The decision comes on final day that disciplinary action could be taken per the union contract 18 months after the death of Daniel Prude during arrest.
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Police say they were actively searching for Lewis, a suspect they say was involved in at least 2 prior shooting incidents in the city. Saturday evening he was spotted on a blue light camera sitting in front of a home on Remington Street. Moments after officers approached him, Lewis, who police say was armed with a gun tucked in his waistband, tried to run, but the officers tackled him in the middle of the street where he resisted their efforts to arrest him. What if he had that gun when the officers approached him? Interim Rochester Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan asked. What if he elected to pull it out and use it? We could ve had another officer-involved shooting. We did not.
Problem is, the agency currently helping citizens with those complaints notified the city on Friday that it wants to hand off that work at the end of June.