129 Jason Blaylock – Mississippi – Officer-Involved Shooting

Warden's Watch

When an officer-involved shooting occurs, we often hear a lot about the victim, but what happens to the person who pulled the trigger?

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Here’s what we discuss:

· Officer-involved shooting: no one knew how to handle it

· Systemic problems

· You’re never the same person

· One trauma can be a huge setback

· Fit for duty

· Stigma created by the word “homicide” in media

· Called to investigate a suspected night hunter

· Suspect fired at a citizen

· The chase

· Suspect stops, then rams Blaylock’s truck and flees

· Vehicle does not stop at a roadblock

· Suspect again rams officers’ vehicles

· “I’m not making it home tonight.”

· Less a decision than a reaction

· Driver was a 15-year-old male

· Praying for the driver

· A helpless, solitary feeling

· Driver recovered, and was later convicted only of night hunting

· Officer Blaylock is immediately cleared of wrongdoing

· Months of interviews and uncertainty

· A single counselling session

· “You have to talk about it. You cannot hold it in.”

· Nearly eleven months off work

· Stress and its impacts on the body

· The entire family is affected

· Friends - and even fellow officers - don’t know what to say

· Law enforcement, PTSD and alcoholism

· It’s okay to not be tough

· Subjects went on to commit more felonies

· “We don’t know how to handle needing a helping hand.”

· The importance of being proactive

· Learning what to expect, how to heal, and how to help

Credits

Hosts: Wayne Saunders and John Nores

Producer: Jay Ammann

Art & Design: Ashley Hannett

Research / Content Coordinator: Stacey DesRoches

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