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Use of Force
Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) & Critical Incidents
Types of Incidents:
- Officer Involved Shooting (OIS)
- Use of Force (UOF)
Visit the Lake County Sheriff's Office Use of Force Policies page to review policy documents.
Date | Location | Name | Type of Incident | Case Number |
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July 21, 2001 | Walker Ridge Rd, Hwy 20 Clearlake Oaks, CA 95423 | Tassie, John Douglas | OIS | 01070402 |
February 19, 2008 | Brookside Dr, Whispering Pines, CA 95426 | Rodin, Victor Bronko | OIS | 08020293 |
August 04, 2010 | Socrates Mine Rd Middletown, CA 95461 | Corona, Juan Sanchez | OIS | 10080048 |
January 03, 2014 | Riggs Rd Lakeport, CA 95453 | Smith, James | OIS | 14010032 |
November 9, 2014 | 6417 16th Avenue Lucerne, CA 95485 | Oneal, Christopher Keith | OIS | 14110123 |
February 21, 2015 | 1635 Nice-Lucerne Cutoff Road Lakeport, CA 95453 | Young, Adam David | UOF | 15020285 |
March 1, 2017 | 9543 Washington Street Upper Lake, CA 95485 | Thaxton, Wesley Shawn | UOF | 17030017 |
February 15, 2018 | 4230 Lakeview Road Nice, CA 95464 | Sienze, Jason Richard | OIS | 18020066 |
August 11, 2018 | 4913 Helbush Drive Lakeport, CA 95453 | UOF | IA 2018-0023 | |
September 5, 2018 | 4913 Helbush Drive Lakeport, CA 95453 | Gonzalez, Carlos Anthony | UOF | 21438 |
July 17, 2019 | 7152 Marin Street Nice, CA 95464 | Smith, Grant Donald | UOF | 19070164 |
December 28, 2019 | 13090 Highway 20 Clearlake Oaks, CA 95423 | See, Craig Ellis | OIS | 19120322 |
December 31, 2019 | 4913 Helbush Drive Lakeport, CA 95453 | Hernandez-Guzman, Alfonso | UOF | 20020144 |
February 5, 2020 | 9400 Block of Highway 175 Kelseyville, CA 95451 | Ellingwood-Estrella, Miranda | UOF | 23408 |
December 30, 2020 | 6300 Block of 6th Avenue Lucerne, CA 95458 | Duncan, Trey Brandon | UOF | 20120287 |
May 11, 2021 | 635 Highway 20 Upper Lake, CA 95485 | Mayhood, Ryan | UOF | 21050095 |
September 23, 2021 | 6240 Soda Bay Road Kelseyville, CA 95451 | Savok, Chad Alexander | UOF | 21090240 |
January 12, 2022 | 11627 Garden Court Clearlake Oaks, CA 95423 | Wilkinson, Benjamin Anthony | UOF | 22010120 |
November 16, 2023 | Dixon Drive, Lakeport, CA 95453 | Pyorre, Richard Michael | OIS | 23110157 |
Objectively Reasonable
The legal standard used to determine the lawfulness and appropriateness of a use of force is the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. See Graham versus Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989). Graham states in part, The reasonableness of a particular use of force must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, rather than with the 20/20 vision of hindsight. The calculus of reasonableness must embody allowance for the fact that police officers are often forced to make split-second judgments - in circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving - about the amount of force that is necessary in a particular situation. The test of reasonableness is not capable of precise definition or mechanical application. The force must be reasonable under the circumstances known to the officer at the time the force was used. Therefore, the Sheriff's Office examines all uses of force from an objective standard, rather than a subjective standard.