Then Roy Cooper effectively dismissed Chief Monroe's rush to judgement, requesting that the NC SBI take over the investigation of the fatal shooting that happened nearly a week ago.
"We want our SBI agents to do an independent investigation, our attorneys will look carefully at all the laws and the facts and determine if other charges need to be brought." - Roy Cooper
CMPD Chief Rodney Monroe emailed a statement to WSOC saying he supports the decision to have the state attorney general handle the case, and that the department will fully cooperate by "turning over all evidence collected during the investigation as the department has done in prior cases."
CMPD Chief Rodney Monroe emailed a statement to WSOC saying he supports the decision to have the state attorney general handle the case, and that the department will fully cooperate by "turning over all evidence collected during the investigation as the department has done in prior cases."
Cedar's Take - it is not hard to imagine that Chief Monroe didn't see Murray's end run coming. What this means for the department is an unprecedented review of CMPD by the SBI and a do over for the arrest of Randall Kerrick. Expect that beyond the shooting the SBI will be looking into training, supervision, communications and the deartment's SOP that has evolved under Monroe.
It is Chief Monroe's SOP the requires "when there are multiple Officers on the scene with a combative person and he fails to follow commands, that only one Officer draws his weapon and requires that the others draw their Tasers". Following the Chief's SOP forces one Officer to use a gun even when he might feel a Taser would suffice. In other words Monroe's SOP gave Officer Kerrick little choice but to shoot his weapon when Ferrell charged out of the darkness.
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