In a previously unreported letter obtained by The Times, the head of the Virginia State Police detailed errors in his agency’s hiring of the now-deceased “catfish” cop who killed three people in Riverside in late November.
of Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Virginia’s inspector general is investigating the state police’s hiring of Edwards.Virginia governor asks for inquiry into hiring of ‘catfishing’ cop who killed 3 in California
In the document, dated Dec. 30, 2022, Settle confirmed that Edwards had disclosed his 2016 psychiatric stay, and blamed his hiring on the background investigator who handled his application. Although Edwards’ admission wouldn’t have been an “automatic disqualifier” on its own, he wrote, it was a missed “opportunity for clarification.”
The correct query would have unearthed any “Virginia mental health orders if one exists,” Settle wrote. As The TimesPolice records show that on Feb. 8, 2016, authorities handcuffed Edwards, strapped him to a stretcher and delivered him to a local hospital after he threatened to kill himself and his father. Later that day, a judge approved a temporary detention order, and Edwards was transferred to a psychiatric facility.
Corinne Geller, a spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police, did not immediately respond to an email asking whether the agency still had the records. The agency believes the incident was “isolated” and has taken steps to guard against a repeat, Settle added. In the course of the internal investigation last year of Edwards’ hiring, “all past sworn employment records were reevaluated and no mental health orders or other disqualifiers were found,” he wrote.
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