Officer Fires at Unarmed Handcuffed Man Sitting in Patrol Car
Another case that points directly to the need for additional police training is sheriff and the acorn. Florida Sheriff Jesse Hernandez mistook the sound of an acorn hitting his patrol car as a gunshot causing him to roll several times on the ground, yell "shots fired" and fire numerous times at his police SUV where a handcuffed suspect was sitting in the backseat (the SUV was unarmed). Officer Hernandez even believed he had been shot. Sgt. Beth Roberts heard the screams and gunshots, "yelled where is he" and began firing into the police SUV as well. The Okaloosa Florida sheriff, Eric Aden, said he realizes the situation was traumatic for the suspect who was unarmed, and his office has incorporated the incident in deputy training. See this unbelievable incident here.
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