Videos of Sacramento police shooting released 2 weeks after deadline

21 video clips from police dash cams posted online

21 video clips from police dash cams posted online

WEBVTT DN'T.TONIGHT, KCRA 3'S NATALIEBRUNELL HAS THE VIDEO AND THEREACTION.>> 40 SHOTS FIRED.EL PASO SHOTS FIRED.COPY, SHOTS FIRED.NATALIE: SACRAMENTO POLICE TOOKTO YOUTUBE MONDAY EVENING TOSHARE 21 CLIPS OF DASHCAMFOOTAGE AND AUDIO SHOWINGOFFICERS SWARMING LAND AVENUEAND DEL PASO BOULEVARD ONFEBRUARY 10.>> GET YOUR HANDS UP.NATALIE: FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES,YOU CAN SEE POLICE SURROUNDING AWANTED MAN ON THE GROUND.28-YEAR-OLD ARMANI LEE WHOOFFICERS SAY FIRED MULTIPLROUNDS AT A POLICE K-9 OFFICERINSIDE HIS POLICE CRUISER. POLICE RETURNED FIRE AND SHOTLEE WHO SURVIVED.>> SUSPECT IS HIT.ALL OFFICERS ARE OK.ALL OFFICERS ARE OK.NATALIE: YOU CAN SEE LEE BEINGLOADED ONTO AN AMBULANCE.THE SACRAMENTO POLICE DEPARTMENTWAS SUPPOSED TO RELEASE THISVIDEO ON MARCH 12 TO COMPLY WITHA NEW CITY POLICY.IT REQUIRES ALL VIDEO OF OFFICERINVOLVED SHOOTINGS TO BERELEASED WITHIN 30 DAYS. BUT LAST WEEK, THE POLICE CHIEFASKED FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR ANEXTENSION.>> WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THEOPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW ALL OFTHAT VIDEO IN DETAIL.NATALIE: CITY COUNCIL DENIED THEPREQUEST, AND NEARLY A WEEKLATER, THE VIDEOS ARE FINALLYPOSTED.SACRAMENTO POLICE DIDN'T WANT TOCOMMENT ON CAMERA ABOUT THEVIDEO RELEASE, BUT SAID IT TOOKTIME TO REVIEW THE VIDEO ANDEDIT IT TO PROTECT THEIDENTITIES ANY OF WITNESSES ANDVICTIMS.NOTABLY ABSENT, FOOTAGE SHOWINGARMANI LEE SHOOTING AT OFFICERSAND THE MOMENT LEE WAS SHOT. >> THERE WAS NOTHING THAT SHOWEDWHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.IT ALL STARTED AFTER AND THEOFFICERS WERE NOT INVOLVED.OF FEEL LIKE WE ARE BEINGBAMBOOZLED AGAIN.NATALIE: SACRAMENTO POLICE SAYNONE OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED INTHE SHOOTING WERE WEARING BODYCAMERAS.SOMETHING TANYA FAISON AND OTHERBLACK LIVES MATTER ACTIVISTS SAYSHOULD CHANGE. >> IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE HADBODY CAMERAS BUT THERE NEEDS TOBE A STRUCTURE FOR THAT FOR THECOMMUNITY, NOT JUST TO DOSOMETHING TO SAY THEY DONE IT.NATALIE: NONE OF THE THREEOFFICERS INVOLVED IN THESHOOTING WERE INJURED AND THESUSPECT, ARMANI LEE, REMAINSBEHIND BARS.SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WEREVOCAL ABOUT POLICE MISSING THEIRAND MKING SACRAMENTO STATE ISENSURING THE PUBLIC'S CONFIDENCEIN THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT.BRIAN: NONE OF THE OFFICERS HADA BODY CAMERA.WHEN CAN WE SEE MORE OFFICERSWITH THEM?NATALIE: THE POLICE DEPARTMENTPATROL OFFICERS WILL BEOUTFITTED WITH BODY CAMERAS BYSEPTEMBER.BRIAN: TOO LATE TO HELP THEMWITH THIS INVESTIGATION BUTMAYBE IN THE FUTURE.THANK YOU.THERE'S MORE VIDEO WE DIDN'THAVE TIME TO SHOW.YOU CAN WATCH ALL 21 CLIPSRELEASED BY POLICE IN CONNECTIONTO THE SHOOTING.LOOK FOR IT ON OUR KCRA 3 MOBILE

Videos of Sacramento police shooting released 2 weeks after deadline

21 video clips from police dash cams posted online

The Sacramento Police Department finally released video Monday -- two weeks after the city's deadline -- of an officer-involved shooting that happened in February.It was the first incident since the Sacramento City Council passed an ordinance requiring the police department to release video of all officer-involved shootings within 30 days.Last week, city council members questioned why the videos were not made public, pressuring the department to release them quickly.The department responded to criticism from the city council by citing the extensive work needed to edit the footage in order to protect witnesses and victims before it was released to the public.It took the department 45 days to release the footage. "As part of our ongoing commitment to transparency, the department has released dispatch audio files, in-car camera videos, and a photograph of a weapon recovered at the scene," the police department said in a news release Monday.The videos show the aftermath of an officer-involved shooting on Feb. 10 near Land Avenue and Del Paso Boulevard.Undercover officers were monitoring 28-year-old Armani Lee, a wanted man, as he left a home on Land Avenue. When officers approached him, Lee shot at a K-9 officer inside a police cruiser, investigators said.Four officers then returned fire, wounding Lee.Videos captured from inside several police cruisers showed officers rushing toward Lee with guns drawn before calling for medical assistance.Lee received treatment at a nearby hospital before being booked in the Sacramento County Jail on multiple charges.The videos captured by dash cams did not show officers shooting Lee."None of the officers involved in this incident were issued body-worn cameras," the police department said.All 21 clips from the dash cams were posted by the police department on YouTube.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —

The Sacramento Police Department finally released video Monday -- two weeks after the city's deadline -- of an officer-involved shooting that happened in February.

It was the first incident since the Sacramento City Council passed an ordinance requiring the police department to release video of all officer-involved shootings within 30 days.

Last week, city council members questioned why the videos were not made public, pressuring the department to release them quickly.

The department responded to criticism from the city council by citing the extensive work needed to edit the footage in order to protect witnesses and victims before it was released to the public.

It took the department 45 days to release the footage.

"As part of our ongoing commitment to transparency, the department has released dispatch audio files, in-car camera videos, and a photograph of a weapon recovered at the scene," the police department said in a news release Monday.

Courtesy of the Sacramento Police Department

The Sacramento Police Department found this firearm at the scene of an officer-involved shooting. Police said the suspect used it to shoot at a K-9 officer on Feb. 10, 2017.

The videos show the aftermath of an officer-involved shooting on Feb. 10 near Land Avenue and Del Paso Boulevard.

Undercover officers were monitoring 28-year-old Armani Lee, a wanted man, as he left a home on Land Avenue. When officers approached him, Lee shot at a K-9 officer inside a police cruiser, investigators said.

Four officers then returned fire, wounding Lee.

Videos captured from inside several police cruisers showed officers rushing toward Lee with guns drawn before calling for medical assistance.

Lee received treatment at a nearby hospital before being booked in the Sacramento County Jail on multiple charges.

The videos captured by dash cams did not show officers shooting Lee.

"None of the officers involved in this incident were issued body-worn cameras," the police department said.

All 21 clips from the dash cams were posted by the police department on YouTube.

Videos of Sacramento police shooting released 2 weeks after deadline

21 video clips from police dash cams posted online

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