Oversight board faults LAPD's Dorner deployment

[merl]

because a NEWSPAPER hitting the ground sounded like a gun shot.

and the first 2 digits of the license plate matched. That first digit increments like every 5 years...

not the actual report, just a summary
http://www.lapdonline.org/newsroom/news_view/55482

ETA: The summary says the officers were in the right to draw their weapons and aim at an unknown vehicle but not in the right to fire.

[clublights]

and the first 2 digits of the license plate matched. That first digit increments like every 5 years...

not the actual report, just a summary
http://www.lapdonline.org/newsroom/news_view/55482

oh sure so the officers on scene could notice that the the first two digits of the plate were the same but not the fact the truck was BRIGHT FUCKING BLUE and not Grey ?

**coughcoughbullshitcoughcough**

Again I swear I'm not anti cop but man this incident really pisses me off.

[Great-Kazoo]

oh sure so the officers on scene could notice that the the first two digits of the plate were the same but not the fact the truck was BRIGHT FUCKING BLUE and not Grey ?

**coughcoughbullshitcoughcough**

Again I swear I'm not anti cop but man this incident really pisses me off.

Perhaps you are unaware that people switch license plates.
If there's a BOLO for a red truck, lic plate ABC-123 and i see a blue truck with partial plate legible ABC, i'd like to know who the occupants are. Would i open fire on unidentified occupants, no.

[clublights]

Perhaps you are unaware that people switch license plates.
If there's a BOLO for a red truck, lic plate ABC-123 and i see a blue truck with partial plate legible ABC, i'd like to know who the occupants are. Would i open fire on unidentified occupants, no.

yes i am aware they switch plates.... as Dorner had switched to the "8D plate" from his " legal" plate.

But why would someone trained as a police officer switch his likely to be known plate to a fresh truck? wouldn't it make a ton more tactical sense to show up in a clean car AND clean plates?

Reading the report they knew it was blue and not grey and fired anyways. It seems we have a classic case of "scenario fulfillment" here. they WANTED it to be Dorner so no matter the conflicting facts they saw it as Dorner anyways.

[merl]

Perhaps you are unaware that people switch license plates.
If there's a BOLO for a red truck, lic plate ABC-123 and i see a blue truck with partial plate legible ABC, i'd like to know who the occupants are. Would i open fire on unidentified occupants, no.

In CA the first number rarely changes so they verified a partial match with 1 matching digit.

[clublights]

Perhaps you are unaware that people switch license plates.
If there's a BOLO for a red truck, lic plate ABC-123 and i see a blue truck with partial plate legible ABC, i'd like to know who the occupants are. Would i open fire on unidentified occupants, no.

Please take this with a grain of salt.....


But if having the same KINDA vehicle ( i.e. pick up , SUV, sports car) and 2 matching digits on a plate ( even tho NOTHING ELSE is the same) is enough for you to pull me over to find out "Who I am" then I need to sell my Jeep ....

Cuz CO has a ton of SUV's and I'm sure quite a few have SW in the first two digits.

tho on the other hand too bad I'm not black .. I'd make a ton suing the department cuz no jury would believe that was the reason you pulled me over.

[Gman]

oh sure so the officers on scene could notice that the the first two digits of the plate were the same but not the fact the truck was BRIGHT FUCKING BLUE and not Grey ?

...and was a Toyota, not a Nissan.

Nice to see that the shoot first, identify second, process has accountability, eh?

[Wulf202]

He wrote, "While there were similarities, the truck that approached was a different make and model, different color, had no ski racks and no over-sized tires.".