HIGHLAND: Family of teen shot by deputy disputes Sheriff’s Department account (UPDATE)

HIGHLAND: Family of teen shot by deputy disputes Sheriff’s Department account (UPDATE).   

This is a Sheriff's Department in need of some new leadership and focus not so much because of this one incident, but because of so many others. If this is another example of the cowboy mentality of shoot first and ask questions later, this is tragic for sure.  What is fairly well known but not talked about, is the stress level of uniforms is far too high and may be a contributing factor to use of lethal force where there are alternatives. While internal affairs will do their thing to make the call on the shooting, the real need is to find ways to reach out to stressed out officers and give them the help they need without condemnation or being marked as weak.