Las Vegas officers honored for 'heroic' Costco shooting

[Bluebear]

Two Las Vegas police officers who shot and killed Erik Scott in the controversial Costco shooting last year have received honors in a national officer of the year award.

Officers William Mosher and Joshua Stark received honorable mention in the National Association of Police Organizations' Top Cops awards.

A third officer involved in the shooting, Thomas Mendiola, was not honored. In January, Mendiola was charged with a felony for unlawfully giving a handgun to a two-time felon in an unrelated case. He has a preliminary hearing in May...

Scott's father, Bill Scott, called the honor "incredible." "The arrogance of Chris Collins and the PPA in even nominating these two staggers the imagination," he said. He called the officer's actions a "mistake" and added, "Now they're being honored for their mistakes?"

http://www.lvrj.com/news/national-police-group-honors-two-officers-involved-in-erik-scott-shooting-119926284.html

[frylock]

1. check this from the comment section..

1) Officer Mosher Failed the Psych Exam to even get on the force in the first place. Lucky for him there was a budget surplus and they needed boots. 2) He has shot 3 people in 5 years killing two. Since most officers never fire a weapon throughout an entire career it makes one wonder is point # 2 a result of point #1? Someone please explain how he LVM allows him to be on patrol in his physical condition on top of his psychological condition.

[uppityperson]

2. Maybe they partner with Seattle pd. I seriously try to not be prejudiced against cops

but there are enough bad ones to outweigh the good ones, esp with their power and potential to do harm.