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.