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A shooting last week in Farmington, N.M., where police went to the wrong house and killed a man, is just the latest example of lethal force being used against civilians in the state.
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OPINION: Lessons from the tragic police shooting of a Farmington man must be learned and applied to prevent such an incident from occurring again.
That leaves open the question of how police got the address wrong in the first place. What checklist procedures are in place to preclude an armed response and the assumptions that go with one until a positive identification has been established?
Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe said officers had a mix-up and showed up at the house across the street from 5308 Valley View Avenue; stopping at 5305 Valley View Avenue instead.