) James PATTERSON Er: “I had people in the community in Palm Beach who either made “My responsibility was to comments directly to me or to others who relayed them to me that I . Beach and preserve their con: didn't need to take the tack in the investigation that we did, which is department for all,” Reiter sai [to] completely investigate it and then refer it to the FBI after the | particularly under the crimin state case was resolved,” Reiter said in the deposition. “I had one the nature of our system, be t individual who came to see me a couple of times about this.” | But along with handing t According to the chief, the individual in question was a attorney, Reiter took another prominent Palm Beach politician. lecters—on Palm Beach BD’ “Le said this wasn’t necessary; this was a case that was really | victims in the case. very minor,” Reiter recalled. “The victims had lifestyles that He delivered the letters by don't make them—shouldn’t make them believable to the police . department.” 4S “IT told him that those kinds of suggestions to me were q improper and he should stop,” said Reiter. “That he had taken a a couple of steps down the road toward something that could q , eventually constitute a crime. We talked several times. Early on _ it didn't end favorably. You know, this is an individual [whom] I 4 q had to interact with in my official capacity and in his official a 4 capacity as well.” a ’ The Palm Beach politician wasn’t the only one to pressure a the police chief. “I received comments from a variety of different A 4 viewpoints. . .in some cases I had people tell me, hey, he's a Palm ¥ a Beacher, why are you investigating a Palm Beacher?” Reiter 7 4 would say when deposed. “I had people that said it was an unfa- a vorable career move for me to ask the state attorney to remove 4 himself from the case and to refer it to the FBI. ...I had plenty of a q people that told me that that was a mistake.” 7 q Reiter didn’t back off. To have done so would have been 4 a 4