Flawed system never faults police who kill
The history of Las Vegas law enforcement is replete with questionable behavior by officers leading to shootings that were legally justified, but unnecessary.
In the third of a five-part series on officer-involved shootings, the Review-Journal found that systems used by the Metropolitan Police Department fail to rein in problem cops even after they kill under dubious circumstances.
Police records show that the department's Use of Force Review Board, which is designed to weed out problem cops and spotlight deficiencies in training and tactics, finds no errors in 97 percent of all shootings it reviews, and has never faulted a cop in a fatal incident.
How bad is it?
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie acknowledges his department's shooting review process is flawed.
A former police officer who served on the board offered a less diplomatic description: "It's just a crock."
