I'd say that Henry Parson just hit the jackpot. This will cost the Bakersfield tax payers plenty. All things taken into consideration probably at least $2 million. I have not doubt that the shooting will be deemed justified in an attempt to dodge responsability. This officer should be requied to spend more time at the range in order to improve his aim. It would help if he hit what he was shooting at in the future.

 I can tell you right now, send that review Board home, it is a salm dunk just as it has been 7 times before, IN THE LINE OF DUTY!!

But than again this guy learned his marsmanship from a pro   Dick Cheney!

The shooting review Board or as it is fequently referred to as the shooting confirmation Board's rubber stamp is well worn having been used all but one incident in the last 40 years. But what the hell this is life as it should be, give the guy and extra day of fishing to go along with the usual free bear claw at the "shop".

It is kinda of like planet of the apes, "apes don't tell on apes"  and "  Cops don't tell on cops"!!

I AM CURIOUS why BPD OFFICERS ALWAYS SHOOT AT 'KIDS' THAT ARE RUNNING away .......

Shooting them is easier than catching them, heft is a bad thing when you meet a sprinter.

It seems these days that the BPD is so eager to shoot and/or arrest.  Must be some kind of inferiority complex they have and many become cops simply to feel more "manly."  I speak from experience.

Last year when moving into my new apartment, not far from where this incident took place, I was arrested (for the 1st time) because they thought I was someone else.  Although I did not resist arrest (cause I already knew they had the wrong guy) one cop was VERY rough with me, throwing me on the ground, not letting me speak, etc.  It was scary cause I had all these guns pointed at me, and I personally get nervous around anyone with a gun. There were about 3 police cars and 4 sherriff's cars, and it took them about 20-30 minutes to figure out I wasn't the guy they were looking for (that guy got away cause they were so busy arresting a school teacher with no criminal record whatsoever.)  After all that mistaken bullying, the guy who was rough with me gave me a simple "sorry" while walking by.  He couldn't even look me in the face.

The police get VERY agitated when they find out they've done a no-no, cause it exposes their lack of intelligence.

My favorite is when you call BPD while a crime is in progress, and you get a call 3 days later to ask if you still want an officer to show up. When we lived in the county, the response time was within minutes, when we moved to the city about 4 years ago, the city's response time can be counted in days. I wish we had a choice to who responds to our calls. If I want somebody shot at and missed, I'll call the city.

This guy Scott belongs behind a desk, not behind a gun.

“I AM CURIOUS why BPD OFFICERS ALWAYS SHOOT AT ‘KIDS’ THAT ARE RUNNING away ........

Kids' are actually capable of killing people . . . .

I smell bacon, i smell grease, I smell the Bakersfield Police!  
lol...always loved that chant

Hey at least this cop got out of his vehicle, and he was possibly holding his cell phone to his ear when he started shooting. Most of those BPD cops have their windows rolled up and their phone up their ears when driving"???!!!

I would LOVE to know why BPD officers all drive around talking on a cell phone can one answer that question?

The cell phone is used by BPD officers all the time IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

 

I work downtown and the beat cop has given us their personal cell phone number for as long as they have had cell phones - so that we can contact the officer directly - instead of going through dispatch.  

 

Whether it's to report someone they are looking for, or to report a crime, the downtown beat officer takes the call on their cell phone and gets the information directly from the downtown merchant cutting three to four minutes off the call.   This has resulted in the bad guys getting arrested more times than I can count on 19^th Street where I work. 

 

Cutting four minutes in getting the information to the officer is the difference between the bad guy getting away or getting caught.

 

The cell phone is also used to communicate with dispatch so that sensitive information is not transmitted over the police band radio - Bad guys LOVE police band scanners and try to buy them in my store all the time.   Bad guys and their scanner can't listen in to cell phones and as a result, officers are relying on Cell Phones for communication more and more to keep their conversation private. 

 

This is especially important when dealing with sex crimes where the victims privacy has already been violated or in dealing with victims who are children.  No one can seriously argue information such as this should be transmitted over the radio for the entertainment of anyone with a scanner.

 

That my friends is why you see officers with cell phones all the time.

 

 

 

Do cops sometimes over react to a situation in Bako?...Yes
Do cops sometimes over react to a situation in other cities?...Yes
Do cops have the right to use deadly force on fleeing suspects?...Yes
Does it matter what their age is...No
Am I a cop?...No
Do I know any cops?....No

 While stray rounds hitting bystanders is never acceptible, it DOES happen. If anyone is curious about the standards the boards go by to decide whether a shooting is justified, the guidelines are a matter of public record. There are no secret societies that come to these conclusions. This shooting didn't make the news in Detroit or Memphis, two cities that put this one to shame in police shootings per capita, and theirs don't make the headlines here. 

I have a hard time believing that county response time is consistently in the ten minute timeframe. It certainly wasn't the couple of times I needed them when I lived in Tehachapi(over 25 years). The BPD DOES have a sorry response time and I had a similar experience as the poster who was called(mine was 3 HRS. later, not days)back to see if they were still needed. I did call in shots fired on 911 in 1994, and withing a couple of minutes, my street was buzzing with cops. I know that everyone think the problem they are having is a priority, but the cops reveive hundreds of calls a day and they have to prioritize. If you call in someone playing their stereo too loud, it will go to the bottom of the list, and that is the same everywhere. Sometimes the Sheriff will respond more quickly because they have a much lighter volume of calls than the city, any city. 

  It may sound cool or funny to some to make fun of cops or call them juvenile names, but if they weren't here at all, we'd all be in real trouble. Anarchy sounds enticing in punk rock music and in "A Clockwork Orange", but most of us would cringe at it its true implications.