Stockton police Officer Jimmy Inn was just 30 years old when he was killed in the line of duty Tuesday.
A longtime Stockton resident, the Ronald E. McNair High School and San Joaquin Delta College POST Academy graduate is remembered as an officer and a father.
Inn is survived by his wife, Tela Inn, who is also a Stockton police officer and a San Joaquin Delta College graduate, as well as a 7-month-old son, a 12-year-old stepdaughter and a 14-year-old stepson.
Inn was hired in December 2015 by the Stockton Police Department, where he became part of the Field Operations Division.
He was one of 18 new officers introduced by Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones during a welcoming ceremony in July 2016. The ceremony was just a week after he graduated from the Delta College POST Academy. Inn was also a member of the Stockton Police Department Honor Guard.
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Cheers and Jeers
The Stockton Police Department was right to terminate two officers involved in a “particularly egregious” beating of a teen, a move that came relatively swiftly compared to past use-of-force cases in the city, warranting a somewhat muted cheer as the department continues to build on transparency efforts.
Lincoln High School senior Devin Carter, 17, was injured Dec. 30 after a short vehicle pursuit when the officers stomped on his face and back and repeatedly said “stop resisting” while they beat him as he covered his head and curled into a fetal position, his father and attorney said at a news conference in January. The Police Department announced Tuesday that it had “separated” with Officers Michael Stiles and Omar Villapudua.