Sedona Police Department removes ‘warning shot’

In Sedona Red Rock News:

The Sedona Police Department removed a policy on Oct. 7 that appeared to condone the use of firing warning shots by its officers as a means to gain compliance from suspects.

It’s a tactic described by Judicial Watch Southwest Projects Coordinator Mark Spencer as “incredibly dangerous and is a city liability waiting to happen,” he wrote in August. “In police work we call this ‘Barney Fife firearms tactics.’ This policy [was] foolish because it is dangerous and costly for all involved.”

Judicial Watch is a nationwide conservative nonpartisan nonprofit that files public records and Freedom of Information Act lawsuits to investigate claims of misconduct by governments and officials, and has filed several information requests related to the SPD warning shot policy.

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