Family calls 911 for help with special needs daughter, cops show up & shoot her dead

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Family calls 911 for help with special needs daughter, cops show up & shoot her dead

Family requests paramedics for their special needs daughter in 911 call — armed officers show up and things only get worse



San Mateo police have a lot to answer for after the tragic shooting death of 18-year-old Yanira Serrano, KRON reports.

The authorities claim that the deputy who fatally shot Serrano did so in self-defense, though Serrano’s family tells a much different account.

“Deputies arrived on scene,” Sheriff’s department spokeswoman Rebecca Rosenblatt said. “Shortly thereafter there was a confrontation where the deputy was in fear for his life and as a result he fired his weapon.”

Serrano’s family claims that they called 911 because Yanira, who has special needs, was refusing to take her medication. They were expecting paramedics to show up and were surprised when armed officers arrived on the scene.

“She has special needs and we just want answers,” the woman’s brother, Tiny Serrano says. “Who are we supposed to call now when we need help when who is supposed to help us is killing our kids?”

The officer who shot Serrano is on paid administrative leave and the district attorney’s office as well as sheriff’s detectives are investigating the incident.

Conflicting Stories Follow San Mateo County Officer Involved Shooting - YouTube

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Family requests paramedics for their special needs daughter in 911 call — armed officers show up and things only get worse



San Mateo police have a lot to answer for after the tragic shooting death of 18-year-old Yanira Serrano, KRON reports.

The authorities claim that the deputy who fatally shot Serrano did so in self-defense, though Serrano’s family tells a much different account.

“Deputies arrived on scene,” Sheriff’s department spokeswoman Rebecca Rosenblatt said. “Shortly thereafter there was a confrontation where the deputy was in fear for his life and as a result he fired his weapon.”

Serrano’s family claims that they called 911 because Yanira, who has special needs, was refusing to take her medication. They were expecting paramedics to show up and were surprised when armed officers arrived on the scene.

“She has special needs and we just want answers,” the woman’s brother, Tiny Serrano says. “Who are we supposed to call now when we need help when who is supposed to help us is killing our kids?”

The officer who shot Serrano is on paid administrative leave and the district attorney’s office as well as sheriff’s detectives are investigating the incident.

Conflicting Stories Follow San Mateo County Officer Involved Shooting - YouTube

source: » Family Calls 911 For Help With Special Needs Daughter, Cops Show Up And Shoot Her Dead Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
Holy crap! There has to be more to this story. Why the cop thought his life was in danger...what was her medication for and what was her behaviour like without it? Yikes!!
 

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wow, this is one of those truly tragic occurrences where they just did not know how to access her and respond so now she is dead
 

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Holy crap! There has to be more to this story. Why the cop thought his life was in danger...what was her medication for and what was her behaviour like without it? Yikes!!

Obviously the poor cop could not defend himself without lethal force against a special needs girl without a weapon.
 

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wow, this is one of those truly tragic occurrences where they just did not know how to access her and respond so now she is dead


Yep, deja vu Vancouver airport 2007 all over again!
 

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Yep, deja vu Vancouver airport 2007 all over again!
yeah, pretty much
 

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yeah, pretty much


Yep, and I'll bet this one will carry on for another 7 years without answers! Speaking of which when ARE they going to conclude the Robert Dziekanski case and get the miscreants behind bars, before the A$$holes start dying of old age?
 

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Most police services do not receiving adequate training in dealing with mental illness or anyone with a high needs behavioural condition. I don't say this to denigrate them, but they just don't. They absolutely should, the police forces are supposed to serve and protect all members of society.
 

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Most police services do not receiving adequate training in dealing with mental illness or anyone with a high needs behavioural condition. I don't say this to denigrate them, but they just don't. They absolutely should, the police forces are supposed to serve and protect all members of society.

The 911 operator's role should also be questioned here. Clearly she misunderstood the needs of the callers.
 

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The 911 operator's role should also be questioned here. Clearly she misunderstood the needs of the callers.

