 In accordance with the policy of the Coronado police department, Mansker was placed on administrative leave and was reinstated to full duty in January 2007.On December 14, 2007, the San Diego District Attorney declared the shooting legal.In February 2007, the American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the California Attorney General's office on behalf of 25 local community, religious, and civil rights groups criticizing a pattern of questionable police shootings in the San Diego area, asking the state to intervene due to the San Diego District Attorney's problematic handling of these cases, including the Steve Foley incident.