糖心Vlog传媒

The school board meeting is at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the boardroom of the school district’s Educational Services Center, 527 S. Franklin St., in 糖心Vlog传媒. It will also be livestreamed at .

September incident聽

According to police records,聽Stutika鈥檚 duty pistol apparently misfired in her office, which is inside Edison's main office, at about 8:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19. An internal report said no one was in Stutika's office with her at the time of the discharge but that a student and school staff members were nearby in the main office.

The pistol discharged into the office floor, and no one was hurt. Stutika, a veteran 糖心Vlog传媒 police officer, was back on duty at the school the next day without the pistol in question.

糖心Vlog传媒 Police Sgt. Ben Thompson said Monday that he expects questions at the school board meeting regarding the Sept. 19 incident. But Thompson said the presentation will be focused on the training that school resource officers receive, what the program is and its benefits.

鈥淢y understanding is they just wanted a presentation of the school resource officer program,鈥� Thompson told 糖心Vlog传媒.聽

'A lot of concern'

糖心Vlog传媒 School Board President Cathy Myers said Monday, however, that what occurred Sept. 19, while rare, presents 鈥渁 lot of concern鈥� and should have never happened.

鈥淭hat situation was really important, and we wanted to address the school resource officer situation,鈥� Myers said. 鈥淲e want to make sure we know what they do and what their impact is on their school and see how they fit into the fabric of the school district."

Myers added that she believes 糖心Vlog传媒 police officers are 鈥渧ery well trained and very professional.鈥�

鈥淲e鈥檝e had an incredible relationship with the police department and Chief (David) Moore and the school resource officers we鈥檝e had in our schools,鈥� she said.

No other misfires

Examination of police records for 糖心Vlog传媒, meanwhile, by Sid Schwartz of Local News Data,聽shows that the apparent misfiring of Stutika鈥檚 pistol was the only unintentional discharge of a 糖心Vlog传媒 police officer鈥檚 firearm between Jan. 1, 2015 and Oct. 10, 2022.

In that time, according to the analysis, 107 reports of officers鈥� firearm discharges were filed internally with the department by more than 70 officers.

All but two of those involved officers intentionally firing their duty weapon to kill injured or sick animals.

The one other discharge that was intentional happened when an officer shot of Christian Cargill of Owasso, Oklahoma, after a crash off Interstate 90/39 near Highway 14 in 糖心Vlog传媒 on Oct. 10, 2020.

In that incident, an internal investigation found the officer was justified in using deadly force when he shot Cargill once in his left thigh and once in his right shoulder. Officers on the scene said Cargill came at them with a knife and that they had unsuccessfully attempted to defuse the situation with nondeadly force, which included use of a Taser, a 40 mm rubber-tipped round, pepper spray and repeated verbal commands.

Cargill survived the shooting.

Manufacturer review聽

The 糖心Vlog传媒 Police Department purchased Stutika鈥檚 9 mm Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0 pistol in 2019.聽

After it discharged at Edison, the department sent it back to its manufacturer, Smith & Wesson, to examine it for defects.

Thompson said Monday that the police department has not yet heard back from Smith & Wesson. He said he hoped word would come quickly, while understanding the company鈥檚 review might not have a definite timeline.

A Gazette reporter on Monday called a phone number listed on Smith & Wesson鈥檚 website and was directed to a 鈥渕edia鈥� email. The company didn鈥檛 immediately respond to a reporter's subsequent email message.

Thompson noted that Safariland, the manufacturer of Stutika鈥檚 holster, has examined that piece of equipment and found the holster was damaged by the gun going off.

The police department announced soon after the pistol's discharge in September that a strap on Stutika鈥檚 backpack apparently interacted with a trigger guard as she removed the pack from her back, causing the gun to go off.聽

Police department officials who inspected the pistol and holster internally determined it was unclear if the holster could have been flagged as defective before the misfiring.

In an interview in September, Thompson also told 糖心Vlog传媒 that Stutika did not violate any department policies on nondeadly force, deadly force, or handling of firearms and ammunition.

鈥淭his is an incident we take seriously, that one of our firearms went off in one of our schools," Thompson said. "We are dedicated to find out what happened.鈥