Former Army officer, West Point&Duke grad shot by police

awesome.

but at this point, as has already been mentioned, it's just about keeping interest alive.. Americans are way too preoccupied to stay fired up about anything longer than a couple weeks. hopefully they can at least keep it from being largely totally forgotten.

I feel terrible for the family (and the three officers involved) but I don't see what this will accomplish. I don't believe the LVPD are dragging their feet in the hopes this all just blows over. I'm sure they, like the three officers, want to get this figured out as quickly as possible.

I am a little shocked it has taken so long to extract the video from the drives. Maybe it's extracted and under review now? I don't know but I'm concerned that when it's analyzed we're not going to see Mr. Scott acting erratically or destroying merchandise like the 911 calls stated.

I still believe (personal opinion) that the videos are going to make Costco, the employee and the manager look very bad.

Originally Posted by NCPatrolAR

How is the dispatcher to know what is "necessary" and what isnt?

Anyone worth employing would develop skills that would enable them not only to read people but also ascertain what is important and what is not.

Originally Posted by EzGoingKev

Anyone worth employing would develop skills that would enable them not only to read people but also ascertain what is important and what is not.

I hope that was sarcastic???

Originally Posted by M4arc

I am a little shocked it has taken so long to extract the video from the drives. Maybe it's extracted and under review now? I don't know but I'm concerned that when it's analyzed we're not going to see Mr. Scott acting erratically or destroying merchandise like the 911 calls stated.

Tech and other physical evidence often takes extra time, as does it's analysis. I suspect it's been fast-tracked, and at least preliminary info is known, but final reports will go up and down the chain(s) a couple of times before they're finalized.

Looks like we're just a hair under 30 days out from the incident. Not an unthinkable time frame for a case like this.

I've been in on and helped do recovery of crashed hard drives; reading data straight off the platters. It's an overnight process at most per one hard drive. There could be rebuilding of RAID or perhaps restoring from backup but honestly, this reeks of BS.

Originally Posted by Skintop911

Tech and other physical evidence often takes extra time, as does it's analysis. I suspect it's been fast-tracked, and at least preliminary info is known, but final reports will go up and down the chain(s) a couple of times before they're finalized.

Looks like we're just a hair under 30 days out from the incident. Not an unthinkable time frame for a case like this.

I can understand from an analysis standpoint but the technical part shouldn't take too long. Depending on the drives and configuration it should have only been a matter of days...week if they shit the bed. Unless they're backed up on other work, lack the resources or someone tampered with them...

i paid a 100% "express surcharge" when my business notebook took a shit.. gave it to them at 6pm, and by 7am the next day they'd recovered 20something gigs, including the spreadsheets i'd so desperately needed. but the vast majority of it was images and some videos- all recovered too.

they can pump that shit out pretty damn quick.

Originally Posted by Littlelebowski

I've been in on and helped do recovery of crashed hard drives; reading data straight off the platters. It's an overnight process at most per one hard drive. There could be rebuilding of RAID or perhaps restoring from backup but honestly, this reeks of BS.

Depending on where they sent it and the case backlog of that lab, it could take months. Most state-level-agency labs I've worked with have an average backlog of about four to six months. Private labs can turn things around quickly (a week or two) but, may or may not conflict with chain of custody or other rules of evidence requirements.

Originally Posted by M4arc

I feel terrible for the family (and the three officers involved) but I don't see what this will accomplish. I don't believe the LVPD are dragging their feet in the hopes this all just blows over. I'm sure they, like the three officers, want to get this figured out as quickly as possible.

I am a little shocked it has taken so long to extract the video from the drives. Maybe it's extracted and under review now? I don't know but I'm concerned that when it's analyzed we're not going to see Mr. Scott acting erratically or destroying merchandise like the 911 calls stated.

I still believe (personal opinion) that the videos are going to make Costco, the employee and the manager look very bad.

Too late for that. You can't just shoot people, and then say we'll take months to figure it out, and in the mean time public anger has been all but lost.


If it was a citizen who shot someone at Costco things would move much more quickly.


This is the double standard I don't like. Two sets of rules and procedures for how to handle things. LEO gets department protection and a completely different legal channel.