Cops don't give a fuck about you

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Remember this the next time you want to call one to solve your problems.  

 

A Florida cop didn’t rush to a shooting call. She said it didn’t meet her standards

The case of a man who was accidentally shot to death by his girlfriend in her Bradenton home has come to light more than five months later..

Despite the finding that the shooting was accidental and no charges were ever filed, a Bradenton police officer has been punished for among other reasons, not turning on her patrol car’s lights and sirens or displaying any other urgency in responding to the scene.

Officer Amy Schwartz told internal affairs investigators she usually doesn’t activate her lights and sirens unless “there’s an officer down.”

On the afternoon of Feb. 21, the Bradenton Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in the 1000 block of Sixth Street East in Bradenton. Malik Gore-Bell, 20, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in the bedroom of his girlfriend’s home.

 

Gore-Bell’s girlfriend, who is facing no charges in connection to the shooting, told police that the handgun had accidentally discharged when he handed her the gun to put away. The couple had a common practice of putting his gun and drugs in the top drawer of the dresser when children were home, as they were on that day.

Within just a few hours, detectives with the multi-agency Manatee Homicide Investigative Unit and the medical examiner made the initial determination that evidence at the scene was consistent with her explanation of an accidental shooting. Likewise, the investigation ultimately concluded that the shooting was accidental.

The Bradenton Police Department did not issue a press release about the case because the shooting was deemed accidental that same day and there was no threat to the public, according to spokesman Lt. Brian Theirs.

The Bradenton Herald learned of Gore-Bell’s death when reviewing an internal affairs investigation of allegations against Officer Schwartz.

Schwartz, had been assigned as the primary officer to the call by dispatch but never activated her lights or sirens nor did she speed to the scene, according to the internal affairs report.

Instead, Schwartz drove below the speed limit at times, stopped multiple times for traffic lights and stop signs and even pulled over as her own sergeant passed her by with his lights and sirens, according to the internal affairs report.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article215728050.html

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The couple had a common practice of putting his gun and drugs in the top drawer of the dresser when children were home, as they were on that day.

Comforting to know we still have people with common-sense responsibility out there. 

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Guess which way she’s running if she ever finds herself in close proximity to an active school shooting?