Sylvia Park Shooting: Former police negotiator discusses shooting
Follow
the podcast on
A former police investigator says officers are fully justified for shooting dead an armed person, whether it's an imitation weapon or not.
A man was killed yesterday - after he carried a stolen air rifle into Auckland's Sylvia Park Shopping Centre.
Lance Burdett says the officer who killed him would've been acting on their training.
He told Andrew Dickens the fact the man had taken the weapon out of the car signalled intent.
Burdett says people with imitation firearms have been shot in New Zealand in the past because you cannot tell.
Corrections says the man had been serving community detention.
LISTEN ABOVE
Take your Radio, Podcasts and Music with you
Get the iHeart App
Get more of the radio, music and podcasts you love with the FREE iHeart app. Scan the QR code to download now.
Download from the app stores
Stream unlimited music, thousands of radio stations and podcasts all in one app. iHeart is easy to use and all FREE
