Local Licensing Authority Agenda and Packet 2019 10 28

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Local Licensing Authority Minutes September 23, 2019 Page4of8 0 Officer DeHerrera took the oath and testified he was dispatched to a fight on Pine Street which runs between Henry's and Tilt. When police arrived a few individuals scattered. One individual was placed in custody and detained near Pine and Main. People were running in the street and officers were stationed throughout the downtown area. Four individuals were charged with a variety of crimes. After detaining one individual Officer DeHerrera talked to the reporting party, the bouncer at Henry's. Two individuals attempted to provoke someone to fight at the rear entrance of Henry's. The bouncer asked them to leave but they kept trying to sneak back in. The bouncer reported one of the individuals he asked to leave was trying to fight during the course of the night. He watched that individual leave Henry's and engage two unknown individuals in a fight in the street. Prosecutor Gollin reviewed the incident as reported in the police reports. Officer DeHerrera reported one of those involved had hidden out on a rooftop and then came back and approached the bouncer. The bouncer had not called the police at this point. A female in the street tried to intervene and was swung at with a knife by a person who later fled the scene and tried to enter a home and then did enter another home nearby. He was faced by the resident of the home with a firearm. The intruder exited. One of the persons involved in the fight went to the hospital with lacerations to the head. Officer DeHerrera initiated a liquor investigation after the incident. He met with the bouncer at Henry's and the bouncer reported it was not Henry's policy to call the police until everyone was on their way out. Mr. Yen noted the bouncer did call the police. Mr. Gollin noted this hearing was about failure to report. The bouncer did kick out some of those involved. Had the bar reported earlier perhaps the fight would not have gotten to the point it did. He reviewed the intensity of this fight. Had the police been called this might not have happened. He said it was concerning the bouncer reported it was policy to get the persons out of the bar not necessarily reporting. Mr. Yen said he tells his staff to report fights to the police right away. He noted he will discuss a policy to report right away with his staff. He stated the municipal court dropped the case against the bouncer for failure to report. Hearing closed. Machado called for Authority questions or deliberation.