we got a call someone's pointing guns
this is the vehicle they gave that's why
I'm talking to you literally just got
I'm trying to figure out a description
for the mail that did this no I get it
um so once they get me that
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we'll 56 an off-duty Bernal Leo County
Sheriff's deputy was arrested on
aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
and negligent use of a deadly weapon
34-year-old Michael bco of Albuquerque
is accused of pointing a firearm at two
patrons at a Circle K gas station the
victim said Barco flashed his lights and
used a PA system and identified himself
as a bcso deputy to the two men he then
pointed again at
them thank
you over here c k we're and we out there
open your cany can leave and this guy
he's on a PA system and just some lights
on and says get out of here get get uh
get get out of here take your business
outwhere we over he's talking about so
so then uh I I said excuse me I started
walking like this and he pulls his gun
out on me he says get the [ __ ] back get
the [ __ ] back I said I said why this is
the sheriff's office I said whatever
dude so he started walking and he kept
playing a GU like this to us he said I'm
I'm going to take your soul I'm going to
take your soul for you right now time
this
guy like a dark color Dodge
good thing the
truck
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1044 hello sir my name is offic are you
security here no I'm just
ch so the reason why I'm talking to you
is uh we got to call for service
about a silver Dodge a gentleman
pointing a gun at somebody else saying
he's going to take a soul and doing all
that do you mind just stepping out for
me real quick so I can complete my
investigation cuz this is the truck that
they named and then you're sitting
inside of it I I understand that you saw
me walk around the corner I'm just
trying to do my investigation
okay
okay just go ahead and step on out for
me do you have a gun or
anything no
okay go
ahead so right now we have no
chares okay to far um did you have an
idea with you yeah
okay thank you y Lally just got him now
so you don't have a gun or anything I
saw the best in there yeah I got a best
but no gun you're not pointing it at
anybody or anything like
that going to
have 104 do they have a description of
the male subject or just a
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vehicle I can work on that quick but the
vehicle is going to be 2015 godge Ram
maybe blue or gun
Lev
104 I'm making 25 with 1
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mil all
right is everything all right uh yeah uh
like I said just got no I know so like I
said we got a call someone's pointing
guns this is the vehicle they gave
that's why I'm talking to you yeah
literally just got her I'm trying to
figure out a description for the male
that did this no I get a B um so once
they get me that we'll continue going if
they give me the description that
matches you what we'll do is we'll do a
field ID okay of the person that's
that's called is whoever our caller is
will come do all that stuff and either
say that's him or that's not him
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okay5 do you have a phone
number all right so there's that for you
yeah just do me a favor just hang out um
like I said we're just waiting for some
of that
information you're not working security
or anything no okay what do you do for
work I work for the county you work for
the county yeah what do you do for the
county I'm with the oh you are yeah so
you're off duty yeah oh okay hey where
you at so I'm like what the hell is
going on I'm on the west end of the
circle
okay
you didn't have any altercations with
anybody no arguments or anything
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yeah
brother
know yeah I know it is super [ __ ]
awkward man I know um
you not UC or anything like that you
don't got a PA in here or anything like
that is this your POV this isn't your
POV or this is no this is my County car
this is your county car yeah
okay
ad44
okay what's going on what's up
brother oh you know surv no I get it
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man
this super awkward yeah like we're just
waiting for the description of the guy
or whatever they're doing over there so
what's that we're just waiting whatever
whatever the other officer is doing over
there with our caller
so I don't know if he's doing a field ID
or
whatever but so this is your county car
yeah
here I'm to go see yeah yeah I'm
okay you off today what's up what are
your what are your normal days you
working
uh5 M oh you guys are on 58 yeah oh
that's [ __ ] nice yeah that's
good I don't mind the 12s like the extra
fourth day for like my weekend is nice
but yeah 12 sucks sometimes no
I yeah this
isang out watching some YouTube videos
and about
leave what yeah I'm not I thought you
were a security guard man oh no no a I
was like what
the I know you probably got all nervous
when I flashed my light oh is this the
truck security guard bro and I was
trying to see if anybody was inside but
I couldn't see so then I was like oh but
then I heard it on so I was like I'll go
knock on the
window I
get how long have you been with
USO almost 15 years oh damn you five I
