The State - News from Sept. 9, 1987

The Navy was asked to not move any munitions trains or trucks during protests at the Concord Naval Weapons Station without sheriff’s deputies around to help prevent an incident like the one that maimed a protester. The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors passed its resolution after listening to a report from the Sheriff’s Department indicating that deputies did not arrive until after the incident that cost S. Brian Willson his legs. Assistant Sheriff Warren Rupf told the supervisors that the department had an agreement with the Navy that it would be advised 30 minutes before a train movement was planned. A sheriff’s spokesman said an investigation into the Sept. 1 incident has been completed and presented to the district attorney’s office. Details were not disclosed. Willson, 47, was injured when he knelt in front of an oncoming train in an effort to halt what protesters claim are arms shipments to Central America.