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>> PAM: A KRON-4 EXCLUSIVE.
A FORMER BART COP SPEAKING
OUT ABOUT THE "FRIENDLY
FIRE" SHOOTING DEATH OF ONE
OF THE DEPARTMENT'S
SEARGENTS.
>> PAM: INSIDE A DUBLIN
APARTMENT AND HOUSE SERGEANT
SMITH WAS KILLED BY FELLOW
OFFICER MICHAEL MACE.
TONIGHT NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT YOURON
FRIDAY, KRON 4 FIRST TOLD
YOU THE DETAILS OF WHAT
FELLOW BART OFFICER MICHAEL
MAES.
>> PAM: TONIGHT NEW
DEVELOPMENTS.
>> PAM: A FORMER BART POLICE
OFFICER SAYS, THIS TRAGIC
INCIDENT LACKING THE
TRAINING NEEDED
>> PAM: TODAY KRON- 4
SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE
CURRENT BART POLICE CHIEF,
TO TALK ABOUT HIS
DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING
PROCEDURES.
>> PAM: IN THIS EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW. A FORMER BART
OFFICER ASKED US NOT TO
REVEAL HIS IDENTITY FOR THIS
STORY.
>> PAM: STORY THAT YOU WILL
ONLY SEE ON KRON4.
>>"BASICALLY HE IS
UNTRAINED, WENT INSIDE THERE
TO DO THIS CLEARING, SAW THE
THREAT AND SHOT AT THE
THREAT. UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS
TOM"
>> REPORTER:THIS FORMER BART
POLICE OFFICER BELIEVES THAT
HIS EX-COLLEAGUES HAVE NOT
HAD ENOUGH TRAINING IN HOW
TO CLEAR A RESIDENCE OF
POTENTIAL THREATS. HE SAYS
THAT IS THE ISSUE THAT LED
TO OFFICER MICKAEL MAES
FATALLY SHOOTING SGT. TOM
SMITH HERE INSIDE OF THIS
PARK SIERRA APARTMENT UNIT
DURING A PROBATION SEARCH.
>>"WAS IT A POINT SHOOTING
OR INSTINCT SHOOTING BUT A
FATAL SHOT WAS FIRED, THAT
IS AN UNTRAINED OFFICER"
>>"IN ITSELF IN TERMS OF
SEARCHING A RESIDENCE IT
COULD BE CONSIDERED A
PERISHABLE SKILL, AND SINCE
THEY DON'T PRACTICE THAT ON
A REGULAR BASIS, THOSE
SKILLS TEND TO GO BY THE
WAYSIDE."
>>"THIS IS A PROBATION
SEARCH WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY"
>> REPORTER:BUT IT ISN'T AS
COMMON TO BART OFFICERS
>>"HOW EFFICIENT ARE THE
PRESENT COPS MY SOURCES TELL
ME THEY ARE UNCOMFORTABLE
EXECUTING THOSE TYPESS OF
SEARCHES IN A RESIDENTS AND
ITS NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE
AFRAID ITS BECAUSE THEY
TRAINING OR CONCURRENT
TRAINING"
>> REPORTER:TODAY BART
POLICE CHIEF RAINEY
ANNOUNCED CHANGES IN
PROBATION SEARCH POLICY BUT
NOT IN THE AMOUNT OF
TRAINING OFFICERS RECEIVE.
HE HAD THIS TO SAY PREVIOUS
TRAINING SESSIONS.
>>"YOU GET BASIC TRAINING IN
EVERY POLICE ACADEMY, EVERY
OFFICER AND THEN DEPENDING
ON THE JOB ASSIGNMENT THAT
YOU HOLD IN A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY YOU GET
ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN 2012
ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL UNDER
WENT ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING
WHICH INVOLVES BUILDING
SEARCHES AND CLEARING ROOMS"
>> REPORTER:"OUR DETECTIVE
UNIT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN
APPROXIMATELY 18 PROBATION,
FOLLOW UP PROBATION SEARCHES
LAST YEAR"
>> REPORTER:THOSE 18
SEARCHES WERE FOR THE ENTIRE
DEPARTMENT AND ALL ITS
OFFICERS.
