"At a press conference Tuesday, Chief Ed Kraus grew emotional when describing the morale of the police department. He says "officers are hurting" because of the fatal shooting and that he has not encountered an officer who disagrees with the decision to arrest Aaron Dean."
I was reading elsewhere what the cop did immediately after the murder.
1. He quit his job. Before he was fired.
2. He lawyered up. He refused to answer questions without his attorney present. They claimed he refused to “cooperate”.
In other words he followed the book on what to do if the cops arrest you.
Are they thinking he needs to be arrested to ease their troubles of having to deal with the angry neighborhoods, or because he actually did something wrong?
Also I wouldn't necessarily believe the Chief has his actual finger on the pulse of the rank and file.
He shouldn't have gone into that woman's back yard without announcing himself, and that is his first mistake. He also should have just dodged out of the window view when he saw she had a gun, and if he fired intentionally, that was his second mistake.
I read comments yesterday that suggested he didn't actually intend to fire, but because he had a Glock, he may have fired it accidentally. It apparently doesn't have a safety, and will fire with the slightest touch on the trigger. The commenter claimed that he was still talking when the gun went off, so I shouldn't be surprised if he offers that as a defense.