Dispatcher Part of Lawsuit Over Shooting

An unnamed Scottsdale (Ariz.) police dispatcher is among the defendants in a lawsuit filed by the family of a man shot and paralyzed by police in Nov. 2008. According to police, the dispatcher fielded a 911 from David Hulstedt, who demanded to speak to the state’s governor, Janet Napolitano. “We’ve got a crisis on our hands,” Hulstedt told the dispatcher. There was a baby crying in the background of the call, and Hulstedt then hung up. The incident was classified as a barricaded subject, and officers arrived to confront Hulstedt holding an infant over his head. When he refused to put the baby down, officers ended up shooting him, leading to his paralysis. The family says the response was “inappropriate” and officers should have let the family talk to Hulstedt instead of confronting him with guns.