>> REPORTER:HOWEVER THE
FORMER BART POLICE OFFICER
SAYS 18-RESIDENTIAL SEARCHES
IN YEAR'S TIME IS NOT NEARLY
ENOUGH IN TERMS OF BEING
PREPARED FOR A LIFE AND
DEATH DECISION.
>>"THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED
DURING THE CLEARING AND THAT
IS WHERE THEY ARE WAY OUT OF
PRACTICE"
>>"CITY POLICE OFFICERS
ENTER RESIDENCES FOR
DISTURBING THE PIECE CALLS,
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS, AND
THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR IN
TERMS OF RENDERING A HOUSE
SAFE BEFORE CONDUCTING AN
INVESTIGATION, AS A BART
POLICE OFFICER YOU ARE NOT
GOING INTO RESIDENCES. IT
IS EXTREMELY RARE. YOUR
BASIC FOCUS OF PATROL ARE
GOING TO BE THE BART
STATIONS, THE BART TRAINS,
AND BART PROPERTY MEANING
THE PARKING STRUCTURE"
>> REPORTER:HE SAYS HE
BELIEVES BEING OUT OF
PRACTICE AT CLEARING A
BUILDING LED TO SGT. SMITH'S
DEATH.
>>"BECAUSE THEY DON'T
PRACTICE THIS SKILL QUITE
OFTEN THIS TRAGEDY OCCURRED"
>> REPORTER:HAAZIQ MADYUN
KRON4NEWS
>> PAM: CONTINUING OUR TEAM
COVERAGE.
>> PAM: WE ARE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THE BART DETECTIVE WHO
FIRED THE FATAL SHOT THAT
KILLED A FELLOW OFFICER.
>> PAM: AND AS KRON4'S DAN
KERMAN REPORTS. WE ARE ALSO
HEARING OF A CHANGE IN
POLICY FOLLOWING THAT DEADLY
SHOOTING.
>> REPORTER:BART POLICE SAY
DETECTIVE MICHAEL MAES, WHO
FIRED THE FATAL SHOT THAT
KILLED BART POLICE SGT. TOM
SMITH HAS SPENT 26 YEARS IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT, 14 WITH
BART. QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN
RAISED ABOUT A LACK OF
TRAINING WHEN BART OFFICERS
CONDUCTED THE PROBATION
SEARCH AT THE PARK SIERRA
APARTMENTS IN DUBLIN? BUT TO
HEAR BART?S CHIEF TELL IT, A
LACK OF TRAINING DID NOT
APPLY TO MAES.
>> HE HAS RECEIVED EXTRA
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IN
CONDUCTING SEARCH AND A REST
MORE DESPERATE HE IS ALSO A
FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, ACT
OF SARGENT AND CURRENTLY
CERTIFIED RIGHTFUL
OPERATORS. RIFLE
>> REPORTER:AND WHILE THE
CAUSE OF THE SHOOTING THAT
TOOK THE LIFE OF SGT. SMITH
IS STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION, BART HAS
CHANGED ONE OF ITS
POLICIES, NOW REQUIRING THE
DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS
TO SIGNOFF ON ALL OF THESE
TYPE OF SEARCHES
>> REPORTER:THAT WOULDN?T
HAVE CHANGED ANYTHING DURING
THE OPERATION AT THE PARK
SIERRA APARTMENTS BECAUSE
THE DEPUTY CHIEF HAD
ALREADY BEEN INFORMED?
>> REPORTER:THE CHIEF ALSO
INDICATED HE DOES NOT KNOW
IF THE UNIFORMED OFFICERS
BODY CAMERAS WERE TURNED ON
DURING THE OPERATION, BUT
SAID IT WOULD BE TROUBLING
IF THEY WERE NOT HE SAID
THOUGH NOT IN UNIFORM,
PLAIN CLOTHES OFFICERS WERE
IN BULLET PROOF VESTS WHICH
CLEARY IDENTIFIED THEM AS
POLICE.
>> REPORTER:AND HE SAID EVEN
WITH EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND
EXPERIENCE SOMETHING CAN
STILL GO WRONG AS IT DID IN
THIS CASE.
>> REPORTER:DAN KERMAN, KRON
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