People v. Tran CA1/4

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Motion to Suppress Hearing Fairfield Police Dispatcher Stephanie Cannon was on duty on November 5, 2012 at approximately 12:15 a.m. At that time, another dispatcher received two calls reporting that an Asian male was at the Solano Lodge on North Texas; he was banging on hotel

1 room doors and yelling. The man then moved into the lodge’s parking lot on his bicycle and began waving a gun around. Cannon believed that the calls were received from two individuals who did not want to get involved. Cannon did not speak to either caller, but her impression was that the callers were anonymous. When the information appeared on Cannon’s computer screen, she broadcast this report, sending it specifically to Officer Pedro Officer Arroyo, because the Solano Lodge was within his beat. At about 12:15 a.m. on November 5, 2012 Officer Arroyo received the dispatch directing him to go to the Solano Lodge. Officer Arroyo was told to look for an Asian male adult on a bicycle who was waving a gun. When Officer Arroyo approached the Solano Lodge, less than two minutes after receiving the report, he saw an Asian male leaving the lodge area on a bike. The man…