I’d rather see my tax dollars go to LE, than a lot of other things they do with it.
As you can see there’s lots on here that took an oath to the constitution, and don’t even know what it is.
I would gladly pay for more training and better wages than pay out lawsuits.

Local law enforcement is about the most transparent of any government employee. It’s just the most violent. DOJ pushes rules to local authorities, but not for themselves. Do FBI wear body cams, does ATF we body cams? No.
Cop who shot unarmed woman in Capitol was never identified until after he was cleared.

Do an open records request to the federal government, you will get nothing.

Local law enforcement is the low hanging fruit. 700k cops, hired from the gene pool. Multiply that with lower standards and people not wanting the job. The quality of hires will continue to nose dive.

I wonder how that capital police shooting would play out if it were a local officer from small town Texas, who shot an unarmed female for trying to enter a door? When socialists own the media like they do in America today, they use that power to promote agendas, I'm thinking the Texas officer would be front page news and on every opinion channel before the 5 o'clock news...and some here would fall for the agenda driven noise. Like I said this incident is sad all around, but when police are confronted with a weapon, after young officers are repeatedly trained that a guy with a knife from like 21 feet away can close that distance and attack them before they can draw and defend themselves...well, some incidents like this are going to occur, it involves human behavior.

honest people can make mistakes

I agree.
But when your rights are blatantly violated, that’s lack of training/ignorance of the law. There’s plenty of videos out there available for training purposes, unless they just don’t want to do it.
The lawsuits will keep coming whether you believe in the constitution or not, tax payers shouldn’t be responsible for LE not knowing the laws.

The average person should not fear the police. If the average person wants to feel fear about something, then just think of the medical community and associated insurance.

Have you been watching audits? If you watch a few it will keep feeding you more. The police on here really like those audits.

Audits or no audits there’s still constitutional rights that can be violated and cost the taxpayers.
I don’t see any of them raising there hand willing to pay for their mistakes.

He has to be a bot 1600 post and 1500 of them are on this thread.

It is not just training. It is the ability to keep a clear head in extremely stressful and dangerous situations. In my 25 year career in Fire/EMS I've been asked if I've ever been scared to death. The answer is many times. Law Enforcement officers can say the same thing. Courage is being scared to death, but moving forward anyway. No training video can build that courage into someone. Some people are born with it, most people develop it over time.

The Deputy that shot the Airman was scared. And that's OK. What was maybe not OK is how he handled the situation while he was scared.

^^Truth telling, right here!

Knowing the law and watching videos doesn't come close to preparing officers for real life shootings situations...the only way you will ever know how you would/will react is actually being involved in a real-life shooting. I have listened to nonsense for years about oh, I would have done this, or I would have done that, you are lying to yourself and your audience to claim you that know how you will/would react.

Do you have any ideas on how to help other than the childish remarks you make?
I know you can’t fix stupid, but dang.

If there is one thing we can all agree on, it’s that Colt is an idiot.

IBTL........

I'd really like to know what he was told by the dispatcher, and what the 911 caller told the dispatcher was happening. From the first knock you can hear the urgency, almost fright, in his voice. Troublesome all the way around.

you tellem Sneaky


You d man.

edit : did you get offended by my post ?

I've been a cop for 12 years...i don't typically chime in on these topics and i really have nothing else to add....good shoot, bad shoot, that's up for the grand jury to decide once presented with all the facts. Bad deal all the way around for everyone involved. Lawsuits are going to happen whether the trigger is pulled or not, that's the society we live in today unfortunately. And like concho said, you can train a recruit to do all the right things but when [censored] hits the fan no one knows how that recruit will mentally or physically deal with it. I have been threatened with a lawsuit just for pulling a person only because of their color and i have been threatened with a lawsuit for pulling my weapon and holding someone at gunpoint that had a gun and wouldn't cooperate with my commands. It's a different world out there and only gonna get worse. They will never pay what it's worth, you just have to want to do the job no matter what because if we don't then who will? Also, they will never charge what cold beer is worth either. EOR

Good write up cleatas.
If the DA decides to prosecute, it will go to the grand jury, we all know there will be a lawsuit regardless.
I guess the lawsuits I’m mostly talking about is , filming in public, or filming police officers doing their duty, it is legal unless you interfere with them, there’s no need to approach them if they’re not doing anything wrong ( breaking any laws).
They get thrown to the ground arrested, then charges are dismissed and the officer fired/suspened and the people sued.
Some of these are just too simple, I don’t know if it’s training or egos?
Watch some of the depositions, the attorneys will show, here’s the training you had, before that they said never had any training.
Are they just filling out the blanks on these online training sessions and not reading them?
I mean you have people that been in LE for a decade or more, that say they never had any training in civil rights.
Then we get more of these auditors, some out to practice their rights, but a lot to get a paycheck.

IMO what causes the lawsuits is definitely tempers, ego, and just flat-out losing control of yourself in the moment. We all know people can video us and me personally I could care less. I have two video cameras on me at all times and likely several more that I don't even know about. I have been accused of stealing money out of a car during inventory and my camera cleared me. I LOVE cameras and I invite people to film me if they wish to do so. Hell you may catch a better angle that helps strengthen my case so don't get mad when your iPhone goes into evidence

I’m glad the camera saved you, I hate seeing anyone falsely accused of something.
You sir are a professional.

There’s a lot about this that no one knows about except the investigators who are involved with it.

And those of us that are the end of the chain know something.

Caller goes to Call Taker
Call Taker goes to Dispatcher
Dispatcher goes to us

We are the fourth one to find out. In the game of "Telephone".

yessssss i've been to many major calls involving weapons and people laid out all over the yard bleeding but when i arrive its a dispute over a property boundary.

Of course lee merit is there chasing ambulances to collect another check and press coverage.