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Millis Police now say officer shooting was 'fabricated'
WBZ ^ | 9-3-15 | WBZ

Posted on 09/03/2015 12:55:22 PM PDT by raccoonradio

MILLIS (CBS) – Police say a Millis officer has been fired after fabricating a story about exchanging gunfire with a suspect.

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To: glenduh
“The part-time officer had worked with the department for just over a year, but he had not yet completed Police Academy.”

Apparently, Police Academy as in the movie "Police Academy".

21 posted on 09/04/2015 5:03:36 AM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: Riley

The standards for police vary widely within and without each state. Some can be commissioned before attending the police academy, some places require you to have 1400 hours of training before you even sit in a car.


22 posted on 09/04/2015 5:49:08 AM PDT by Molon Labbie (Prep. Now. Live Healthy, take your Shooting Iron daily.)
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To: Molon Labbie

It sounds like an IMMENSE liability for the department.

Seems like giving a youngster who’s really an unknown quantity a uniform, weapon and a cruiser and letting him drive around representing the department and the city or county where he can blunder into a situation that he’s unprepared for is asking for trouble.

I’ll ask a friend of mine who was a cop in VA for a while, what the rules are here.. I remember that he had his badge before he attended the academy.

I don’t know, maybe it works somehow.


23 posted on 09/04/2015 7:23:20 AM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Molon Labbie

I checked with my VA cop friend.

He was hired first and badged, and allowed to ride along in uniform with an empty holster on certain activities. He was never permitted to carry a weapon or drive a cruiser before the academy, and agreed that arming and allowing the driving of a department vehicle especially unsupervised, made no sense at all.


24 posted on 09/05/2015 4:40:32 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: glenduh; raccoonradio
Not sure it would have helped.


25 posted on 09/05/2015 4:45:13 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Flick Lives

#25 :-)


26 posted on 09/05/2015 4:45:37 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Riley

That is just plain nuts and a huge liability.


27 posted on 09/05/2015 8:33:43 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (Prep. Now. Live Healthy, take your Shooting Iron daily.)
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To: Molon Labbie
Colorado laws allow rogue officers to stay in law enforcement

Second-chance cops become issue in Rocky Ford after fatal shooting

28 posted on 09/06/2015 12:53:29 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (ANYBODY who would choose Trump over Cruz has a screw loose.)
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