Posted: 10/29/2014 10:57:31 AM EDT
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Seattle PD can write a policy saying that an officer has to take bullet before he can fire back at suspect.....
Doesn't mean the officer would get charged if he instead shot as soon as he perceived the threat.... However, it does create a lousy work environment and becomes dangerous when officers try to contemplate threat level with policy... That momentary hesitation can go very very wrong for the officer. We had a use of force policy with levels of force vs levels of resistance and finally shit canned it because the realized no one could sit there and recite the policy, and it was hard to articulate in reports. It was changed to, officers can use the level of force necessary to overcome their perceived threat. And that perception is based on what a reasonable officer would perceive. Problem with a fooked up policy has nothing to do with cases where officers have to shoot someone. The case will go to Grand Jury and the SAO will mention department policy but it has virtually nothing to do with the law and outcome. The problem will come from routine, minor uses of force where suspects get a justified smackdown. The department will fuck those officers over left and right because their will be no outside review. |