Two California police officers were killed while on duty in a 24-hour span, officials say
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Two California police officers were killed while on duty in the span of 24 hours, officials said Tuesday.
Detective Luca Benedetti with the San Luis Obispo Police Department was fatally shot Monday evening by a suspect in an apartment complex while police were executing a search warrant for allegedly stolen property, the department said Tuesday. Another officer, Detective Steven Orozco, was wounded during that shooting and was treated at a hospital.
In Stockton, Officer Jimmy Inn was shot and killed Tuesday morning while responding to a domestic violence call, officials said. The suspect who shot Inn was killed by another officer who later arrived on the scene.
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN
Updated 3:06 AM ET, Wed May 12, 2021
Detective Luca Benedetti with the San Luis Obispo Police Department (left) and Officer Jimmy Inn with the Stockton Police Department were both killed during a 24-hour period. (CNN)Two California police officers were killed while on duty in the span of 24 hours, officials said Tuesday.
Detective Luca Benedetti with the San Luis Obispo Police Department was fatally shot Monday evening by a suspect in an apartment complex while police were executing a search warrant for allegedly stolen property, the department said Tuesday. Another officer, Detective Steven Orozco, was wounded during that shooting and was treated at a hospital.
San Luis Obispo mayor says she was raped in high school
May 3, 2021
By JOSH FRIEDMAN
San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon has revealed she was sexually assaulted when she was a 17-year-old high school student.
Last month, Harmon read a proclamation at a city council meeting on behalf of RISE, a nonprofit that helps sexual assault victims in SLO County. While making the proclamation, Harmon stated she is a survivor of sexual violence.
In the aftermath of making the disclosure, Harmon gave an interview to The Tribune in which she said she was drugged and raped while on a date as a 17-year-old high school student in Southern California. Harmon woke up in the middle of the assault, she said.
December 14, 2020
Mayor Heidi Harmon
San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon is wanting her fellow council members to consider changing the mayor term from two years to four years. If the council agrees, voters would make the final decision.
Of the seven cities in San Luis Obispo County, Paso Robles is the only one with a four-year term for mayor.
“I did want to just plant a seed, I guess I would say, or just start a conversation, not to start the conversation tonight,” Harmon said during council communications during the Dec. 8 SLO City Council meeting. “Two years is just too short. Elections cause too much drama and too much distraction from the role itself.”