LOS ANGELES (AP) — An internal review by the Los Angeles Police Department concluded that rogue ex-officer Christopher Dorner was justifiably fired, a lawyer who reviewed the findings told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Civil rights attorney Connie Rice said the lengthy examination found no basis for allegations of racism and bias that Dorner made in a manifesto vowing revenge on his former colleagues and their families.

Authorities said Dorner killed four people, including two law enforcement officers, during a weeklong rampage in February that involved a massive manhunt and ended with his apparent suicide in a mountain cabin following a gunbattle with police.

The findings, which are expected to be made public this month at a Los Angeles Police Commission meeting, concluded that Dorner had a history of embellishing stories, misperceiving slights and making bogus complaints against his fellow officers, Rice said.

He took more than twice as long as most officers to complete his training, was nearly incomprehensible during the hearing over his firing, and only filed a complaint against his training officer when he learned she gave him a bad performance review, Rice said.

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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) _ A camp ranger carjacked by Christopher Dorner has sued after failing to get a $1 million reward offered for information that tracked down the killer.

The Orange County Register says Richard Heltebrake has sued Irvine and several public agencies that contributed reward money. He also sued the four people who were awarded the money.

Irvine officials declined to comment.

Dorner, a fired Los Angeles policeman, killed four people in a revenge rampage before he was cornered in February. He shot himself in a Big Bear cabin.

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Should Rick Heltebrake have filed a reward claim like everyone else who thought they were entitled to something?

A Los Angeles judge on Friday denied a request by a camp ranger carjacked in Big Bear by Christopher Dorner to block the release of $1 million in reward money.

Richard Heltebrake, who unsuccessfully sought the reward, contends he deserves it because his call to 911 helped tip off authorities.

But on Friday, Judge Luis Lavin declined to grant a temporary restraining order that would have stopped authorities from disbursing the money to four people.

Lavin made his decision citing lack of irreparable harm and because Heltebrake had not properly served several parties who may have opposed the order.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A panel of three judges has decided that the vast majority of the $1 million reward offered in the manhunt for rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner will go to a couple he tied up in their Southern California mountain cabin.

The Los Angeles Police Department posted a document on its website Tuesday detailing the payouts for the much-sought reward, and it said about $800,000 will go to James and Karen Reynolds.

The judges wrote that they awarded the money according to the "comparative value of the information provided and how directly it causally led to Dorner's capture."

Daniel McGowan, who found Dorner's burning truck in the Big Bear area where he eventually was discovered, will get $150,000, and $50,000 will go to tow truck driver R.L. McDaniel, who reported spotting Dorner at a gas station earlier in the manhunt.

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Should one person get the whole payout or should it be split?

Eleven parties have submitted claims to the $1-million reward offered in the Christopher Dorner case under revised guidelines to allocate the money, LAPD officials say.

Friday was the deadline for people to file claims for a portion of the reward, which has been reduced as contributing agencies have backed out and others have sued to receive some of the money.

On Tuesday, the city of Los Angeles reached a $4.2-million settlement with two women shot during the Dorner. The City Council must still approve it.

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The lawyer for a man carjacked by Christopher Dorner the day Dorner died objected Tuesday to the newly announced process for distributing a reward of $1 million or more that had been offered for the ex-police officer's capture or conviction.

Rick Heltebrake, who has earlier publicly claimed the reward, raised questions in an eight-page letter sent to the Los Angeles Police Department.

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Heltebrake's lawyer, Allen Thomas, wrote that an announcement Friday left it unclear how the reward process will work. And he said the questions should be resolved before claimants are asked to waive their right to challenge the results in court.  More at the Daily News

911 tapes that led cops to Dorner have been released...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - County, city and private donors announced a procedure today for determining who, if anyone, should receive all or part of a roughly $1 million reward that was offered during the hunt for former LAPD Officer Christopher Dorner, who was found dead after a Big Bear shootout.

Because Dorner -- who was suspected in the killings of four people, including a Riverside police officer and a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy -- died and was not captured and convicted, some questions arose as to whether the reward should be paid out.

Riverside city officials have already announced that they were rescinding their contribution to the reward.

Under the procedures announced today, people who believe they are entitled to the reward money have until April 19 to file a claim with the Los Angeles Police Department. Donors to the reward fund, meanwhile, have agreed to place the money in a trust account.

Once all the claims are received, they will be reviewed by a panel made up of representatives of the Corona, Irvine, Los Angeles and Riverside police departments, the Riverside and San Bernardino county sheriff's departments and the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service.

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Should the fact that Christopher Dorner was not arrested or convicted impact the reward payout?

The $1.2-million reward in the case of ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner may be drying up as three people fight for the money.

"I've spoken with some groups, including a few that are substantial, that have already decided to withdraw their pledges,” said Ron Cottingham, president of the 64,000-member Peace Officers Research Assn. of California, which put a hold on its own dollars contributed toward the reward. "They said the reward doesn't fit their criteria."

More than 25 donors pledged reward money, including state and local police unions, civic organizations and individuals. But now, many are hesitating to follow through.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The payout of a $1.2 million reward offered in the hunt for rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner could turn into a fight before anyone sees a penny.

A couple who was tied up in their condominium by the fugitive and a camp caretaker he carjacked shortly afterward have laid claim to the prize, and others could be in line for much of the money that authorities hope to dole out by mid-April.

Both parties claim they provided the key tip that ultimately led Dorner to hole up in a vacant mountain cabin where he apparently took his own life after a shootout with police. He killed four people, including two police officers, during his rampage across Southern California.

While crime rewards often drive tipsters underground to protect their identity, the Dorner reward has had the opposite effect.

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