I bet the police communication by radio must have been really interesting. I'm sure it was recorded. ************************************************************************** Internal documents show shooting investigation fell short Updated: 03-23-2004 12:04:34 PM
When a police officer is shot, catching the shooter is typically priority number one. But documents 5 Eyewitness News has obtained say Minneapolis police did very little over a period of months to investigate the first shooting. A year ago in February an un-identified suspect shot Officer Duy Ngo as he was doing under-cover surveillance. When Ngo radioed for help, a fellow officer, Charles Storlie, mistook him for the suspect and opened fire with a submachine gun. A blast of bullets hit Ngo and seriously injured him. Two separate incidents, on a cold chaotic night. But two internal documents show internal problems that may have contributed to the chaos. In January, a lieutenant wrote Chief Olson that there was a need to train supervisors on "how to handle critical incidents." The memo is critical of how Storlie and his partner responded. It pointed out they pulled within twenty feet of Ngo without knowing if he was the victim or the suspect or whether he was armed. It goes on to say a good majority of the police reports covered the Storlie shooting and there was "very little, if any preliminary investigation regarding the first incident�, meaning the first shooting of Ngo by the unidentified suspect. 5 Eyewitness News has also obtained an internal affairs letter. It recommends the department address two major areas of concern. One, Storlie was allowed to carry the MP-5 submachine gun in violation of department policy. The letter is dated October 31st. But by January Olson still hadn't disciplined him. "Go do your sweeps story somewhere else,� Chief Olson said. Olson also didn't discipline Ngo. The internal affairs letter says Ngo violated department policy by carrying three firearms instead of two and says he had a gun in each hand when Storlie shot him. Ngo denies that. "I was unarmed when I was shot, period,� Ngo said. It's now clear Robert Olson had several key documents showing sloppy work by investigators on this case, as well as officers violating department rules. Posted by Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