Yes, you're absolutely right. It's hard to judge too harshly given that on approach the officer may not have had the best of information, given what the father was actually calling for.

But, generally speaking, there have just been so many instances of police taking the same approach with the mentally ill (or even just an ill person) that they would take with an out of control criminal (like being aggressive), that I think something needs to be addressed in our police services.

It took a long time for police to being properly trained in how to deal with domestic disputes, but now there are standard procedures in place and they know how to approach those situations which are a bit different than other calls they get.
 

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After dialing 911 a menu should come up -


Intruder with gun - press 1
All other intruders - press 2
Medical emergency - press 3
Fire - press 4
Flood - press 5
Kid won't take his/her meds- press 6
Kid won't go to bed - press 7
Kid won't eat his/her supper - press 8
 

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they used to be called peace officers but not any more - this is one example why
 

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That indeed was a tragedy.

But so was the Eleanor Bumpers and "Wilding" incidents both of which were of police criminal conduct. We have an on going thread which lists many more such incidents.
 

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So what do YOU call them..

Just to think everyone admiring police work when the 3 peace officers where slaughtered in Canada, not emotions swing the other way..
the tragic and senseless death of 3 RCMP officers does not white-wash all police

they should not be used as examples of average police, each cop is an individual...some are amazing at their job others not so much and the reasons for that are varied
 

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A little more info..

Teen fatally shot in Half Moon Bay by deputy had knife | www.ktvu.com

She had a knife and if the call mentioned that then dispatching police instead of ambulance made perfect sense. But there should be another method for stopping someone with a knife. Rubber bullets? Shoot her in the arm? You would think they train these officers to shoot without killing as a means to subdue ....no?
 

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A little more info..

Teen fatally shot in Half Moon Bay by deputy had knife | www.ktvu.com

She had a knife and if the call mentioned that then dispatching police instead of ambulance made perfect sense. But there should be another method for stopping someone with a knife. Rubber bullets? Shoot her in the arm? You would think they train these officers to shoot without killing as a means to subdue ....no?
oh my god...so horrible...a lot of people including the cop and his family are left to deal with a horrible tragedy

we had a knife incident here in Toronto where the guy was on a bus...he too was shot to death...

this issue of people who are mentally ill and highly agitated picking up a kitchen knife needs to be dealt with in some other way than gun fire.
 

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A little more info..

Teen fatally shot in Half Moon Bay by deputy had knife | www.ktvu.com

She had a knife and if the call mentioned that then dispatching police instead of ambulance made perfect sense. But there should be another method for stopping someone with a knife. Rubber bullets? Shoot her in the arm? You would think they train these officers to shoot without killing as a means to subdue ....no?

Rubber bullets, maybe. Shooting in the arm? No. I know very little about guns and hitting targets, but I do know that is not realistic as a plan of action.


oh my god...so horrible...a lot of people including the cop and his family are left to deal with a horrible tragedy

we had a knife incident here in Toronto where the guy was on a bus...he too was shot to death...

this issue of people who are mentally ill and highly agitated picking up a kitchen knife needs to be dealt with in some other way than gun fire.

See I can't throw all the blame on the police officer here, if, as the article states, she came at deputies with a knife then in that situation he was justified in defending his life and the lives of others.

But I do agree that there needs to be more thought and planning into how to deal with mentally ill individuals before the 911 call comes in.

This is how I look at it. An individual who is not mentally ill can also be in an agitated state and potentially dangerous but they can, possibly, still be reasoned with. So a threat of force from police, stated or simply implied by their presence is often enough to get through to said individual. Sometimes not, but then they are making that choice of their own volition. Someone who is mentally ill probably can not be reasoned with. But at the end of the day someone coming at an officer with a knife or other weapon is still just as much of a threat, irrespective of whether they are mentally ill or not. Knowing ahead of time that a potentially mentally ill individual may need to be confronted and having some kind of plan in place to try to subdue such individuals without deadly force is the best that can be done.

But whatever that plan is, it still may come down to someone being shot and killed.