SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — A police officer under investigation for sexual misconduct with a teenage minor was shot and killed while on duty by fellow officers Saturday as they tried to arrest him on California's central coast, authorities said.
http://news.yahoo.com/officer-shot-killed-fellow-police-calif-011712475.html
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My nomination goes unexpectedly to those handling this rather than the subject of the story.
Why you don't arrest a cop on duty:
1. A cop who is in fact a criminal is less likely to surrender than an ordinary cop
2. A cop on duty is already in a confrontation mindset and is less "plyable" in the field while manning his post (adding gasoline to the fires of #1 and #3)
3. Arresting an officer while manning his post projects a horrible image to the public regarding police integrity
4. *** Pulling this stunt needlessly subjects the public to a hazardous and potentially catestrophic scenario in the middle of the street (see story)
STORY:
The officer was manning a DUI checkpoint when the shooting occurred shortly after 1 a.m. He was declared dead after emergency surgery at Marian Medical Center, Santa Maria police Chief Danny Macagni said in a statement.
The officer, a four-year Santa Maria department veteran, had just learned of the internal investigation of an alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl, and it became necessary to arrest him immediately, Macagni said.
"We had no choice," Macagni said in video of an afternoon news conference posted by KCOY-TV. He said investigators had evidence "that demanded that we go out and take this officer off the street immediately."
Supervising officers were sent to make a felony arrest, but he struggled with them when they arrived, first putting up a physical fight, then firing his gun but hitting no one, Macagni said.
"He chose to resist, he drew his weapon, a fight ensued, he fired his weapon," the chief said.
Several officers came to help the police making the arrest, and one of them shot the suspected officer in the chest once, Macagni said.
Detectives had begun investigating the alleged relationship on Thursday night, and minutes before the shooting had confirmed that an "inappropriate" and "very explicit" relationship had been going on, Macagni said.
He said he could not give details because of the sensitivity of the investigation, but "there was some witness intimidation involved" and the arrest couldn't wait for a more proper time or place.
"The information that we had in hand demanded that we not let him leave that scene, get in a car, drive somewhere, it would put the public at risk," Macagni said at the news conference. "We just did not know what was going to happen, we did not expect him to react the way that he did."
Macagni said police had expressed condolences to the officer's family.
The officer who fired the fatal shot, an eight-year department veteran, has been placed on administrative leave, and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department was investigating the shooting, Macagni said.
The name of the officer killed has not been released because some family members were still being notified, and the name of the officer who fired the shot was withheld while the incident was under investigation, police said.
Santa Maria is a city of some 100,000 people about 60 miles northwest of Santa Barbara and 160 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
More brass posturing for some ill-advised political agenda (and/or sheer idiocy at its finest). Pull the officer off the line and recall him back to the station on an unrelated note. Once isolated from people who could be hurt or that could escalate the situation (cheers, etc.), confront and arrest officer at the station where officer is psychologically more responsive to authority than in field. If he doesn't respond to "unrelated task," supervisors can make the attempt on the spot as last-ditch resort.
http://news.yahoo.com/officer-shot-killed-fellow-police-calif-011712475.html
Link above, Full-text story below comments...
My nomination goes unexpectedly to those handling this rather than the subject of the story.
Why you don't arrest a cop on duty:
1. A cop who is in fact a criminal is less likely to surrender than an ordinary cop
2. A cop on duty is already in a confrontation mindset and is less "plyable" in the field while manning his post (adding gasoline to the fires of #1 and #3)
3. Arresting an officer while manning his post projects a horrible image to the public regarding police integrity
4. *** Pulling this stunt needlessly subjects the public to a hazardous and potentially catestrophic scenario in the middle of the street (see story)
STORY:
The officer was manning a DUI checkpoint when the shooting occurred shortly after 1 a.m. He was declared dead after emergency surgery at Marian Medical Center, Santa Maria police Chief Danny Macagni said in a statement.
The officer, a four-year Santa Maria department veteran, had just learned of the internal investigation of an alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl, and it became necessary to arrest him immediately, Macagni said.
"We had no choice," Macagni said in video of an afternoon news conference posted by KCOY-TV. He said investigators had evidence "that demanded that we go out and take this officer off the street immediately."
Supervising officers were sent to make a felony arrest, but he struggled with them when they arrived, first putting up a physical fight, then firing his gun but hitting no one, Macagni said.
"He chose to resist, he drew his weapon, a fight ensued, he fired his weapon," the chief said.
Several officers came to help the police making the arrest, and one of them shot the suspected officer in the chest once, Macagni said.
Detectives had begun investigating the alleged relationship on Thursday night, and minutes before the shooting had confirmed that an "inappropriate" and "very explicit" relationship had been going on, Macagni said.
He said he could not give details because of the sensitivity of the investigation, but "there was some witness intimidation involved" and the arrest couldn't wait for a more proper time or place.
"The information that we had in hand demanded that we not let him leave that scene, get in a car, drive somewhere, it would put the public at risk," Macagni said at the news conference. "We just did not know what was going to happen, we did not expect him to react the way that he did."
Macagni said police had expressed condolences to the officer's family.
The officer who fired the fatal shot, an eight-year department veteran, has been placed on administrative leave, and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department was investigating the shooting, Macagni said.
The name of the officer killed has not been released because some family members were still being notified, and the name of the officer who fired the shot was withheld while the incident was under investigation, police said.
Santa Maria is a city of some 100,000 people about 60 miles northwest of Santa Barbara and 160 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
More brass posturing for some ill-advised political agenda (and/or sheer idiocy at its finest). Pull the officer off the line and recall him back to the station on an unrelated note. Once isolated from people who could be hurt or that could escalate the situation (cheers, etc.), confront and arrest officer at the station where officer is psychologically more responsive to authority than in field. If he doesn't respond to "unrelated task," supervisors can make the attempt on the spot as last-ditch resort.
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