agencies that develop reform policies and institutionalize them with training. and all of that needs to happen in a case like this. and that is what is going on behind the scenes. so what i m looking for is the after action report that gets sent both to the department of justice, internally from the department, and to the public itself. paul, as you are talking, we re looking at asplit screen, you can see ben crump the family attorney speaking. you mentioned the california department of justice, they are investigating. if this had happened in san francisco, what would you as the executive director of the san francisco department of police accountability, what would you be doing right now if this happened in your city? that is a fantastic question because some of the best practices are that when there is a shooting like this, that an end civilian oversight agency is on the scene. so my agency would be on the scene within 20 minutes conducting its own investigation as to what happene
in a statement that he is profoundly sorry and, quote, this chaotic incident resulting in the death of an innocent child is tragic and devastating for everyone involved. the apology comes as the department faces scrutiny for firing multiple rounds in a crowded store. law enforcement experts say that it is too early to know exactly what went wrong. what is the protocol when police are pursuing a suspect who may be armed in a crowded place like a store? you being the law enforcement official have a responsibility to be sure that you keep everyone safe. you want to be able to place your shot in the right place. but unfortunately, that may not always happen. and that is what makes this very sad and tragic. reporter: the deadly incident is currently under investigation by both the los angeles police and the california department of justice. police of priscilla thompson
conversations about that recently in the news, a lot of it has been exacerbated by the body born cameras and videos like we ve been showing all morning. but you really have to analyze the protocols from each individual department, tie it as a case specific analysis make i analysis as to what happened in each incident and then make a determination. that s what i m looking for in the next few days as this case continues to be the news, and we re starting to see some of the actions and the statements coming forth for the civil lawsuit, and i think that s what attorney crump was talking about. there is likely to be a civil lawsuit, but i don t want to ignore the other important route and the other ability when we re talking about any law enforcement action, especially those that end in tragedies like this, again, with a community of color where we all know a community of color has a
nearly 360 members of the metropolitan police department are not at work today because they have covid-19. nearly 350 members of the fooif fire department here are not at work because they have covid-19. now, this does not mean that they won t be dispatched out to fires or police won t be dispatched out to your needs. it just means that people will be working overtime, sometimes 12 hour shifts or double shifts or people that planned on vacations aren t going to be able to take them because of the need in resources there. it is also hitting schools in the d.c. area especially hard. george washington university, georgetown university and howard university have all announced that they will be putting back their date of in-person learning into the spring. they will start virtually at the beginning of january and they will hope to go to in-person learning towards the end of january. it is also hitting the sports world across the country really hard here in d.c. especially, georgetown univer