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WEST VALLEY CITY — He killed four people, including three former colleague officers.
“He crossed a line that no longer meant he was a part of law enforcement,” Los Angeles Police Capt. William Hayes said, referring to Christopher Dorner.
“He was, as is simply stated, a criminal.”
Hayes was a speaker at the second annual Salt Lake Valley Violent Crimes Conference. It gathered more than 220 law enforcement agents and spanned three days at the West Valley Cultural Celebration Center.
Dorner killed himself when police surrounded him in a Big Bear cabin last year, following a 4,000-square mile manhunt. He published a revenge manifesto.
Hayes recounted how law enforcement ended Dorner’s terror through collaboration and putting aside egos and rivalries, a major theme stressed by FBI Special Agent Adam Quick.
“We do have our certain policies that we go by,” Quick said. “We do things a little bit differently.
“But at the end of the day, we are here to solve crimes, prevent crimes, and to make sure justice is served.”
In light of his city’s marathon bombings that killed three people and injured more than 250 others, Boston’s police superintendent shared new security techniques at large events, and how to move a city forward after tragedy.
Classes taught how social media informs news outlets and the public to help police nab dangerous suspects.
“Quite frankly, many of our cases are solved thanks to not only cooperation of the public, but also the cooperation of the media,” Quick said.
The conference examined case studies led by the officers who lived them.
