Badges - Re: 'Routine stop' ends with 1 cop killed, 2 wounded in South Dakota
- From: "Ronald M. Thomason" <r4445@xxxxxxx>
- To: badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:36:01 -0700
Same here. We were not allowed to use the words "Routine Stop" even in reports.
At 10:16 AM 8/3/2011, you wrote:
I was taught and have always remembered that
there is no such thing as a "Routine Traffic Stop"
Emacs!
Firefighter/Paramedics and Rapid City Police
Department personnel respond to shootings
at the intersection of Anamosa and Greenbriar
streets, in Rapid City, S.D. on Tuesday.
'Routine stop' ends with 1 cop killed, 2 wounded in South Dakota
'We've got to pick up the pieces from this, no
matter how hard it hurts,' police chief says
RAPID CITY, S.D. ? A western South Dakota police
officer was killed and two others were seriously
wounded after a shootout with a man during a
routine stop, authorities said late Tuesday.
Officer James Ryan McCandless, 28, was
pronounced dead at a local hospital, while
Officer Nick Armstrong, 27, was in critical
condition after undergoing surgery, Rapid City
Police Chief Steve Allender said during a news
conference. The third officer, who was shot in
the side of the face, was listed as stable. His name hasn't been released.
Gunfire erupted about 10 minutes after the three
officers approached four people at an
intersection in the city. Allender wouldn't say
exactly what the four people were doing, only
that their behavior was "suspicious" and that
alcohol may have been involved. One man pulled a
gun and fired several shots, Allender said.
At least one officer returned fire and hit the
suspect, who also underwent surgery late
Tuesday, Allender said. His name and condition
haven't been released. No other suspects in the shooting were being sought.
'Routine stop'
"It was not a high-risk situation. It was a
routine stop," Allender said in an emotional
statement just hours after the shootings.
The police had been wearing protective vests
that couldn't protect them fully, Allender said,
according to the Rapid City Journal.
"Unfortunately, they only cover the upper torso,
so they're not foolproof," the newspaper quoted him as saying.
"This is family," the chief also said. He paused
to compose himself, then added: "We've got to
pick up the pieces from this, no matter how hard
it hurts. We have to show up at work tomorrow
and do the same job these guys did today."
"These officers are heroes," Allender said. "I'd
ask you and the rest of the community to honor them."
McCandless was the first Rapid City officer
killed in the line of duty since 1985. The city,
on the eastern border of Black Hills National
Forest, is home to about 63,000 people.
McCandless had recently told his boss that he
wanted to be police chief when Allender retired.
"He was very bright, very capable, and probably
could have made that happen," Allender said.
"He was recently engaged to be married, recently
bought a new house, a farm with horses ... and
recently remarked to me that he couldn't stop
adopting goats," Allender said. "He was looking
forward to being on that farm for years to come."
The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is handling the case.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43999078/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
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