Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 20:28:22 GMT -6
Well Well.... At least one department didn't let it slide.
In this story, even the Department of Justice seems to be up to what they are supposed to be doing for a living, for a change.
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Now the former cop's attorney notes that the Department may be making an example of him, and that is probably true, by the sound of it. However, doesn't an example NEED to be made here? A woman was shot. He fired that bullet and she died. Now it doesn't get anymore serious than that for a bad moment to have the camera off.
Given the added element of "untruthfulness", as the article notes was part of the reasoning? I'd say it is a sign of positive progress. Perhaps not much yet, but progress.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) - An Albuquerque police officer who shot and killed a 19-year-old woman in April was fired from the police force on Monday for failing to follow an order to turn on his uniform camera during all citizen contacts, police said.
The officer, Jeremy Dear, had been under scrutiny because his uniform camera was not turned on during the April 21 incident in which he shot a woman who was stopped on suspicion of vehicle theft after he said she pointed a gun at him.
The officer, Jeremy Dear, had been under scrutiny because his uniform camera was not turned on during the April 21 incident in which he shot a woman who was stopped on suspicion of vehicle theft after he said she pointed a gun at him.
In this story, even the Department of Justice seems to be up to what they are supposed to be doing for a living, for a change.
The firing comes as the Albuquerque police are undergoing reforms under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, after a federal investigation concluded that police had used a pattern of excessive force, sometimes with deadly consequences.
Now the former cop's attorney notes that the Department may be making an example of him, and that is probably true, by the sound of it. However, doesn't an example NEED to be made here? A woman was shot. He fired that bullet and she died. Now it doesn't get anymore serious than that for a bad moment to have the camera off.
Given the added element of "untruthfulness", as the article notes was part of the reasoning? I'd say it is a sign of positive progress. Perhaps not much yet, but progress.