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Having been a Police Officer in a large city for thirty years and now retired and living in Las Vegas along with being pro police, I’ve seen numerous police shootings in this city and question the veracity of several. I frequent this Costco and fortunately was not there at the time of the shooting. I have been in three shooting altercations in my thirty years as a Police Officer and can assure you that I never fired my weapon unless a weapon was fired at me or about to be fired at me with it in the offenders hand and pointed in my direction. Taking a human life is not something to be taken lightly. There are several mental phases that I went through after taking a life, none of which I would encourage anyone to experience. I watched the coroner’s inquest and listened closely to all the officers’ testimony. In my opinion, I found one officer to be credible. The witnesses that were on the scene gave conflicting statements to the shooting which is normal when many people are involved.
My personal belief is that these officers in Las Vegas are not getting the proper training in deadly force or are being protected by their department when their shootings aren’t justified which makes it easier to shoot again and not be concerned with the consequences that could follow.
Again, I was not there but did listen to all the testimony and believe this was a bad shoot.
Means could have been taken to handle this situation which could have saved a life instead of taking one.