got five I got 20 more yeah I got 20
more I'm so upset you got on the 20
yeah five left
nice
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a
yeah is really weird I know but I don't
I like for me I don't put people in
cuffs like if I don't have to yeah know
I get it bro awkward as [ __ ] that's why
I'm like I'm not like what's going on I
mean we can have you sit down you be a
little bit more comfy but no
man this
[ __ ]
yeah
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SL
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[Applause]
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a
you a football guy what's up you a
football guy what do you mean like you
watch football NFL and stuff who's your
team ners ners oh nice yep barely made
it out last week
Green Bay yeah well Green Bay got hot at
the right time I think their team was
just a little too young yeah I'm a
Saints fan so I haven't ever since
Breeze
left1
yeah this is super awkward I
know awkward
moments I just don't know what the hell
they're doing over there what's up I
said I just don't know what they're
doing over there over where wherever
they're at they're with the collar or
whatever oh
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got
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I think this is the primary officer
yeah
Yep this is Michael Michael yes sir okay
Michael so um just to let you know bro
right now you're going to be detained
with further notice just pending
investigation okay we good um so we do
have to place you in hand for now okay
all right um just until we can run some
more investigation on what's going on
okay two c
yeah
understand like I said I told you what
we got called here for
and I hate doing double cut some
sometimes there we
go there we
go let me uh sit you down over here in
my car
I haven't patted him down or
nothing all
right go and slip SEC y there you
go oh you got the
five have a seat for me man yeah
man just stand by for me okay man yeah
what are we waiting for so I'm going to
go I'm going to go talk to the cing site
you saw anything get more information
and I'll come and talk to
you so he said he had just gotten 5 six
he was just hanging out there's a like a
vest like a duty vest in there he's been
with bcso for 15 years he's been with
bcso for 15 years yeah and he said he
keeps saying this his County vehicle but
I don't know if that means like work or
like POV for us but it's so I don't know
but there's a vest inside the
vehicle
yeah cuz right now for what they're
saying um so could possibly
impersonating an officer if he's not
actually actually ano yeah I gu saw okay
um is Ser here yeah okay yeah no that's
what I say like there's a v in this
thing I was asking him I was like oh you
got all this stuff in there and he kept
saying no but I didn't go in the vehicle
to see the vest Oru so all
right but yeah it's a vest say Sheriff
right there he's got a taser rifle mags
there's his
pistol told me he didn't have a Gun
there's His
Radio um I don't see damn he might be a
34 bro he might be a legit
34
but I don't see a PA
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system let me
uh go
ahead I the record is going to be
negative 12
is temp4 thank you we working assistant
manager coming to get cameras so we'll
work on that hopefully we can get some
Fage okay so let's positively ID him
yeah cuz Tristan's going to T the other
guy over here yeah do that first and
then I I mean I got his I mean I don't
know if you can read it but you can run
him right now and ID him I just ran him
on NC yeah so there's that can you
Michael Carson's or yeah um the last one
on the bottom I don't think's legible is
that's his phone number but the one on
top vehicle and it's like UC or if
that's his POV he also said he works
been working with be for 15 minut oh
really maybe is so maybe he is maybe he
isn't I don't
know the 26 yeah I think uh Tristan
added it to the call so dud I would
probably have doesn't think it's a what
it called those
plates yeah hey how are you sir you do
you want
to saying an actual so or he stole a
bunch of [ __ ] we don't know for sure so
do you want to get an so Sergeant here
to figure out who cuz I can ask on the
radio cuz I think we should let me talk
to the impact first and then yeah so
yeah I'll just for a second actually can
you just grab the bin see if it oh
matches yeah that plate doesn't belong
to no no oh oh it might be yeah for
their UC
stuff okay
sorry is it both of them or is it one
specific yeah it's both both of them
okay for a while I
know
is that better
yeah yeah man we're looking at cameras
right now dude and then like I said I
appreciate you working with us I know I
know handcuffs
suck is that
better you want to turn it you want to
turn it yeah okay give me a sec I'm not
very flexible there you go go ahead and
turn whichever way you want it yeah you
want it like that yeah that's cool
okay in there okay that better yeah it's
good
okay
I'm can you
tell was it on there yeah I think so
now it doesn't want to come out there we
go let's try to turn let's try to yeah
let's try to turn your wrist a little
bit
more can you go I know I'm just trying
to find the best way to make it
comfortable there you go there you go
that'll work that'll work right yeah
