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Updated 4 hours ago NBCUniversal, Inc. The Bedford Police Department says it is thankful that one of its officers is OK after her squad car caught fire and she was trapped inside. Officer Ruby Flores was responding to a minor accident on Highway183 near Brown Trail Wednesday evening, when her squad car hit a pool of water. Download our NBC DFW mobile app for Apple or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. She lost control of the SUV, it spun and ended up hitting the concrete median. The SUV immediately caught fire, and she was stuck inside. ....
| Updated: 10:40 p.m. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill took the rare step Friday of declaring that a police officer was not justified in shooting a suspect. And he said this could happen more often going forward if officers shoot someone and don’t give a reason why they felt threatened. The lack of evidence is a key issue in Bryan Pena-Valencia’s death last March. All prosecutors had to go on to make their determination was statements from the involved officers and a couple of people who heard (but didn’t see) the shooting, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill wrote in a finding letter. ....
UPD officer was not justified in March 2020 use of deadly force, DA says District Attorney Sim Gill declines to file charges Posted at 12:38 PM, Mar 05, 2021 and last updated 2021-03-05 22:29:21-05 SALT LAKE CITY â A Unified Police Department officer was not justified in using deadly force in a March 21, 2020 incident that claimed a 28-year-old man s life, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill s office announced Friday. According to a news release from Gill s office, Officer Omar Flores fired shots that killed Bryan Ulysses Pena-Valencia following a police pursuit in Taylorsville. Flores was wearing a body-worn camera that morning, but the camera did not record the shooting, a letter from Gill s office says. Investigators determined the camera became detached from Flores uniform as he chased Pena-Valencia over a backyard fence. ....