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4 officers at Kjng s~ne
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By J axon Van Derbeken
Daily News Staff Writer
Four of the 21 Los Angeles
police officers who were at the
scene of the Rodney King -beat­
. ing have obtained medical diag­
·; noses judging them physically
unfit to be interviewed by police
investigators, authorities said
Tuesday.
"There are four officers claiming
illness," said Cmdr. Rick
Dinse, who is overseeing the Los ·
Angeles Police Department's investigation
of the March 3 beat-
. ing of King in Lake View Ter- :
race.
"They have what is called a
'stay-away' order from a doctor
that says due to health reasons,
they can't be interviewed,"
Dinse said.
He declined to identify which
of the officers had obtained the
orders.
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The 21 officers who were at
the scene of the King beating include
four who have been
charged with assault - Sgt. Stacey
Koon and Officers Lawrence
Powell, Theodore Briseno and
Timothy Wind.
Darryl Mounger, an attorney
, who represents Koon, said in an
interview -Tuesday that Koon
does not have any health problems
and did not obtain a
health-related "s.tay-away."
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Attorneys for Powell, Briseno
and Wind declined comment.
Seventeen other officers who
were _present and did not inter­
·vene also are under 'investigation
by the LAPD and the Los
Angeles County grand jury.
Diane Marchant, an attorney
.for all but one of the 17 officers,
said none of her clients had obtained
the stay-away orders.
: "I represent 16 people, and
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none -of them are sick,'' Marchant
said.
Marchant said the remaining
officer, whom she didn't iden­
·tify, has a pre-existing bloo&
pressure problem and has obtained
an order not to be interviewed.
Such an order can be the first
step in seeking stress-related disability,
internal affairs officials
-said.