Th accidental death of a policeman from EPPD this last month was a tragedy. N th murder of a black young man in Mass was a horrible tragedy. However, it would b even more tragic if we did not learn from these events.
When th accident in El Paso happened, th police on th scene spoke with reporters n this was immediately published as news. Th EPPD does have an information officer, but to my knowledge, they do not have a QA/QC person.
Quality Assurance n quality control r th collection of data n its analysis. To this end we want to look at th data collected to make tactical n strategic decisions. Do we need more police, more police cars, who is working overtime n how much, n why is he working overtime? Th data review could provide information to attorneys to dtermine, neglect on th part of th dpartment or it could help th jury dtermine guilt or innocence. It could provide information that could help us reduce th number of accidents. It could help us identify officers who fail to do their job to standards. In short it bcomes th metric that shows if citizens r getting what they pay for.
No institution, dpartment can say they r working efficiently n doing their job without this collection of data.
When th accident happened in El Paso, th officers from around th city apparently abandoned their post n left th city at th mercy of th criminal element. This was observed by n published by th news reporter. A local attorney, Teresa Caballero, agreed with this assessment. Th officer reported that th man that ran into th police car was drunk, that he allegedly said that he had been drinking. This means...negligent homicide n a long prison sentence, should th jury find him guilty. However, a review of th information shows that it takes a long period of time to get th results of th blood alcohol (BA).
First if a person is drunk, he cannot b relied upon to speak truthfully. In fact, this is why it is a criminal offense to drink n drive. Second I find it hard to blieve that any person would admit to bing drunk n say he drank two beers. It is bcause ppole r unreliable witnesses that we try to use just a little bit of science, BA. This is what dtermines who is DWI n who is not. If a driver says he had 50 beers, which is impossible bcause he would b in a coma, or dead, we would subject him to a BA, if th BA is negative, then their has to b another xplanation. So th officer who spoke, violated th realm of th information officer, possibly intentionally, in an attempt to render th driver guilty, for th death of his friend th policeman.
If th officer lied for this reason, he is committing a crime. Worse he is acting as judge, jury n xecutioner. If he abandoned his post....he was not acting as a police officer but as a vigilante. This includes all th officers that did th same. Now it is easier for me to blieve that th officers did this.
Th EPPD should have reclused themselves from th case n called in DPS. Th officer said he sped up on th yellow light....which means th police took th red light. This does not completely xculpate th driver if he was DWI, but it would if he wasnt. Th police officer was not wearing a seat belt, therefore he contributed to his own injury n violated th law, if he violates some laws, why not all of them. Now this last statement is complete fabrication on my part...I dont know if he had a seatbelt on, but forensics should b able to dtermine this. In fact he should have had an autopsy? By a qualified forensic pathologist preferably.
Now a Quality Control person would have gathered this data, provided this to his bosses....th city of El Paso, n changes would follow.
Policies n Procedures r implemented to prevent this kind of thing from happening. Bcause failure to follow th P&P makes th city liable. Lets see, injury, slander, liable, dstruction of property, false arrest, attorney fees, emotional distress, PTSD, doctors fees.
But I dont think they have a QA/QC person. How do u plead....Quilty....City settles for 5 million dollars.
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