Oid Investigation Research Paper

After my day off, I returned back to the officer involved death (OIDs) investigation school today. Today was the last day of this school and it consisted of a day filled with a roleplay for the school participants to test their knowledge. Law enforcement officers (LEOs) from all over the state were here in Madison all week learning about what OIDs are and how to investigate them. OIDs are especially sensitive situations because there are often other issues questioned throughout the investigation. The media and community often times want to be involved as possible and question the motive behind why an officer killed a person. For instance, in the Tony Robinson case that took place a couple years ago in Madison, many people questioned the issue of race as a motive behind why the officer shot and killed Tony Robinson. After investigating however, it was determined the officer had the right to shoot Tony Robinson because he was under attack and there was no way out. …show more content…
It was cool to see how DCI runs roleplays because they make it feel as authentic as possible. They even used actual guns (while they may have only shot pellets) to pretend that an OID took place. In this weeklong program, the main idea drilled into the LEOs’ heads was that the local team of LEOs are not allowed to investigate OIDs because of the possible bias. For instance, if a person in Kenosha was shot by a Kenosha Police then an outside agency such as Milwaukee PD or DCI would have to come in and investigate the OID. This roleplay was so that these participants would know how to investigate an OID as the outside