A Shot in the Dark

Randy Force says he doesn't know when his agency's investigations into Frank Brown will be finished.

"I know that in any kind of investigation, you always exhaust all workable leads," he says, "and I believe that is where Paul Dalton is today -- no new leads, no new information. It remains officially unsolved. The internal investigation may be a different story. That one may reach a resolution some day, because Officer Brown can't refuse to cooperate with them."

Paul Rubin

Officer Frank Brown recently returned to the site of his July 2000 shooting.

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Brown counters: "They just won't give up. Even if they come out and say they screwed up on everything -- the ambush, you name it -- I'm tainted. I wouldn't take a chance on me after what they've done. I don't trust them."

He pauses for what seems like several seconds.

"I really don't know who's good and who's bad anymore," Officer Brown says.