Lisa Rauch died after being shot in the head with hard plastic projectiles in 2019
The father of a woman who died after being shot by police with hard plastic projectiles says he’s feeling a “sliver of hope” after the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner ordered a public hearing into the death.
Officers were told the woman had a knife. They were also aware she had been arrested the day before in the same building after staff said she was there uninvited and acting aggressively and violently. An officer thought he saw Rauch standing with her arms at her sides and fired three rounds. Police then realized she had been sitting on a couch facing away from them.The Christmas Day shooting caused massive bleeding in Rauch’s brain and she died four days later after being removed from life support.
The retired judge, Elizabeth Arnold-Bailey, initially said one allegation related to a lack of notes made by Kirkwood, contrary to VicPD policies, appeared to be substantiated, but upon considering further evidence, she agreed with the earlier finding. Unsatisfied with the results, the family in August requested a public hearing. Pecknold said in a notice of public hearing issued Thursday he granted the request because a hearing is in the public interest and it’s possible Arnold-Bailey incorrectly applied the law in her decision.
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