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This, by the way, is an area where officers can get themselves in trouble if they aren’t careful.

will challengingly ask, “ Why don’t you know?” Inevitably, the officer’s answer will be along the lines of, “Because it happened so fast. They’ll push and prod and protest until they get something, and they won’t accept the fact that if you want the truth, the answer to many of those questions will be: “I don’t know.”Īnd if that be the answer, investigators, bosses, prosecutors, etc. But there are many people who believe- demand, actually-that officers be able to recall every infinitesimal detail of a lightning-fast shooting incident where lives were on the line. Did you fire your weapon before the suspect shot your partner or after?Įxpecting fully accurate answers to questions like these is asking for the impossible.Did you fire your weapon after you were shot or before?.

Did your partner get shot? Where? How many times?.

How many other officers were at the scene? How far away were they?.

How many shots did you fire? How about other officers?.

Exactly how far were you from the suspect when he shot you?.

What were you saying at the moment the suspect shot you?.

Now imagine someone asking those two officers questions like: You saw how fast this shooting went down. But just as often, the expectations for their answers are by some, set far too high. With that in mind, let’s take a look at a few things to think about:įollowing a shooting, officers are understandably asked many questions and pressed to recall many details.

The suspect in this incident, 45-year-old Bruce Lua, a convicted felon who at the time of the shooting was awaiting trial for assault, shot both of those officers faster than they-anyone-could even process the fact they were being fired on. Shocking, right? Actually, terrifying is a better word.