Falling Acorn - What Can We Learn?
Jerrod Hardy • Mar 01, 2024

Tragedy Averted, Carrer Ended, Will We Learn Anything From It?

https://youtu.be/OxnuPgiPHLA?si=PBAK50jLbrapx_tb


This video has been getting a lot of attention around the country and is an easy target for all sorts of jokes. 


However, I’d like us to look critically at it and see what we can learn from someone else’s mistake, which thankfully did not cost a human life. 


The county Sheriff of the agency involved in this incident said they would be changing their training to ensure it did not happen again.


If you were the Sheriff, what changes would you make?


What factors should they be considering in making any changes?


Link to the Internal Investigation findings below


https://www.sheriff-okaloosa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IA-2023-031-Final-Report-Jackson.pdf 



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