Civilian oversight board faults LAPD deployment of officers in mistaken manhunt shooting
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A civilian board that found eight officers violated Los Angeles Police Department policy in mistakenly firing on two women during the manhunt for ex-cop Christopher Dorner also faults the department itself.
The 36-page Police Commission report released late Tuesday says the officers were rotated in during the night to protect a Dorner target's Torrance home because of overtime concerns. The supervisor wasn't trained to oversee such a protection detail and there was no operational plan. The commission also cites the officers' inadequate firepower.
The officers riddled a pickup truck with 103 rounds, wounded two newspaper delivery women inside and hit seven nearby homes and nine other vehicles.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Dorner had vowed warfare on LAPD officers and their families for what he called an unfair firing.