Mr. Sawyer.

Well, I didn't see anything that was out of the ordinary, so I immediately came back downstairs to check the security on the building.

Mr. Belin.

When you say check the security on the building, what do you mean by that?

Mr. Sawyer.

Well, to be sure it was covered off properly, and then posted two men on the front entrance with instructions not to let anyone in or out.

Mr. Belin.

What about the rear entrance?

Mr. Sawyer.

We'll, I also had the sergeant go around and check to be sure that all of those were covered, although he told me that they were already covered.

Mr. Belin.

When was the order given to cover the front entrance of the building?

Mr. Sawyer.

Well, they had it covered when I got there. There were officers all around the front. The only thing I don't think had been done by the time I got there, was the instructions not to let anybody in or out.

Mr. Belin.

All right, now, did you give the instructions not to let anyone in or out?

Mr. Sawyer.

I did.

Mr. Belin.

Did you give those instructions before or after you came down from the fourth floor or top floor?

Mr. Sawyer.

After I got down.

Mr. Belin.

So your procedure, if I understand it, was this. You were driving on Main Street when you heard Sheriff Decker on the radio?

Mr. Sawyer.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

Inspector, to try and reconstruct the time of sealing off the building, I believe you said that before you got to the building or at about the time you got to the building, you thought that you heard something about the Texas School Book Depository over the radio?

Mr. Sawyer.

Right.

Mr. Belin.

At least some time before you left your car, is that correct?

Mr. Sawyer.

Yes; it would have to be, in order to hear it.
Mr. BELIN. Now, I have with me the transcript of the radio log here of November 22, and I notice that, according to the log, at 12:30, and you have examined it, there appears there is a statement by Chief Curry, and then something by Sheriff Decker concerning, well, we'd better call this Sawyer's Deposition Exhibit A, which is a transcript of the radio log, and it reads right now--we will try and restaple it later on--but right now, Page 2 and 3 are reversed insofar as the order is concerned.
You see at 12:28 p.m., on this exhibit Curry calls in that they are near the triple underpass, and then at 12:30 p.m., it says, "Station Break," is that right?

Mr. Sawyer.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Belin.

Then the next thing that goes on, it is Number 1, which is Chief Curry's number, am I correct in that?

Mr. Sawyer.

Right.
Mr. BELIN. Then according to the transcript, the statement is made you might just read it here in front of you: "Go to the hospital, officers, Parkland Hospital, have them stand by. Get men on top of the underpass, see what happened up there, go up to the overpass. Have Parkland stand by." You see these words here, Inspector Sawyer?

Mr. Sawyer.

Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Then on a continuation, "Dallas-l," which is marked in by someone as Sheriff Decker says: "I'm sure it's going to take some time to get your men in there. Put every one of my men there." Then there is a call back to Curry from 531, which is your home station, is that correct?

Mr. Sawyer.

That's right. I really didn't quite understand all of it.
Mr. BELIN. Then Curry is quoted as saying: "Notify Station 5 to move all men available out of my department back into the railroad yard and try to determine what happened and hold everything secure until homicide and other investigators can get in there."
Mr. SAWYER. That is Decker speaking there.