Shortly after Pat Patton announced his retirement, he also stated his intention to co-author a tell-all book in which he would reveal the corruption that had infiltrated the city, especially the influence of organized crime in the police department. Climer knew that he and his allies would be implicated in the book, and he attempted to silence Chief Patton. Following a heated exchange at Patton's home (between the Chief and his ghost writer Kasper Hackett), Climer shot Patton and left him lying under a bridge, believing that he was dead or dying.