Post by Logan on Jan 16, 2016 21:23:09 GMT -6
The officer who shot and killed a man in Hillcrest on the first night of the new year had been involved in two previous fatal shootings in less than three years.
San Diego Police Officer Richard Butera, a 13-year veteran of the force, fired a single round to kill 30-year-old Joshua Adam Sisson on Lewis Street near Fifth Avenue.
He had fatally shot two other men in the line of duty since June 2013. The three shootings in about 30 months are an unusually high number for a single officer, especially in such a short span of time, experts said.
Many police officers go through an entire career without firing their weapon in the line of duty, experts on policing and the use of force said.
Continue reading at www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jan/16/third-time-officer-involved-shooting/ .
San Diego Police Officer Richard Butera, a 13-year veteran of the force, fired a single round to kill 30-year-old Joshua Adam Sisson on Lewis Street near Fifth Avenue.
He had fatally shot two other men in the line of duty since June 2013. The three shootings in about 30 months are an unusually high number for a single officer, especially in such a short span of time, experts said.
Many police officers go through an entire career without firing their weapon in the line of duty, experts on policing and the use of force said.
Continue reading at www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jan/16/third-time-officer-involved-shooting/ .