[dragnet2]

Officials said the deputies stated several times who they were, but the family members said they were sleeping and didn’t hear the deputies.

Going back many, many decades, all law enforcement patrol vehicles use combination two-way radios and PA, or Public Address systems, built into their communications systems of their vehicles.

A flip of the switch or press of the button changes the radio to the PA system and officer can simply key his microphone which gives him instant access to the Public Address system.

These PA systems are very loud with loudspeakers often mounted directly into the front grills and or the light bars of patrol vehicles.

The PA function button is clearly seen on the right side face of the police radio.

I understand this was about 3:30 a.m. The homeowner Mark Parkinson and his family were sleeping. After Mr. Parkinson and his wife heard noises outside, a responding deputy said he saw Mr. Parkinson in his own kitchen through a window. The deputy said the homeowner pointed the gun at him and the deputy subsequently shot him to death.

My question is, did the Deputies use their PA's or Public Address systems to first identity themselves and then order the occupants out of the residence?

If they had used their PA system, they would have been certain the occupants of the residence would have heard them, without question. And if no one exited the residence, they would have had to go in.

Could something as simple as a PA button save Mr. Parkinson from a brutal sudden death in the middle of the night?

Did the Deputies sneak up on the residence while the family were sleeping and peer into the windows hoping to located a bad guy? Or did they us their public address systems to ID themselves and order the occupants out?

[Spktyr]

Just FYI: Some modern construction homes with high energy efficiency materials are so well insulated that you *can’t* hear most PA systems.

[Secret Agent Man]

Sounds like a possible swatting occurred here.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Badly written article. ican’t Tell what the hell was allegedly going on.

Horrific about another innocent shot by police. Seems too often they just assume the worst.

[skyman]

There needs to be more uproar about THESE types of shootings.

[bubbacluck]

Anymore it seems like if it is dark outside, do not answer the door, look out a window or go outside. For any reason.

[gunsequalfreedom]

They have some responsibility not to just shoot people.

[PGR88]

Shoot first, ask questions later

[familyop]

"Did the Deputies sneak up on the residence while the family were sleeping and peer into the windows hoping to located a bad guy?"

According to the story, yes. And they shot him through a window. Very common practice and often in local news here and there in regards to domestic disturbances.

During the '90s, a patrolman told me with a grin that he received a domestic call, and while approaching on foot, looked through a window saw a man with a knife. He shot the man in the head. I asked him if that was all. He said yes, that's all there was to the situation. He was really proud of his good shoot.

Then, there was the test question for a job. Hypothetical situation with a couple of men talking to each other on a front porch. A girl of about 12 years old is in the yard with a Molotov cocktail. What to do? The correct answer was to shoot her.

[familyop]

Need a high resolution, motion detection camera system that will work in very low light and automatically upload video to a remote server as it happens. ...and a good lawyer and legal lobby organization. Between the legitimized dopers (who the judicials won’t do much about) and the new judicial policies, our country is getting to be like a third world police state.

[ThanhPhero]

Swatting seems to be a very popular game. It has wonderful benefits. The police get to kill people for no valid reason at all and some neighbor gets revenge for someone using a leaf blower at 2 AM. It is a perfectly safe game as no police officer is ever harmed.

[familyop]

You’re right, though. Communication should be established at the location of the reported incident. But that’s so much like what our fathers did and so boring...and potentially dangerous. Try to talk to residents, and they might open fire. And look who would get hit, standing out there in the wide open space, three feet wide and unable to move fast.

[chemical_boy]

or turn on the response lighting, if the PA doesn’t wake you up, the flashing blue and red lights illuminating your windows should.

[bike800]

Anyone looking at the estranged husband as the caller?