The family of a man shot and killed by San Jose (Calif.) police last May has filed a lawsuit against the department alleging dispatchers didn’t follow proper procedures in dispatching officers trained in handling persons with mental illnesses, and that the shooting could have been prevented. Police officials emphasize the incident happened very quickly and that dispatchers and officers acted appropriately. Family members dialed 911 for help and gave conflicting information about whether Pham was under the influence of drugs, mentally ill or possibly drunk. The exact words spoken by the family and recorded on the logging tapes are also in dispute. About 25% of the department’s officers are trained as part of a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT), but dispatchers didn’t assign any members of the team to the incident. Read more here.
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