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Carona gave badges for money

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Don Haidl testified today that ex-sheriff Mike Carona doled out reserve badges and concealed weapons permits in exchange for money.

“I’m the sheriff, I can do what I want,” Haidl recalled Carona saying about businessman Ed Grech. Haidl said he was concerned about Gretch because he been overheard on a wiretap in an FBI investigation.

Haidl, a former assistant sheriff who ran the Sheriff Department’s reserve division from 1998 to 2004, testified that he and Carona decided to make badges for reserves — volunteers for the department — “identical” to badges of sworn deputies.

Haidl had earlier testified that he and Carona wanted to expand the program to 1,000 people, and that they wanted reservists to be mostly professionals who could donate a total of $1 million to Carona’s future campaign coffers.

Carona’s reserve program has undergone past scrutiny. In 2001, a state commission decertified 86 reserves because of a lack of training and failure to pass background checks. It was unclear Friday whether that group was the same 86 mentioned in Haidl’s testimony.

Today, Haidl told jurors he and Carona made an initial list of 86 people — friends, family and contributors to Carona — who should become reserves.

Haid also testified that he created a new level of reserves — Level 4 — in order to get around new state requirements that went into effect in 1999 for more strigent training for reserves. “They appeared to be the same, badges … but they had no police powers,” he said.

The men also discussed how contributors would be issued concealed weapons permits. Carona implemented a new department policy regarding the permits, which allowed reserves to carry concealed weapons, Haidl said.

Anyone who wanted to be a reserve had to be referred by an assistant sheriff and fill out “non-political” forms that would be kept on file in the sheriff’s department, he testified. Haidl explained they needed the forms in order for their actions to appear legitimate.

“It would be good to have (a form) in every file in case anyone came forward and said they gave money for a badge,” he testified.

“Were there people paying for their badges?” federal prosecutor Brett Sagel asked.

“Yes, sir,” Haidl replied.

“These forms would give Mike Carona plausible deniability.” he added.

Wealthy friends of Carona would automatically be given reserve status, Haidl said.

For example, Haidl said, businessman Frank Hanshaw donated $700,000 to the Mike Carona Foundation and was made a reserve. Hanshaw was a “wobbler,” meaning his background was questionable, Haidl explained. He said he talked of his concerns with Carona about Hanshaw.

“(Carona said) just to make it happen … he talked about him being wealthy,” Haidl said.

Others who put in applications included Henry Samueli — the co-founder of Broadcom, Haidl said.

“(Carona) said he’s a real wealthy guy … and wanted him and a lot of guys at Broadcom in the program,” he testified.

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