San Francisco police union calls on chief to resign after raid on reporter's home.
During the raid, Carmody said that officers knocked down the gate of his home with a sledgehammer and seized thousands of dollars in electronics after he refused to identify his source.
“Chief Scott not only followed every twist and turn of the investigation but he knew every element of the investigation, directed the investigation and has clearly either come down with the most debilitating case of amnesia or is flat out not telling the truth about his direct involvement and the horribly flawed direction he gave to find the leak of the police report,” Montoya said. “In either case, it is time for Chief Scott to go.
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