Reply #28: I'm not a cop and never have been so this is just my opinion, but it [View All]

[petronius]

seems to me that a naked bloody woman outdoors is almost certainly a victim of something - the first step would be to make sure she's OK, get her covered up (blanket in patrol car?), and calm her down. Secondly, she's likely a source of info about what's going on inside, so talk to her before going in to 'check things out.' If the situation inside is so volatile that it needs immediate intervention, it's probably not a one-cop situation anyway. (The article sounds like only the deputy went inside - no info on what the other officer was doing)...

So, my $0.02 is that they should have concentrated on this likely victim sufficiently that it didn't get to the kicking stage. (Caveat: All of our discussion here is based on a sketchy article. There are reasonable possibilities that the officers acted correctly, although I'm doubting they did... from my comfortable chair 2000 miles away. :))