Police officer involved in two shootings in four days

Savannah Brandenburg
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On June 14 in Miami, Husien Shehada, was shot by a police officer. Four nights later Lawerance McCoy was also shot by a police officer. Adam Tavss was the 34 year old police officer who use to be teacher for three years. Aftet the second shooting, question are raised if the police officer was cleared are not to go back onto the streets. The two families of the victims are asking the Justice Department to invesigate, Tavss how is now on desk duty. The police chief is defending both shootings. He add that all officers are required to make split second decision based on variety of factors and cannot afford to hesitate or be wrong.The standards for the Miami police force is that any officers involved in fatal shooting must be assigned administrative duties for at lease 72 hours. The department also manadates psychological support. Tavss was cleared and then the next day put back on the street which was then involved in the next shooting. An expert on police use and force and stress management, Maria Haberfeld, said she had never heard of any officer being involved in two shooting within four days." I think it's a gross error of judgement for any police department to maintain a rule that allows an officer who was involved in a fatal shooting to be backon the streets four days after the incident" Haberfeld said. The Justice Department National Institute of Justice found that officers involved in fatal shootings can be affected for months afterward. Officers" experienced a range of psychological, emotional and physiological reactions that distorted time, distance, time and sound. In some studies they found officers can not remember even firing there weapon.
Whether is was just a accident where this officer needed to use his gun or not. It is rare to hear and of course the media will blow it up. Any kind of homicide will bring attention to media whether it is by a man, a mother, or a police officer.

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