The officer in this article just happens to be a good friend's husband. Some of you even met him a few weeks ago at my birthday party. I got the real story from his wife today, and it infuriates me that Kris himself was not interviewed for this article.
According to my friend K, this was the first time her husband had ever tagged a deer. Point #1 - he made a beginner's mistake. He also happened to be speaking with the owner of the property on which he was hunting, and the OWNER was the one who told him to use the "landowner" tag. Point # 2 - he got screwed over by someone he thought was helping him. He didn't know any better! If you ask me, the landowner was the one who REALLY should have known that an act like this would be punished. As far as I know there has been no disciplinary action for him. Kris did not "lie" in the sense that the article implies. As soon as he realized he had in fact done something wrong, he admitted it.
30 days suspension from the police department seems a little extreme for me. This is an event that has been blown way out of proportion, and I know it's causing a lot more stress on Kris and K than it should. Ugh! I am disgusted! Maybe I am biased because they are friends of mine. I don't know. Read the article and let me know what you think.
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