On the heels of the assassination of Harris County Deputy Darren Goforth in Texas, as advocated by Black Lives Matter (click the video), we have another cop shot purposely.

Unlike Deputy Goforth however, this officer was not killed.

From TheBlaze.com:

Las Vegas Cop Shot ‘Ambush-Style’ While Sitting in Patrol Car at Traffic Light; Officer Hit in Hand, in Stable Condition

by Dave Urbanski

A Las Vegas police officer is in stable condition Sunday after being shot in the hand “ambush-style” while he and a fellow officer sat in a patrol car at a traffic light, KTNV-TV said.

The suspect is in custody, police said.

Police told KTNV the suspect — who’s in custody — approached the cruiser just after noon and fired three shots “ambush-style” at the officers who had just departed the scene of a disturbance call. The officers fired no shots, police told the station.

The officer hit by gunfire was in stable condition at a hospital.

The update to the story indicates:

UPDATE 8:01 p.m. ET: The suspect in connection with the Las Vegas police shooting is a Hispanic male, Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference Sunday, KSNV-TV reported.

The man’s identity has not been confirmed, McMahill added, and a motive has not been determined.

When the shooting started, the officers figured their patrol car had been rear-ended by another vehicle, McMahill explained. When they knew they were being fired at, he said they exited the cruiser and one officer chased down and arrested the suspect. The man had ditched a Springfield handgun which was later located, McMahill said.

Black Lives Matter should be happy it’s getting its way.  Evidence indicates that some persons previously considering a job in law enforcement are reconsidering.  From FoxNews.com:

‘Who needs this?’ Police recruits abandon dream amid anti-cop climate

by Edmund DeMarche

Police departments face a recruiting shortage amid a growing anti-cop mood that some fear has taken the pride out of peacekeeping and put targets on the backs of the men and women in blue.  

Open calls for the killing of police have been followed by assassinations, including last week’s murder in Texas of a Harris County sheriff’s deputy. Instead of dialing back the incendiary rhetoric, groups including “Black Lives Matter” have instead doubled down at demonstrations with chants of “Pigs in a blanket, fry em like bacon.” Public safety officials fear the net effect has been to demonize police, and diminish the job.

Millennials, who are not motivated by sacrifice on a good day unless they’ve served in the military, are indeed saying “who needs this?”

“You no longer just have to worry about your life while in uniform,” he said. “Now you have to be worried about the well-being of your family.”

That would possibly involve the recent planned murder of an Abilene PD officer inside his own home.  More on this later.

“I saw all this anti-cop propaganda and I was like, ‘Who needs this?’” said Antonio, a New Yorker who asked that only his first name be used. The 32-year-old had applied and been accepted into the NYPD academy, but withdrew his candidacy amid the cop-bashing climate sweeping the country.

Recruiting in a number of areas is down as much as 50%.  Some departments have seen a 90% drop in recruitment.

With over 40 years in law enforcement, I’ve seen this occur before.  Here’s what will happen, guaranteed: agencies will lower standards again and begin the cycle anew of poor candidates who make poor recruits who make poor officers who make poor Sergeants and Lieutenants and then agency managers.  All along the way they make poor decisions and fellow officers, the profession and the communities suffer.  Internal Affairs/Professional Standards cases skyrocket.  People in law enforcement who tell you this won’t happen are liars.

Law enforcement is no different from any other business, private or public.  It has a remarkably short industrial memory and tends to make the same mistakes again and again.  Liability, however, is the “ruling grade,” so to speak, in law enforcement and exposure comes in the Risk Triumvirate.

There is 1) Negligence in Hiring; 2) Negligence in Training and 3) Negligence in Retention.

At this point, quite shortly, American law enforcement is going to Groundhog Day “negligence in hiring” all over again.

BZ