Martinez resident failed to back up claims that attorneys and police officers were in on what he believed was a conspiracy that led to malicious prosecution and defamation, according to a federal judge.  

As he ends his professional police career Thursday in Walnut Creek, Bryden is proud of the low crime rate on his watch and of helping to steer the department during the toughest economic crisis in the city s history.  

The girl, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown through the back window of an SUV that flipped twice Monday morning on the Richmond Parkway at Hilltop Drive.