okay we'll just double lock
him all right all right Michael have a
seat
once we figure things out there we'll
let you know what's going on okay
okay he's a big dude that
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difficult nothing there either way
really you do just one more time like
absolutely shate that lot just so we can
see it
again looks like oh
this it could have been hey get the hell
out of here their reaction wasn't
reaction this is this is where I think
happened he saw he's probably getting
high he said guys get it out yeah yeah a
little bit further back that further
back yeah yeah when like approaches the
vehicle right there that be
good cuz they left right after they had
words so I I think it was just a him
doing his job even though he was off
duty as a positive interaction CLE up
the sidewalk in my
opinion
he doesn't seem to be much in a hurry NE
of them do no he and you can if he play
you can see right I can go further um I
said
that and some I don't a they call
somebody else wants to call because you
can in his windshield you can see police
sits coming up very soon so this F
should probably
called oh oh okay I see what you're
saying we'll be back thanks sir okay
thank you you anything El from with me
again sir yeah I'm sorry sir I'm not
trying to bug man I'm just trying to
figure out what the status is like I
just really want my wife to know that
like I'm okay I'm not dead somewhere she
doesn't hurt for me in
hours we're going to have these guys get
okay we're actually almost done and we
can do that yes just give her an update
and we'll give you an update really soon
okay was that your only question or
concern you wanted to let me know about
or can you tell me what's going on like
released investigation we we 100% will
let me talk um just with your team and
I'm going to come over here uh just with
those gentlemen though they're kind of
my chain of command like same as yours
so we'll come right back um talk with
them we'll talk with you sir thank you
sir thank
youbody you guys I assume since the
crime was involved in the firearm you
guys are taking that for evidence or so
right now so my sergeant talking to one
of the callers or victims um the best of
my knowledge the vehicle got sealed and
towed to our crime lab so everything
right now is still inside the vehicle
did he have the firearm on
him no when we took when he stepped out
of the vehicle he didn't have it on him
when he stepped out and what about the
badge anything like that um I didn't P
him down that officer did there he
didn't I didn't see him pull anything
out of his pockets it didn't look like
he had his badge on or anything like
that um but I can tell you the passenger
seat I saw a vest that said Sheriff had
his taser like rifle mags saw the radio
in the cup holder and then whatever Hand
pistol handgun was on the seat as well
okay not in a holster or anything like
that um want try to secure his badge
commission card if he could TR cuz I
believe he might have his wallet on him
so his commission card may be in his
wallet the badge I'm not sure about and
I know myge has to
I think mirandize him still get his side
of the story type of thing and that's
about where I know where we're
at we don't we don't have anything like
that right we have to call supervisor to
do the
investigation
investigation yeah for sure call
supervisor yeah we weren't sure he was
just after all of his phone calls he was
like oh I need to watch video talk to
this person doing this so I'm assuming
he has to do a complaint but I don't
know yeah that's that's I just want to
make sure that it's equipment secure oh
yeah and it got um stowed in our at our
place but like inside storage so oh is
it is it going down here to yeah Metro
evidence
yeah or to our crime lab wherever that's
at at our substation right there at
second in mono and it should be an
inside storage that's what the Cs told
me
so should have chucked his badge in
there and commission for to not drag
that ship to Jil
that's um if anything say it's still on
his person we'll tag that into uh
property for him so that doesn't go into
or if you guys would I be able to just
take that's going to be up to him
I'll I mean if it's if it's of
evidentiary value then by all means take
it but if not I would like to secure
what we can okay yes sir um so I'm going
to be over here when your sergeant free
can you just come talk to me I'm captain
yes I
will app it sir you're
welcome don't walk away out being scared
he left me there all by my sail I was
like
I so I'm not going to have any good
answers what was them sir the alleged
victims were just going to get them out
of here cool so like when you release
him they don't lose their
you want me to talk with them first or
get them yeah we can chat with them
okay
sure hey how are you sir how are you
good good so we're done with our
investigation our side of things um you
know we did seal the the the truck that
he had he had like the body arm firearm
and stuff like that so we have our
detectives it's like our impact team
they're going to do some followup
because that's what this needs obviously
so tonight he's not going to jail he's
not being arrested um just based off of
what we saw putting everything together
for tonight he won't be going to jail
