NBC 6 South Florida reported a woman found an image of her brother among the targets at a shooting range. in response, the department said officers will no longer shoot at photos of people they’ve arrested.
NBC 6 reported that North Miami Beach police officers used booking photos of black men for target practice at a gun range. The sister of one of the men on the paper target coincidentally was at the gun range after the officers for a National Guard firearms certification, the news station reported.
Sgt. Valerie Deant's brother was arrested in 2000 in connection to a drag race and served four years in prison. He's now a career and family man, but seeing his then-18-year-old face shot through with bullets brought her to tears, she said.
NBC 6 / Via nbcmiami.com
Police Chief J. Scott Dennis said the officers did not violate any policies, but they should have used better judgement.
He said the department will no longer use photos of suspects that have been arrested by North Miami Beach officers.
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