After California Cops Kill Someone, They Probe Families for Information on Deceased Before Telling Them Their Loved One Is Dead
by Douglas Ankney
Bruce Praet, cofounder of the company Lexipol, offers California cops some advice in one of his online training webinars: When notifying the family of a person the police have killed, obtain as much information as possible on the deceased before telling the family their loved one is dead.
Sadly, Lexipol contracts with over 95% of police departments in California. The company offers its clients pre-formed policies and training. While policing experts have called the above practice “inhumane,” cops exploit the families with the tactic as a means of protecting their officers and their departments from lawsuits.
According to investigative reporter Brian Howey from the Investigative Reporting Program of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, the tactic is widely used across the state. And the information revealed by the families before they knew their loved one was dead negatively impacted their lawsuits that were subsequently filed.
Source: motherjones.com
by Douglas Ankney
Bruce Praet, cofounder of the company Lexipol, offers California cops some advice in one of his online training webinars: When notifying the family of a person the police have killed, obtain as much information as possible on the deceased before telling the family their loved one is dead.
Sadly, Lexipol contracts with over 95% of police departments in California. The company offers its clients pre-formed policies and training. While policing experts have called the above practice “inhumane,” cops exploit the families with the tactic as a means of protecting their officers and their departments from lawsuits.
According to investigative reporter Brian Howey from the Investigative Reporting Program of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, the tactic is widely used across the state. And the information revealed by the families before they knew their loved one was dead negatively impacted their lawsuits that were subsequently filed.
Source: motherjones.com
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