APD UNDERCOVER OFFICER JACOB GRANT IS SUING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE’S THE OFFICER WHO WAS SHOT EIGHT TIMES BY ONE OF HIS LIEUTENANTS DURING AN UNDERCOVER DRUG OPERATION IN JANUARY. THE TORT CLAIM GRANT FILED SAYS EVEN AFTER HE WAS HIT TWICE BY GREG BRACHLE’S GUNFIRE, BRACHLE CONTINUED SHOOTING. GRANT SPENT ABOUT A MONTH IN THE HOSPITAL, AND APD SPOKESPERSON CELINA ESPINOZA SAYS HE’S STILL RECOVERING, UNDERGOING PHYSICAL THERAPY.
GRANT’S TORT CLAIM SAYS APD DOESN’T HAVE WRITTEN OPERATING STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR NARCOTIC FIELD OPERATIONS.
