On manhunt, LA cops riddle wrong vehicle with bullets
6 Feb 2014 6:30 AM IST
Police Chief Charlie Beck and Alex Bustamante, inspector general for the Los Angeles Police Commission, independently recommended that the shooting be ruled out of policy, commission President Steve Soboroff said. He did not provide further details.
Beck will decide disciplinary measures for the officers, who were assigned to non-field duties during an LAPD investigation. Possible measures could include extensive retraining, suspensions or even firings.
At a news conference, Beck said he couldn’t comment on what discipline the officers may receive because their information is private under state law. He said ‘these officers will all and have all received extensive training as had the whole Los Angeles Police Department relative to these types of issues.’
Los Angeles Police Protective League spokesman Eric Rose said the union’s president, Tyler Izen, was waiting to review the commission’s report before providing comment.
Last year, the city paid the women $4.2 million to settle a claim. That was in addition to a separate $40,000 settlement for the loss of their truck.
The Police Commission’s determination didn’t surprise the women’s attorney, Glen Jonas.
‘There (are) 4.2 million reasons I have to believe it’s out of policy,’ he said. ‘Anyone with any common sense would agree it’s out of policy.’
Dorner, a fired Los Angeles police officer, claimed he was unfairly dismissed and vowed revenge against law enforcement officers in a rambling online manifesto.
He killed the daughter of a former LAPD police official along with her fiance and two law enforcement officers over 10 days before being cornered and killing himself in a burning mountain cabin in San Bernardino County.
On 7 February 2013, Los Angeles police guarding the Torrance home of a high-profile target named in Dorner’s manifesto opened fire on a pickup truck they thought was Dorner’s.
Beck will decide disciplinary measures for the officers, who were assigned to non-field duties during an LAPD investigation. Possible measures could include extensive retraining, suspensions or even firings.
At a news conference, Beck said he couldn’t comment on what discipline the officers may receive because their information is private under state law. He said ‘these officers will all and have all received extensive training as had the whole Los Angeles Police Department relative to these types of issues.’
Los Angeles Police Protective League spokesman Eric Rose said the union’s president, Tyler Izen, was waiting to review the commission’s report before providing comment.
Last year, the city paid the women $4.2 million to settle a claim. That was in addition to a separate $40,000 settlement for the loss of their truck.
The Police Commission’s determination didn’t surprise the women’s attorney, Glen Jonas.
‘There (are) 4.2 million reasons I have to believe it’s out of policy,’ he said. ‘Anyone with any common sense would agree it’s out of policy.’
Dorner, a fired Los Angeles police officer, claimed he was unfairly dismissed and vowed revenge against law enforcement officers in a rambling online manifesto.
He killed the daughter of a former LAPD police official along with her fiance and two law enforcement officers over 10 days before being cornered and killing himself in a burning mountain cabin in San Bernardino County.
On 7 February 2013, Los Angeles police guarding the Torrance home of a high-profile target named in Dorner’s manifesto opened fire on a pickup truck they thought was Dorner’s.
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