Officers with the Springfield Police Department were involved in a shooting Sunday night that sent one person to the hospital with non life-threatening
Photo courtesy of the Kenny Family
On the second anniversary of the killing of Stacy Kenny by Springfield Police Department (SPD) officer, Kenny’s family released an independent review of police protocols. The report by the California-based OIR Group calls for systemic change in SPD’s policies, as well as 33 reform recommendations.
The report comes during a chaotic period for SPD.
Last week, the city released an independent review of SPD’s response to the July 29 Thurston protest, which found that the police department made errors in handling the event. Days ago, SPD Chief Rick Lewis was placed on administrative leave, but the city did not specify why. And weeks ago a civil rights lawsuit was filed in federal court by the Civil Liberties Defense Center.
New report on Stacy Kenny s death highlights officers failure to de-escalate
The report called out the Springfield Police Department and Lane County s Interagency Deadly Force Investigation Team (IDFIT) for mishandling the initial investigation into the shooting.
Posted: Mar 31, 2021 8:23 PM
Updated: Mar 31, 2021 8:30 PM
Posted By: Connor McCarthy
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. A new report by an independent investigator into the shooting of Stacy Kenny in 2019 found the Springfield Police Department failed to de-escalate the situation.
The report, authored by a Southern California independent police oversight and review firm called OIR, gave Springfield Police 33 recommendations on how the agency can improve its policing. The firm also called out Lane County s Interagency Deadly Force Investigation Team (IDFIT) for mishandling the initial investigation into the shooting. The report said IDFIT did not look at the details leading up to the moment Kenny was shot and only looked at the s
Report: Police in woman s killing used force immediately
April 1, 2021
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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) Independent consultants say in a newly-released report that a sergeant’s 2019 fatal shooting of a woman with schizophrenia involved no efforts to de-escalate the situation and instead says officers “immediately resorted to force.”
The findings released Wednesday by the California-based OIR Group also highlights “significant gaps” in the investigations that followed the shooting of Stacy Kenny two years ago, The Register-Guard reported. It also questions whether the police department learned anything or made any changes.
The consultants’ review of the police shooting and tactics was required as a part of the city’s $4.5 million settlement agreement in the wrongful death suit brought by Kenny’s family.