This is part of my ongoing series Officer Down - in honour of police officers slain in the line of duty. The most dangerous call police officers ever respond to is the 'domestic dispute'. Passions are already raging out of control, hence the call to police for help, and responding officers are expected to douse those flames in short order. It's the hardest of jobs … [Read more...]
Membership has its Privileges: the Constable Adree Mohammed Zahara Story
On October 15, 2006, RCMP Constable Adree Mohammed Zahara fired nine bullets from her RCMP-issued pistol into the wall of her home during a domestic dispute with her partner, Constable Chuck Simm. A December 21, 2006, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix news report, shown below, informed readers that Constable Sahara pleaded guilty to a lone charge of careless use of a firearm related to … [Read more...]
Murderer’s mother blames Shawn Bryan’s shooting victim, Charlene Mitchell, for son’s crimes
I know grief can do strange things to people. I also know losing a son, no matter the circumstances, is horrendously difficult. There is a line that one should never cross, however, simply because it is both tacky and moronic to blame the shooting victim for the crimes of the lunatic who shot her. As bizarre is it seems to me, however, that's precisely what Shawn … [Read more...]
Officer Kevin Ambrose murdered by a corrections officer during domestic dispute
Springfield Police Department Officer Kevin Ambrose was murdered while doing the most dangerous job a police officer has: attending a domestic dispute call. Ambrose, a 36-year veteran of the department, is survived by his wife, two children and a granddaughter. My condolences and prayers go out to the family of Officer Kevin Ambrose as they try to come to terms with the … [Read more...]
When is it okay for police to shoot an armed suspect?
When is it okay for police to shoot an armed suspect? When that person points his weapon at them or someone else, as in the case in Michigan last week. Police were called to a domestic dispute in Roseville, Michgan on Tuesday where they were confronted by a man with a shotgun. I think the police were remarkably self-restrained when they didn’t kill the guy after he fired … [Read more...]