Small-Town Kentucky Police Chief Shot Dead

[qlajlu]

http://kutv.com/topstories/topstories_story_164132514.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281852,00.html

He was shot in the back.

Jun 13, 2007

Small-Town Kentucky Police Chief Shot Dead

(AP) CLAY CITY, Kentucky A man in custody shot a small-town police chief to death Wednesday from the back seat of the chief's cruiser in eastern Kentucky, a county official said.

Powell County Judge-Executive Darren Farmer said Police Chief Randy Lacy was shot by a man he had arrested shortly after 11 a.m. The suspect was being taken to the Montgomery County jail, state police spokesman Phil Crumpton said.

Crumpton confirmed a police officer was fatally shot but declined to release the identity. He said state police were still investigating and he did not have further details.

A dispatcher who answered the phone for the Clay City police department declined to comment. The town, with about 1,300 residents, is 40 miles east of Lexington.

It was at least the second fatal shooting involving law enforcement officers in Powell County. Sheriff Steve Bennett and deputy Arthur Briscoe were killed while trying to arrest a man in 1992. The shooter was convicted and is now on Kentucky's death row.

 

[spankaveli]

I'd be interested to know how he was able to make his way to the back of the squad car without being properly searched.

 

[romma]

Sheriff Steve Bennett and deputy Arthur Briscoe were killed while trying to arrest a man in 1992. The shooter was convicted and is now on Kentucky's death row.

Wow, this is 2007, what is this guy still doing sucking air?

Was he sentenced to die by natural causes?
Sorry I know it's OT, but I couldn't help it...

 

[sm]

My Condolences to the family . fellow officers, and friends of Police Chief Randy Lacy, and the community of which he served.


I suggest we be respectful and learn from this tragedy at the same time.

 

[Lashlarue]

An HPD officer was gunned down in a similar manner, a few years back, when his cursory search missed a handgun hidden in the rear waistband of the suspect who was not considered dangerous as he was being arrested for a couple of traffic warrants.

 

[cwmcgu2]

This happened in the county over from where my girlfriend's family lives. I do most of my shooting up on a 500+ acre farm/forrest they own there. Even if you're not doing target practice... you don't go up there unarmed. There really is a drug war going on in the eastern part of Kentucky. Finding a meth-lab or a marajuana field in some tucked away part of your property is becoming a common occurance for many in the area.

 

[Crunker1337]

cwmcgu2, that's pretty scary.

What is the BATFE doing?

 

[S.P.E.C.T.R.E.]

I read that story. So sad. Law Enforcement can be an unforgiving mistress if you aren't so very careful.

Did any of you see the video of the guy in California who was brought in after trying to run over a cop? They sat him down in the booking room, set a bottle of water in front of him, then left for a moment. The guy takes a sip of water, then takes a large framed gun out of his front waistband and kills himself. The cop runs back in, and you can tell what he's thinking - "oh s***". Apparently NOBODY searched the guy, assuming that somebody else did. This guy could have killed multiple cops if he hadn't offed himself first.

 

[rugerman07]

I'd be interested to know how he was able to make his way to the back of the squad car without being properly searched.

I kind of wondered that myself. Apparently, he wasn't searched because he had a gun and he wasn't handcuffed because he was able to use it. What is the correct arrest procedure in Kentucky? Does the arresting officer ask the arrestee...,"Ya'll gots a gun?" If the arrestee says no, the officer replies...,"Ok 'den, no need to search ya', and I can't cuff 'ya nohow 'cause I ain't gots no handcuffs?"

 

[Leanwolf]

Here's another video of a peace officer being shot during a traffic stop in Kansas City. Fortunately the p.o. will

Is the shooter dressed as a Moslem??

http://video.knbc.com/player/?id=118984

As for the Kentucky incident, I don't understand taking a person into custody and NOT handcuffing him/her with hands BEHIND the back.

That is standard in many police/Sheriffs' departments, no matter the reason for the arrest.

L.W.

 

[wjustinen]

My condolences to the family.

Finding a meth-lab or a marajuana field in some tucked away part of your property is becoming a common occurance for many in the area.

OT. Apparently prohibition is still as effective as ever.

 

[tango3065]

Makes me feel sick to know that there are people this disturbed in my state.

 

[AKAMac]

While in college, my acting class did training classes for the Butte Co. Sheriff Dept.
The graduating class from the academy would participate in various training scenarios that the academy set up for them. The course was set to put them in situations that kept them in condition white for the first 4 hrs they were on campus.
When they got to the station I was at they were greeted by a hysterical witness who missed my description by a large margin.
Scene: I walk by the interview that is taking place inside a building with large glass doors. The robbery victim points out the doors and screams "that's him" while doing the hysteric poor me act.
I am armed with a 25 ACP in a wallet holster. 25% of the attending recruits ignored me. 50% search and find my gun. 25% I shoot after I am cuffed and searched.
The key to the training was that I was an innocent passer-by that didn't match the initial description by eye-witness. I was a cooperative student walking through campus on a Saturday. I was a student that was caught in the middle of a training exercise. I didn't draw until the search and cuffing were complete. I was the guy that "shot" 8 Sheriff Deputies that day.
The exercise was fun but painful, cuffs and knee drops leave marks, but the experience for the "Rookies" was enlightening.
Seems the Sheriff had a Co-Op perp, I can see this happening.
My BIL is an Officer in So Cal.... You couldn't pay me enough for that.
Keep safe. Mac

 

[elrod]

Many times, if the patrol car has no "cage" barrier, the BG will pull his legs thru his handcuffed arms and reach over the front seat to remove the officers weapon. I'm not saying that is what happened, but it has occured often. I sat on a jury on a capitol murder case 10-12 yrs ago in which this happened. A sheriff in Mississippi was transporting 2 prisoners from the prison in Parchman, Ms. to a trial in his county, when one of them reached over the seat and got the sheriffs gun. The BGs later wounded a LEO in west Alabama and killed a local cop in the Birmingham area. (Caught, tried, and one executed) It would seem all police cars would have cages, but some still don't.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the officers family in Ky.

 

[john1911]

I kind of wondered that myself. Apparently, he wasn't searched because he had a gun and he wasn't handcuffed because he was able to use it. What is the correct arrest procedure in Kentucky? Does the arresting officer ask the arrestee...,"Ya'll gots a gun?" If the arrestee says no, the officer replies...,"Ok 'den, no need to search ya', and I can't cuff 'ya nohow 'cause I ain't gots no handcuffs?"

Real insightful.

 

[Aguila Blanca]

Finding a meth-lab or a marajuana field in some tucked away part of your property is becoming a common occurance for many in the area.

OT. Apparently prohibition is still as effective as ever.

What's that got to do with anything?

Regardless of how your views may or may not differ from mine regarding the harvesting of recreational and medicinal vegetation, my land is MY land and I get to decide what grows on it. If you start planting string beans and cucumbers on my land you're still trespassing, and you're still not welcome.