“Obviously, it’s an unfortunate set of circumstances that transpired,” Adams said. “We feel that due to the fact that (Harless) has PTSD, that nobody realized it for eight-plus years, for it to come to light the way it did ... this is not a way we wanted this to play out. PTSD is obviously a disease.”
Adams said that the incident that sparked the illness occurred in 2003 when a suspect nearly bit off Harless’ finger while trying to get the officer’s gun.
“Here’s a guy who was in a life-and-death situation,” Adams said, adding that since the June incident came to light, Harless has been diagnosed several times with PTSD.
If this cop has been acting this way for 8+ years somebody should have noticed. He should have noticed.
The other cops that he works with noticed and did nothing if this is true. If he is married his wife would have noticed and it probably cost him his marriage. This kind of behavior is not isolated to stressful work environments if it is PTSD.
If Harless does have PTSD plenty of people let this nut ball run around the city with a loaded gun for 8 years knowing he was a ticking time bomb.
Not being a Doctor, by any chance does PTSD, stand for Pistolwip The Stupid Driver(s), just asking. :-) end of sarc>