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| A new tool that might just save a cop’s life |
| By q13fox.com - Steve Kiggins |
| Published: 05/07/2013 |
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Local police have a powerful new tool that could save officer’s lives. Every time a prisoner is released, the Department of Corrections evaluates the likelihood that person might re-offend. Seattle policeBut it took the murder of a Washington State Patrol trooper to change the law so that valuable information can be shared with cops on the street. What looked like a routine traffic stop ended in tragedy when felon Joshua Blake shot and killed a state trooper. Blake had done time for manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine, and a Washington Department of Corrections exit-assessment tagged him as potentially dangerous. However, trooper Tony Radulescu had no idea about that possibility of violence when he pulled over Blake’s truck. “The story really starts with the shooting of trooper Radulescu,” said Kitsap County prosecutor Russell Hauge. “He was essentially executed by an offender named Josh Blake.” In February 2012, state trooper Radulescu was gunned down during a traffic stop near Gorst, Wash. Read More. |
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