The following is a letter published in The Citizen, January 23, 2012, written by Declan Condon, the CEO of D&K Management Consultants … food for thought …
I am concerned that Wayne Minnaar, the JMPD spokesman, does not know the law. Where does it say that police officers or traffic cops can open fire on a vehicle because it does not stop at a roadblock?
The two officers who fired a shot at the wrong car 11 months ago and paralysed the victim should, at least, be charged with discharging a firearm in public, or the negligent discharge of a
weapon. Minnaar claims that the officers, and I quote, “did nothing wrong”. If, as I believe, both officers fired shots and neither one is taking responsibility for the round that entered the victim’s vehicle, both officers that night should have been placed behind a desk.
When did these officers last undergo firearm competency training, which, by the way, every member of the public in possession of a firearm has to undergo?
