A day after one of their own publicly accused the city’s police chief of attempting to blackmail her into silence, the rest of the San Bernardino City Council is standing firm behind him.

“The City of San Bernardino rejects Councilmember Treasure Ortiz’s recent allegation against Police Chief Darren Goodman,” Mayor Helen Tran said Wednesday, Aug. 13, after the council — minus Ortiz — spent an hour and 40 minutes behind closed doors in a special meeting. “These statements are false, inflammatory and without evidence. The mayor and council unanimously stand firm with our Police Department.”

On March 25, Ortiz filed a $2 million legal claim, the first step in a process that can lead to a lawsuit. She alleged a former San Bernardino police officer had looked her up in a law enforcement datab

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