One day after the Tracy Police Department released bodycam footage of an officer shooting an armed teenager, the use of force remains a topic of conversation in the community.
Advocates called on the Tracy Police Department update its use-of-force policy to emphasize de-escalation training and to provide culturally sensitive training to officers after a 17-year-old boy was shot.
The officer-involved shooting is one of just three in the last twenty years at the Tracy Police Department. The chief of police said, in this instance, the officer on scene had no choice but to fire his gun.
The San Joaquin County DA s Office is urging community members to attend a court hearing next week in Sacramento that will determine if a man convicted in 2011 of torturing and beating a teenage boy in Tracy will be granted parole.