RIP Ofc Stewart... bodycam shows his death and hopefully will save other LEOs

[Langford PR]

I have always believed that cameras work to LEOs benefit by showing just what happened and the more evidence you can bring to court, so much the better. They have also showed the bad and ugly that some officers commit and that has helped clean the service of some dirtballs in our midst.

I think this story shows just how valuable bodycams will be to the future of LE. This is good training for LEOs and also can show some 'less than LEO friendly' people just how fast and deadly cop work is. RIP Ofc Stewart and Godspeed.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/...pect/21526819/

[dauntless89]

Tragic. Prayers for all those affected.

Is it standard for an officer in that context to not request a subject's hands stay visible?

[Carbonfiberfoot]

RIP Officer Tyler Stewart






I was yelling 'make him get his hands out of his pockets' at the screen while I watched this video.

...it was a mid-morning argument between Smith, 28, and his girlfriend over unwashed dishes that set in motion a chain of events that led to Stewart's shooting...

I... I don't understand how or why people like this have to exist in this world.

[Inactive]

I... I don't understand how or why people like this have to exist in this world.

Some people are worthless, born losers, the kind that if they were baby birds or something their mother would have pushed off to the side or out of the nest after recognizing there was something wrong with them.

[Langford PR]

Tragic. Prayers for all those affected.

Is it standard for an officer in that context to not request a subject's hands stay visible?

Yes, that was a key mistake....and it cost him his life.

[that's my hand]

I feel so bad for him and his family. Too young, way too young. Rest high on that mountain Officer Stewart! My condolences to his family, friends and fellow LEO's.

[judoka]

when I first watched it, I was literally yelling at my phone. I feel so bad for him.

[tj05]

RIP Officer Stewart

[chip4]

And the coward did himself in just after shooting the officer.

[that's my hand]

Yes, that was a key mistake....and it cost him his life.

I know due to the obvious rules of this forum, LEO's can't say, but it seems like this video will probably be used to help save lives in the future.

[So Fla Cop]

RIP Brother Stewart

[Langford PR]

I know due to the obvious rules of this forum, LEO's can't say, but it seems like this video will probably be used to help save lives in the future.

Absolutely, it will be used for training purposes. The main reason I posted it was for the increased exposure it would receive from the LEO community here so they can advise their UOF instructors and thereby be evaluated and possibly included in training of LEOs.