Police officer shot while being arrested by fellow officer.

[Glassunion]

Last edited Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:41 PM - Edit history (2)

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – A Santa Maria police officer was shot and killed Saturday by a fellow officer who was trying to arrest him for suspected sexual misconduct with a minor, the Santa Maria Times reported.

The slain officer was on duty when police tried to take him into custody early Saturday, the Santa Maria Police Department said in a press release.

More at: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/28/10259852-police-officer-shot-killed-by-fellow-officer-trying-to-arrest-him

What could we have done to keep this criminal from getting his hands on a hand gun?

[Cleita]

1. This happened down the road from where I live and since

those involved were all police officers on duty, they were all armed. The officer who was killed was involved in a sexual situation with a minor and apparently was resisting arrest, while on duty, when he was shot. It's a sad outcome all around and I wonder if the problem just isn't with the militarization of our police force.

[gopiscrap]

5. So often cops are like that

the chief of police in Tacoma shot his wife in grocery store parking lot, while their two little children sat in a car and watched.

[TheWraith]

13. Yeah, this article is short on details, but there was another one...

Apparently he was confronted for arrest, and started a physical struggle, then pulled out his gun and started firing, without hitting anyone. The arresting officers fired back, killing him. A sad story, but the other cops didn't have much option once the weapon was pulled. You don't screw around with that.

[orpupilofnature57]

2. Don't Hire or Arm whackos ,How can you tell ?

If their a suspect in a Hanus investigation having a job in law inforcement , which is more dangerous than a gun ,my solution, FIRE whoever let him slip through the cracks.

[rl6214]

3. But only cops are profesional enough to handle hand guns

[orpupilofnature57]

6. Only Button men are " Profesional " enough.

Because their bosses are in tune with their employees ,obviously not the case with law enforcement.

[Faux pas]

7. Seriously teaching by (bad) example!

What a maroon.

[pinto]

4. Other way around, as noted. Both police officers. Suspect resisted arrest, apparently drew his gun

from some local reports (I live in the region).

[ProgressiveProfessor]

8. Your title is seriously incorrect

[ManiacJoe]

9. Better title: Cop kill Cop.

> Are there not laws against this sort of thing? What could we have done to keep
> this criminal from getting his hands on a hand gun?

I cannot tell if you just forgot the sarcasm tag or you are really confused about what happened.

[Glassunion]

10. Sarcasm

[petronius]

11. Actually, you do have it backward: the arresting officer did the shooting,

the suspect didn't shoot and kill the arresting officer...

[Glassunion]

14. You're right. Corrected.

That'll teach me to skim reddit.

[ellisonz]

12. You should have just used the article title. n/t

[Glassunion]

15. You are correct

[TPaine7]

16. But, but, but...

I have it on good authority that cops don't do bad things while on duty. Apparently, there are magical powers in the badge, uniform and cruiser that make it impossible.

What's Latin for "public accountability?"

[MicaelS]

17. More information here...

Calif. cop sought in sex probe shot dead by fellow officer

(CBS/KCOY) SANTA MARIA, Calif. - A Santa Maria police officer was shot and killed by a fellow policeman as he was about to be arrested, authorities said.

According to CBS affiliate KCOY, the officer shot was the subject of an international criminal investigation for allegations of sexual misconduct against a 17-year-old girl.

The officer killed was 29-year-old Albert Covarrubias Jr. Santa Maria police officer Matthew Kline fired the deadly shot Saturday morning.

Police say Kline was attempting to arrest Covarrubias on suspicion of illegal sex with a minor. Covarrubias resisted and fired his gun before Kline fatally shot him once in the chest at a DUI checkpoint where he had been on duty.

[DCKit]

19. Age of consent is 17? Series!!!11

Nearly every thirteen year old and all of the fifteen year olds I've met over the past twenty years is a sex offender.

[AtheistCrusader]

18. Iverglas is not here, so I will offer the response.

Police officers should not take firearms home with them. IIRC, that is how Canada handles it.



I would argue it's a terrible idea in the US given the propensity for predators to follow cops home, etc, but maybe they've never had that problem in canada, or not to the degree we do. In any case, that's how Canada handles it. Going home? Shower, change, lock up your weapon.

They don't seem to take their work home with them.


Edit: Grammar is correctly correctly

[ManiacJoe]

22. He was on duty at the time.

[Bloberman1959]

20. The UK has a long tradition of not arming their police.

I think this incident goes a LONG way as an example of how lives can be saved by adopting such a policy.

[liberal_biker]

21. No it doesnt.

Not even close.

In case you missed it from the article, the dead cop was on duty as was the arresting officer.

Hence, both would have been armed even with such a policy.

[Bloberman1959]

23. Yes it does.

And if we were progressive enough in this country then neither "on duty" cop would have been armed and there would not have been this tragic loss of life.

[Dr_Scholl]

24. Are you seriously advocating disarming police officers?

n/t