Instead, when a shooting incident occurs, an officer's attorney is sent to the scene, and SDPD "ask[s] the attorney if the officer is willing to participate in a voluntary walk-through of the incident scene and provide a voluntary statement about the incident" (emphasis in original). If the officer agrees, the officer participates in both with an attorney present. [More]Sweet.
Might be something to remind them of just after being asked "What have you got to hide if you haven't done anything wrong" and just before telling them you have nothing to say without your attorney.
[Via PMH]
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Force Science Institute (FSI) www.forcescience.org has published a long list of recommendations (FSI Transmittal #199) on how the cops should handle an officer-involved shooting (OSI) so that the most accurate set of facts are gathered and the best analysis of the incident can be made. It's worth comparing those steps with the manner in which most shootings by a lawfully-armed citizen (LAC) are conducted in order to develop evidence of a crime. Why cops involved in OSIs should be treated any differently that LACs involved in a shooting defies reason - except that we must remember that they aree "the only ones professional enough" for that.
stay safe.
wv= entiaac arrestm. I swear it is.
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