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Chicago police say an officer was accidentally shot and killed by her partner (apnews.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police officer was unintentionally shot and killed by her partner after they chased a suspect into an apartment and encountered another person with a rifle, officials said.

Krystal Rivera, 36, a four-year veteran of the department, is survived by a 10-year-old daughter.

The partner was the only person who fired a weapon, and the “gunfire unintentionally struck Officer Rivera,” city police said in a statement Friday. An autopsy showed she was shot in the back.

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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

In the military we had gun safety classes for those with personally owned firearms every time we got to a new duty station as part of the on-boarding process

Each one brought in a local cop to talk and inevitably in every talk they tell a story about their own negligent discharge of a firearm that nearly killed someone

I was in the military for almost 10 years, handled countless number of loaded weapons and I never once had a negligent discharge

Cops in general appear to have a problem with it though, maybe we should be the ones giving them the classes

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

There's a lot that could be done to improve cop interactions. Doubt it'll be done in my lifetime. Too busy giving them more protections and cop city.

[–] dinren@discuss.online 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All cops are fucktards who cannot handle firearms. This is why cops should have tasers and sticks.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

remember the acorn incident, and they kept missing someone defending thier home.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago

The military issue isn’t so much negligent discharge as it is who they’re intentionally shooting.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cops don't get anywhere near the firearms handling training that the military gets.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

stormtrooper training.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 week ago

Someone was going to talk to IA.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why is it that female officers seem to be the ones who have negligent discharges more often?

There has been like 3 in as many months including this.

One shot a citizen who was totally compliant and was being disarmed as part of a traffic stop. She pulled the trigger as she removed it from his waistband and shot him in the leg.

Another one was clearing a house and shot at a mirror when she saw her reflection. Yes, she saw a uniformed officer in a mirror(herself) and shot at them.

And now this.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago

Nothing in this article identifies the gender of the partner who had the unintentional discharge.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The male officers just do it on purpose.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

cops all over teh countries arnt taught the same way, and to become a cop varies from place to place. i wouldnt be surprised, if all they hard " was point and shoot,"