In re T.W. CA2/5

FACTS

On September 15, 2015, at 1:00 p.m., Los Angeles Police Department Officer Dion Trimble responded to a call to the Nickerson Gardens Housing Development in Los Angeles. Another officer was remotely guarding the development, saw a group of juveniles in possession of a gun, and relayed a description of the juvenile in possession of the gun to Officer Trimble. Officer Trimble and his partner drove a marked black and white police cruiser to the housing development and saw a group of three juveniles, including T.W. T.W. matched the description of the minor in possession of a gun. Officer Trimble, in full uniform, exited the police vehicle. The three juveniles looked in the direction of the officers, then looked away and fled. Officer Trimble quickly ran after T.W. on foot, shouting as loudly as he could for T.W. to stop. The distance between the

All further statutory references are the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.

3 Minor’s maximum period of confinement on the section 148 violation was fixed at six months. The additional three years was the result of a separate petition that is not in issue on this appeal.

2 two was about “half the baseball field distance.”…