Harp, who is now interim code enforcement director. I was told by numerous sources that Harp was suspicious of Lawrence's police work and happy to take part in firing Lawrence in the late 1980s, after Lawrence allegedly threatened to tie a teen or young adult male to his car and drag him as an inducement to provide information.
I am also told that Harp is torn, that his loyalty to current department leadership make it unlikely he will talk.

I talked to Harp on Monday. He declined to comment.

Another tidbit ...

Lawrence was back on the patrol beat. At some point, sources say, he suffered a back injury on the job. One officer remembers that Lawrence had told him it occurred when he was thrust against a doorknob while wrestling with a suspect. After a period of time off-duty, , rumors swirled that Lawrence could face an investigation for workers compensation fraud. By the late 1990s, Lawrence came back to work, but for light office duty.

Another chunk ...

But the big move for Lawrence would come later. Numerous departmental sources, all insisting on anonymity because they fear reprisal for speaking to the media about Lawrence or interdepartmental matters, say Lawrence last year applied for an opening on the narcotics team he served on in the mid-1990s, replacing Dave Harp, who was promoted.

Fontana Police have confirmed that they turned Parker over to San Bernardino Police after a traffic stop. Parker's attorney, Gary Wenkle Smith, now alleges that Lawrence kidnapped his client and later searched his house without a warrant, a move Smith calls "burglary."

And lastly, a comment from union president and Sgt. Rich Lawhead:

Lawhead, who has questioned the timing of Lawrence's leave, said the department is committed to ethical law enforcement.
"I'm not accusing anybody of anything, but we want bad apples dealt with to the fullest extent of the law," Lawhead said.