This afternoon our department was informed that the Attorney General’s Office had cleared Officer Zuk in the shooting incident from November of 2018.

 In part the 20 page report reads:

“Officer Zuk acted under an honest and reasonable belief that he and other officers were in danger of death or great bodily harm at the time he fired the one shot. He had to make a “real time” split second decision in an extremely tense and dangerous situation. A police officer is protected if he reasonably believed that the use of deadly force was necessary. The perceived danger need not be real and a person under great stress and excitement is not required to use infallible judgment in the space of a few seconds. However, as in this case, where the person against whom the force is directed is known to carry a weapon or indicates that he is carrying a weapon on his person and makes a move to use it deadly force is permissible.”

Below is the link to the entire 20 page report.  

Click here to view a copy of the Attorney General’s report