re: #252 Slap

Ooooh, you said “professional”.

OK, I know this is a rank generalization…but how often would one be prompted to use that term in reference to most small-town-WAY-outside-the-big-city police behavior?

Seriously, factoring out the idiot trumpeting of this story by all those incredibly advanced intellects at HA, does it not seem, based on what’s come forth so far, that this “officer’s” behavior has been not only unprofessional but possibly actionable? The sadness of the story — whatever the whole story turns out to be — is a separate issue unto itself. And it appears that this putz’s unprofessional desire to be NOTICED by the MEDIA will only exacerbate the mother’s pain if she’s innocent, but possibly complicate any case against her if, indeed, she’s guilty.

A steaming pile of crap, all around.

Think I need to go home and hug my cats.

I had Boulder, Colorado in mind. That might ring a bell regarding a certain investigation.

It doesn’t really matter about the characterizations. If they all they had were a couple of deputies on the scene whose only experience was dealing with drug crimes and clear cut homicides unless they have specific experience with these types of deaths they won’t be done within professional guidelines.