“We show up, and bad things happen' - Edward Obayashi, deputy sheriff and policy advisor for the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office on his agency's decision to stop responding to many suicidal calls to avoid 'suicide by cop.'
” to consider the challenges of investigating police shootings.
Totten added that “with such a major change in the law, there are naturally going to be fits and starts.”The law doesn’t cover most officer-involved shootings Thus, “the vast majority of officer-involved shootings are being conducted by district attorneys…and other local prosecutors across the state,” he said., the Sacramento Democrat who authored the law, is proposing that the Department of Justice take over all officer-related homicide cases, regardless of whether the civilian was armed or not.
Plumas County, where Obayashi works, is one of the many law enforcement agencies across California that hasPolice officers are people, not superheroes
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