LAPD officer Houston Tipping died after a training exercise in May. The department says Tipping was injured in a 'tragic accident,' but the family claims he was attacked as a means of retaliation.
officer during a training exercise was "a tragic accident" that occurred when he and another officer fell to the ground while grappling during a simulation, according to a report released Tuesday by the department's Office of Constitutional Policing and Policy.
She said other officers in the training session immediately realized Tipping was injured and "appeared to be struggling to speak," leading to various first-aid efforts while paramedics were called. "I do realize that there are a number of allegations for which we have not seen any evidence out there," Rhodes told the commission. "... This was not a mob attack, as has been alleged, rather which was Officer Tipping playing the role as a suspect in order to help officers learn how to deal with that one individual.
Rhodes' report, which was expected to be released publicly Tuesday afternoon, made a series of technical recommendations for improvements in future similar exercises. But she noted that even if the recommendations had already been in place, they likely would not have prevented Tipping's death.
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