Captain Alberto Leos claims he was pressured to alter a traffic report involving Police Chief David Nisleit's son, who is also a police officer.
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego Police Captain is suing the San Diego Police Department and Chief David Nisleit over claims of corruption and discrimination.
The lawsuit was announced during a news conference outside San Diego Police headquarters with Captain Leos' attorney, John Gomez. Leos claims he was pressured to alter a 2021 traffic report, involving Chief Nisleit's son, who is also a police officer. He said he refused, and it became clear he would never be promoted. Leos said he was inspired to join the police department after the McDonald's mass shooting in San Ysidro back in 1984. Leos was a clerk at that McDonald's when the shooting as carried out.
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