GREELEY, Colo.—Weld County Sheriff John Cooke says he plans to implement most recommendations from a review team’s report on what led to a deputy’s death in November.
Sam Brownlee was shot with his own weapon as he, an Evans police officer and two other deputies wrestled with a suspect after a high-speed chase that started in Morgan County. Investigators say the suspect grabbed Brownlee’s gun.
Cooke says one recommendation to hire a full-time training officer will require budgetary approval from county commissioners, but another recommendation to review the county’s multijurisdiction pursuit policy is under way. He says law-enforcement officials in the county plan to discuss the report next week.
Cooke says the point of the report wasn’t to place blame but to review how to keep deputies and the public safe.
