Riverside cop seemingly on dating app amid standoff sparks investigation - BERITAJA

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said it had initiated an soul investigation aft CBS Los Angeles spotted a lawman connected his phone, seemingly scrolling connected a making love app, during a standoff Wednesday.

“This behaviour does not bespeak the standards, expectations, aliases policies of our department,” a spokesperson for the sheriff’s agency said. “We person initiated an soul investigation and will return due action based connected the findings. The Sheriff’s Office remains committed to professionalism and holding our labor accountable.”

The incident occurred during a standoff pinch a expansive theft suspect. Over an hr into a high-speed pursuit pinch the suspect, the sheriff’s section botched the deployment of a “grappler” nett strategy intended to entangle the backmost wheels of the car to slow it down.

The fishy spun retired of power and collapsed into a wall successful Jurupa Valley. Deputies past attempted to extract the fishy from the vehicle, including by breaking windows and tossing tear state into the car.

During this standoff, CBS Los Angeles’ chopper spotted a lawman conscionable feet from the collapsed car scrolling done what appeared to beryllium a woman’s making love app profile. He seemingly swiped near aggregate times to position different profiles.

The fishy yet died astatine the scene, apt from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.