Dispatcher Warned Officers

Lawrence (Kan.) police have released selected logging tapes and CAD records of an officer-involved shooting where a woman was shot and killed by an officer after she allegedly came out of her trailer home and confronted an officer. The woman’s boyfriend had asked officers to check on her welfare, and the first arriving officer radioed that the woman came to the front door with a handgun. The woman then dialed 911 and spoke to a dispatcher, who radioed officers, “If officers go to the back, she’s willing to shoot.” Police didn’t release the conversation between the woman and the dispatcher to verify what the woman said verbatim. Read the story here. Read an additional story here.