Appointments to be made in officer-involved shooting review task force - Andy Lopez shooting

[FreakinDJ]

Appointments to be made in officer-involved shooting review task force


In the wake of the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Andy Lopez by a sheriff's deputy, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Tuesday will begin appointing a Community and Law Enforcement Task Force that will consider recommending a process for an independent citizen's review of officer-involved shootings.

The 21-member task force's options include recommending a citizen review board, a police review/citizen oversight review board, a police review/citizen's appeal board or an independent citizen auditor.

In Sonoma County, a Grand Jury currently reviews the Sonoma County District Attorney's report on its investigation of officer-involved shootings. That report decides whether there is proof beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime was committed.


http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/appointments-be-made-officer-involved-shooting-rev/nb9MK/

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Ok I have been off the web for two plus weeks due to a death in the family

I finally got back on it today (full force). Last I remember from this case was some folks saying that it was nothing since the kid held a faux AK-47 and poor officer did not know.

So the it was nothing now goes to a grand jury review (which is good, kid's family needs justice in this case). Thanks for the update.

[FreakinDJ]

3. Every jurisdiction should have civilian review of OIS

For obvious reasons

A recent study by Darrell Ross, Director of the Center of Applied Social Sciences at Valdosta State University sought to analyze lethal use of force. He examined 5,500 federal §1983 lethal force case decisions from 1989 to 2012. Not all officer involved shootings lead to lawsuits and not all are filed in federal court. Professor Ross concluded, “In 32% of the incidents, the suspect shot at the officer, pointed a weapon at the officer, or pointed it at him- or herself; in 30%, the suspect drove a vehicle/struck the officer with a vehicle; in 13%, the suspect attacked the officer with a personal weapon and in 10%, the suspect stabbed at the officer with a stabbed weapon.” Moreover, “in 19% of the incidents, the suspect did not possess any weapon.” In other words, in about 1 in 5 officer involved shootings filed in federal court, the civilian was unarmed!

https://medium.com/p/74a4da37a0ae

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. Good. I hope they recommend strong and effective civilian oversight. We need that badly for the cops