Here’s what happens when police hesitate thanks to second guessing from anti-police politicians and community activists, politically appointed police administrators, and the Obama Justice Department…

The dispatch audio is at the Post website.  It’s chilling.

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Gunned down Mesa County deputy to be taken off life support

 

(Denver Post) – During 15 years wearing the badge of a Mesa County sheriff’s deputy, Derek Geer lived and worked by the book, helped many and saved at least one life.

On Monday morning, the 40-year-old Navy veteran questioned a 17-year-old boy amid reports of an armed suspect, then tried to stop him with a stun gun when he ran. Officers say the boy pulled a handgun, fired several times and fled, leaving Geer mortally wounded.

“Every situation you handle is going to be different. You try to use the most minimal force necessary to handle the situation,” sheriff’s Sgt. Henry Stoffel said Tuesday. “Obviously, this situation escalated quickly, and the suspect presented deadly force before Deputy Geer was able to react.”

Geer, a married father of two children, lay in St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, and Sheriff Matt Lewis said he will be taken off life support within 48 hours. His organs will be donated.

…In death, the organ donor may well save other lives, and make “one more final act of service. Just like he lived his life in service of a community, this is one more step in providing that service,” Lewis said