Bodycam Reveals Wrongful Police Criticism After Machete Attack

By John Dempsey

There has been an increase of law enforcement officers responding to calls about people with a mental health condition being off of their medication. These calls for service have become so prevalent that agencies have begun requiring officers to attend training on how to deal with these people. Subjects who stop taking their medication can be extremely violent. Often, they are unpredictable, lashing out without warning.

Recently, deputies in Orosi, California, received a call for service at a residence. The complainant, mother of the suspect, called 911. She stated her son, Anthony Trujillo, was schizophrenic and acting erratically.

When deputies arrived on the scene, she told them Trujillo needed to go to the hospital. One of the deputies said to her that they would need to speak to him before determining that. Once inside the house, a deputy called out to Trujillo, who was in a room with the door closed. The deputy asked Trujillo if it was okay to talk to him. Trujillo agreed, and the deputy opened the door. He was immediately struck in the head with a machete and then in the stomach. The other deputy opened fire on the suspect, shooting six times. …Read the Rest

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