okay so we have our impact sergeant if
you'd like to I don't know if you do
need to speak with him but pretty much
that's what's going to happen tonight
we'll release him the deputy here in a
second okay and then if he needs May to
go with you guys or we can call somebody
but we want you guys don't need him I
can definitely transport him home yeah
um and take care of it that way so yeah
that's not a problem
okay and then oh and here's the sergeant
sir hi Paul jar you so gave him the run
down you know have everything for
tonight but he won't be going to jail
just try to get home home safe it'll be
possible investigation for later with
his team and stuffff but as of right now
he will get to go so you just going to
like do the investigation and for it to
Da or will you guys make a decision
later we'll probably have to talk to Da
about that later we'll do we'll probably
do the search on the car hopefully
tomorrow if you can get it written up
and and all approved through there so
I'll let you guys know let me get let me
get my phone side way from
okay trying to do the search warrant
tomorrow and then once that's done I'll
give you guys a call so that way you
guys can pick up the vehicle um we have
it at the crime lab so right to the so
it's
always toes shop so that way we have it
over at our lab and um in all reality we
all know what we're looking for it was
alleged that a firearm was used so
probably be pulling that firearm out of
there and then um that's pretty much
okay what we'll be looking for I will
probably just keep in contact with you
to see when
if and where we can pick up what we can
um I mean you guys just do what you got
to do we're not going to we're not going
to press you through well I know my CH
will be pressuring me too I know they
will and I know they'll be I know mine
will be pressuring me but I just want
you guys know that it's all good yeah we
want we want we want you guys to do the
investigation as you would anything else
so yeah we definitely want to make sure
that we look at this video a little bit
better on a bigger screen than their you
know 15in
um just to make sure that everything
everything kind of gets looked at
appropriately and then we go from there
okay so
excellent thank you thank you sir
appreciate all's time thank you sorry to
meet you like this
but thank you so much all right man no
problem help me out a
lotar thanks for coming on seeing that
help no you add it all my map you
good anything else anything you got
every you got the victim statements the
his statement and then um no other
Witnesses we're going to you're going to
get that video yeah we s in evidence
leak we do have a CD DVD that we're
tagging and then he's going to come back
here at like 4 in the morning so I can
come back to upload it confirm that
everything did get uploaded so he gave
you it he gave you a DVD yes correct uh
let me have that you have that
DVD let me get it fore you sir I'll be
right back cool can you help me out
we're going to get him out and get him
toot are you live too
yeah yeah all right sir so we just
talked with your chain stuff
investigation wise Things Are going to
be on pause um again we took your truck
sealed it just for evident value we're
going to look over everything at a later
time just to make sure we're doing
what's right so everything is Justified
there's no questions for tonight though
um you're being released um nothing's
going to take place further we gave your
chain the report number and stuff um
they be they are willing to give you
ride home so we're going to get you out
of these cuffs sir thanks for being
compliant um so let's do that let's get
you out of here sir how am I uh how am I
able to get get my phone man uh tomorrow
morning the one Sergeant I don't know if
you saw the other one that was with me
he's in contact with the chain once
things are being like released and stuff
I can't like get in contact with anybody
like without my phone man like not even
like work and stuff well you know too
like just our side if we take something
out of that truck we're violating you
know your rights and stuff so we had to
do the right thing too right I'm sorry
guess I guess sorry I didn't interrupt
how do I do you like how do I get my
phone or how we're going to get probably
everything you tomorrow so our
detectives they come out start unsealing
the vehicle doing their search warant
and stuff and get your property back
yeah okay we'll get you out here
sir oh your right one
first
[ __ ] cool do you have everything on your
sir that you need yeah all right and
then I think one of them will help you
out sir okay thank you guys thank you
appreciate
it going
off
I was just wondering You' be able to
answer I'm
sorry either way whatever you're
comfortable with you want to just talk
to me
alone yeah
of so um so just just so you
know I'm going to be doing a little bit
more looking into what was going on and
what they alleged and that sort of thing
okay um as far as as far as everything
that was going on here you um came in
here um and you so from here you
purchased you made a purchase and then
you come back outside I can see that on
the video right um what if you don't
mind me asking what did you
purchase and
then and then you sat you sat in the
truck for a little bit
longer and
um
