Eli Epiha tells jury he ignored dying officer s plea for help
Eli Epiha tells jury he ignored dying officer s plea for help
As unarmed Constable Matthew Hunt lay dying in the street, gunned down by Eli Epiha, he asked for help from the man who just shot him, Epiha told jurors today as he testified at his own trial. I was thinking about it for a few seconds, Epiha said of the plea from the officer. I m thinking about chucking him in the police car and driving him down to Waitakere Hospital. When I was looking down at him, that s when I start to hear sirens.
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“I thought about it. I was thinking about it for a few seconds,” Eli Epiha told the court today.
The 25-year-old’s admitted murdering Hunt on June 19 last year, but is on trial at the High Court in Auckland for attempting to murder Constable David Goldfinch that same day.
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He’s faced further cross examination from the Crown today, after yesterday taking to the stand to share his recollection of the shooting.
After gunning down Hunt, he recalled, “I was thinking about chucking him in the police car and driving him down to Waitakere Hospital”.
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FARMINGTON HILLS If you stop by the Farmington Hills Police Department or get pulled over while out on the road, you may be met with a new face you haven’t seen before.
On Dec. 18, 10 new police officers were sworn into the department.
Farmington Hills Police Chief Jeff King said the decision to onboard the new class of officers came from preparing for roughly five to six retirements that could take place this year.
“We’ve always been trailing two to three officers behind our authorized staffing levels,” King said, adding that the department’s budgeted staffing level is 106 people. “It was easily established that anywhere from eight to 10 officers would bring us in the area of our full staffing when these pending retirements took place.”
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Sedona Police Chief Charles Husted said that it’s been his experience over 30-plus years in law enforcement that officers don’t like to have the spotlight shown on them in acknowledgement of their good work.