From: Solitairea1
Date: Thursday, August 30, 2007
Time: 01:48:15 AM
This i Mark Fuhrman's March 13, 1995 testimony. ============ Q: OKAY. WOULD YOU SHARE WITH US, DETECTIVE FUHRMAN, SOME OF YOUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, THAT SORT OF THING? A: I WENT TO PENINSULA HIGH SCHOOL. I DID NOT COMPLETE. I GOT A GED. I PROBABLY GOT -- Q: A GED IS? A: GENERAL EDUCATION, EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA. Q: UH-HUH. A: I ATTENDED ONE, TWO, THREE COMMUNITY COLLEGES I BELIEVE. I CURRENTLY HOLD APPROXIMATELY 47 UNITS OF COLLEGE. Q: WHAT WOULD THAT BE IN YEARS? A: CLOSE TO TWO YEARS. Q: AND WHAT DID YOU STUDY? A: HISTORY, POLICE SCIENCE, ART. Q: OKAY. AND HAVE YOU HAD ANY OTHER EDUCATION BEYOND THESE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EXPERIENCES? A: ARE YOU SAYING FORMAL EDUCATION, SIR, THAT I SOUGHT OUT? Q: WELL, TRAINING COURSES, ANYTHING THAT WOULD QUALIFY AS INSTRUCTION. A: OH, YES. NUMEROUS -- NUMEROUS COURSES. ----------------- Q: DID YOU SERVE FOR A TIME IN THE MILITARY? A: YES. Q: WHEN? A: 1970 TO '72, '73 TO '75. Q: IN WHAT BRANCH? A: MARINE CORPS. Q: RESERVE? A: NO. ACTIVE DUTY. Q: WERE YOU A REGULAR OR RESERVE? A: YES. REGULAR, SIR. Q: OKAY. AND WHAT RANK DID YOU ATTAIN? A: E-5, SERGEANT. Q: AND WHAT IF ANY EDUCATIONAL COURSES DID YOU TAKE IN THE MILITARY? A: EXCEPT FOR YOUR BASIC M.O.S. TRAINING, I DON'T BELIEVE I ATTENDED ANY COURSES. Q: OKAY. AND M.O.S. MEANS MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY? A: YES, SIR. Q: WHAT WAS YOURS? A: PRIMARY, MACHINE GUNNER, SECONDARY, MILITARY POLICEMAN. ---------------- Q: NOW, IN CONNECTION WITH THE MILITARY POLICE SPECIALTY, SOME TRAINING IS REQUIRED BEFORE YOU CAN HAVE THAT; IS THAT NOT TRUE? A: WELL, NOT REALLY. IT'S MORE OF AN ON-THE-JOB-TRAINING TYPE. YOU START OFF AS A GATE SENTRY AND THEN YOU WORK FROM THERE. IF YOU HAVE AN APTITUDE, THEY'LL ELEVATE YOU. Q: ALL RIGHT. AND WHAT ROLE OF A MILITARY POLICEMAN DID YOU PLAY? WAS IT TANTAMOUNT TO BEING A PATROLMAN OR A GATE SENTRY OR WAS IT MORE LIKE A DETECTIVE? A: WELL, IT STARTED OUT AS A GATE SENTRY AND THEN I WENT TO PATROL, AND AT SOME POINT, I WORKED WITH CID ON A COUPLE THINGS, BUT THEY WERE NOT -- Q: CID STANDS FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS; DOES IT NOT? A: YES. ---------------- Q: OKAY. AND WHAT KINDS OF CASES DID YOU WORK ON WITH THEM? A: ONLY ONE. I POSED AS A PRIVATE -- EXCUSE ME -- AWAITING TO GET OUT OF THE SERVICE WHERE THEY HAD A NARCOTICS PROBLEM, AND MY ROLE WAS JUST TO PLAY CARDS WITH THEM AND SEE IF I COULD ELICIT ANY INFORMATION ABOUT A HASHISH CONNECTION THAT THEY WERE SUSPECTED OF BEING INVOLVED IN. Q: YOU WERE UNDERCOVER AT THE TIME? A: WELL, SOMEWHAT. Q: PLAYING A ROLE. A: YES, I WAS PLAYING A ROLE. --------------------- Q: OKAY. AND WAS THAT YOUR ONLY NEXUS TO ANY MILITARY INVESTIGATIONS OF SUSPECTED CRIMES WHILE YOU WERE IN THE MARINE CORPS? A: NO. I INVESTIGATED CRIMES AS A PATROLMAN. Q: OKAY. EVER INVESTIGATE ANY HOMICIDE? A: NO. Q: EVER ATTEND ANY COURSES IN INVESTIGATION, HOW IT SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED? A: NO, SIR. ---------------- Q: OKAY. WHEN YOU WERE DISCHARGED FROM THE MARINE CORPS, WHAT DID YOU NEXT DO? A: I JOINED THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT. Q: ALL RIGHT. HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT? CAN YOU TELL US? A: I APPLIED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I WENT TO LOS ANGELES I BELIEVE THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, TOOK THE REQUIRED TESTS AND I HAD AN ACADEMY DATE APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS, MAYBE A LITTLE LESS, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE TO WHEN I WAS -- WHEN I EXITED THE MARINE CORPS. ---------------- Q: I TAKE IT THAT YOU PASSED THE TEST? A: YES, SIR. Q: AND HOW LONG AFTER YOUR APPLICATION WERE YOU FORMALLY INDUCTED INTO THE POLICE ACADEMY? A: I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHEN I APPLIED. I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 1975, BUT SHORTLY AFTER MY E.A.S. OR MY END OF ACTIVE SERVICE. Q: I DON'T KNOW THAT ONE. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN. A: END OF ACTIVE SERVICE. Q: THAT'S E.A.S. IS IT? A: E.A.S. THEN I ENTERED THE ACADEMY ON AUGUST 4TH, 1975. Q: THEN YOU HAD PLANNED TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER BEFORE YOU WERE ACTUALLY DISCHARGED; IS THAT CORRECT? A: YES. Q: ALL RIGHT, SIR. HOW LONG DOES THAT ACADEMY LAST? A: I BELIEVE IT LASTED FIVE MONTHS AT THAT TIME. I BELIEVE I GRADUATED JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS 1975.