Should SWAT team officers undergo psychiatric evaluations?
In a formal complaint to the Citizens Police Review Board, Ed Rosenthal of Piedmont, Calif., filed an appeal to the decision to exonerate officers involved in February’s SWAT raid on a Columbia home. According to this Missourian article, Rosenthal, a marijuana legislation reform activist working with Green Aid, filed the appeal on June 10 after his initial complaint was rejected. The raid ended with the discovery of only a small amount of marijuana; however, the homeowner’s two dogs were shot, and one was killed. After an investigation into the incident, the officers involved were all exonerated.