and you were out here for about 5
minutes before the exchange between the
other two males um what were you doing
inside your vehicle when you sitting
working on some stuff just got
off and then um
as far as um I wasn't here when rimi
talked to you the first time um what was
said between you and the other
two get the [ __ ] out of
here and uh like trying to
be lock the door oh cuz I've been here
I've been here before several
times
door I was fed up here and that was
pretty much it and then I shot my lights
just so they didn't think I was just s
my random person M you wanted to
escalate crazy yeah and the [ __ ] out of
here
I'm waiting for my friend or
something just
proceed not doing probably should have
done I don't know TR
to okay did uh was there anything more
said after that after that like as they
were walking
away it's like super muff
professional obviously M just pissed off
just
AG [ __ ] in the sit man he just
pisses me
off yeah I saw you I saw in the video
that you did flash your lights and then
one of them kind of like looks over and
the I see the other one okay saw
I saw person mhm yeah I know just that
one was closer to the than the other at
that point and it seems like you were
more talking to him than the other
because the other one was probably I
don't know two car spaces away and um
and then that that that's at the point
where you had said that um just get the
hell out of here or something like that
get the [ __ ] out of here and so what was
that response to you when you said that
I honestly don't really know year oh
okay inside my okay I think the only
thing I heard is some or something okay
oh
yeah
left and so there's an allegation of you
pointing the gun at them um at any time
did you um did you did you point to gun
ately not okay
is
insan
um where where was your firearm when
this was all going up it was like next
to my my vest cuz once I got down turned
off my camera took off on my
shoe that
car and then um so it was I'm I'm
picturing this as you're telling me is
in your like passenger seat it's either
my passenger seat or my back
okay okay did you go in did you have
your uh firearm on you when you went
inside the the business I don't remember
if I took it off before then or if I had
it I might have had it on but I'm not
completely sure where do you normally
carry it oh usually
cons I don't have like a cons just on on
your side or on your side and which uh
what what hand are you are you
right-handed okay all right and so um
it's in the inside the belt Pooler okay
and what kind of weapon it's say okay
and is there is it black silver gray
black okay and then uh does it have a
flashlight on it I do have a one okay
all right and cuz I know some don't you
know
um
okay anything else that you can remember
that about that
interaction nothing was pretty dark just
to kind of recap you said I was in the
driver's seat when I was talking to him
was talking from the passenger side
mhm just get the fu out of
here did they realize that did you feel
like they realized that you were a
police officer or at the time that I put
my lights on yeah uhhuh and got on the
PA oh absolutely oh so you even got on
your PA yeah I see get out of here now
uhhuh that was pretty much cuz at that
point I just I didn't know through
I just didn't want it them to think that
I was just like a regular civilian and
get into a fight and something
that just figured that would be the
calming
of just get [ __ ] and is because of your
concern because it looked like he was
trying to re-enter the store after yeah
she came out and like walked the door
she walked
okay something that happened mhm
okay I'm 104 108 there for now we get
you I have uh dude Serge he me get your
phone number uh I don't I don't think my
phone number the officers got it from
you though correct your information the
officers at least I think so get your
phone number if anything let me grab it
now just so we have it in case there was
any just in case I need a call ask you
anything else if you want to talk to me
just like now it's up
what's your pH but I don't my phone's in
my
truck I I'll probably be working on that
pry soon and so I'll be able to get you
guys stuff back
okay cont uh me and he has my he has my
information
so
if you need to contact me just um again
my name is Jared Romero and so um
Sergeant Rahim is going to be doing like
the initial um report for it and then
I'm going to be doing the followup for
everything else that comes after it um
so if you have any questions I give you
my pH my contact information so that way
you guys can get in touch with me all
right all right I appreciate your time
thank you
sir
a search of barco's government issued
vehicle found a duty issued gun with
mounted accessories loaded extended
magazines and two police body cameras
additionally two empty New Amsterdam
100mil vodka bottles were found in the
center console in the back seat within
trash and fast food bags detectives
located approximately 14 m New Amsterdam
vodka bottles and three empty smof vodka
bottles he was booked on aggravated
assault with a deadly weapon and
negligent use of a deadly weapon beralo
County Sheriff John Allen has stated he
will let the internal affairs process go
through but it is highly unlikely bco
will be employed with the Department