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ByDanSewell TheAssociatedPress CINCINNATI Police said Tuesday they were investi- gating the circumstances surrounding a 4-year-old boy entering a gorilla's ex- hibit at the Cincinnati Zoo and the animal being shot to death to protect the child. A federal investiga- tion is also planned. A federal inspection less than two months ago found no problems with the zoo's Gorilla World ex- hibit, but earlier zoo in- spections reported issues including the potential danger to the public from a March incident involving wandering polar bears. Hamilton County Pros- ecutor Joe Deters' office said Cincinnati police are investigating what trans- pired with the death of the gorilla named Ha- rambe on Saturday. After- ward, police will talk with prosecutors about whether charges are warranted, the office said. Police said over the weekend that no charges were planned, but spokes- woman Tiffaney Hardy said Tuesday they are still gathering information on what happened. Some critics have said the boy's parents should be charged with child endan- gering, while others want the zoo held responsible for the death of the 17-year- old western lowland go- rilla. The boy was released from a hospital later Sat- urday, and his family has said he's "doing just fine" at home. Presumptive Republi- can presidential nominee Donald Trump weighed in Tuesday, saying the zoo had little choice but to kill the gorilla. He referred to video showing the animal at times appearing protec- tive of the child, saying it was "so beautiful to watch" and "almost like a mother holding a baby." But Trump noted that the video also showed the gorilla drag- ging the boy through a shallow moat. Trump acknowledged that it was "a very tough call" but said a child was at stake. Tanya Espinosa, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Agricul- ture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Ser- vice, said Tuesday that it would be looking into the incident for any violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Zoo director Thane May- nard said the zoo has got- ten a lot of support from visitors and animal experts since Saturday. Federal reports viewed by The Associated Press showed an inspector warned the zoo that the public could have been "at great risk for injury, harm or death" on March 16 when two polar bears went through an open den door into a behind-the- scenes service hallway. At the time, zoo officials said some visitors were moved for safety as the bears were returned to their main holding area. No one was injured. The federal inspection found that two doors were left open by keepers and there didn't appear to be "a formalized method" for double-checking locks and doors. The report said animals can be harmed when they access areas not meant for their use, adding: "Surpris- ing the bears in the keeper area could have resulted in human injury or death." It also said the public would have been at great risk if the bears had gotten out- side. The report said the zoo's dangerous-animal re- sponse team used tranquil- izer darts on the two bears. Maynard said Monday that using tranquilizers on the gorilla likely would have put the boy in greater dan- ger because they don't take effect immediately. A routine inspection April 4-7 that included the gorilla area didn't find any violations, another report said. Maynard said the zoo re- mains safe for its 1.6 mil- lion annual visitors, but a review is underway to de- termine any improvements that can be made. The executive director of a Cincinnati-based ani- mal rights organization is calling on the USDA to fine the zoo. "The (zoo's) barrier ob- viously isn't sufficient to keep the public out," said Michael Budkie of Stop An- imal Exploitation NOW. "Otherwise, Harambe wouldn't be dead." Jack Hanna, host of "Jack Hanna's Into the Wild," said the zoo made the right call by shooting the gorilla, telling WBNS- TV: "I'll bet my life on this, that child would not be here today." GORILLA DEATH Cops investigate boy's entry into exhibit, gorilla's killing JOHNMINCHILLO—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Zoo visitors look at protestors and mourners from a walk bridge during a vigil for the gorilla Harambe outside the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Monday in Cincinnati. By John L. Mone The Associated Press RICHMOND, TEXAS Resi- dents of some rural south- eastern Texas counties were bracing for more flooding Tuesday along a river that had reached a record-high crest just two years after it had run dry in places be- cause of drought. The National Weather Service said the Brazos River crested at nearly 54 feet Tuesday in Fort Bend County, which is just south- west of Houston and home to many suburbs. That eclipsed the previous re- cord by three feet and ex- ceeded levels reached in 1994, when extensive flood- ing caused major damage. Aerial photos taken Sun- day showed large swaths of Fort Bend County un- der water, and about 1,000 people had been evacu- ated from their homes there as of Tuesday morn- ing, the Houston Chronicle reported. The skies were clear in the region on Tues- day, but an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain expected later this week could keep the Brazos in major flood stage into the weekend. During four days of tor- rential rain last week, six people died in floods along the Brazos, which runs from New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico. A Bra- zos River Authority map showed that all 11 of the reservoirs fed by the Bra- zos were at 95 to 100 per- cent capacity. Four of the six dead were recovered in Washing- ton County, which is be- tween Austin and Houston, County Judge John Brieden said Monday. Lake Somer- ville, one of the Brazos res- ervoirs, was "gushing un- controllably" over the spill- way and threatening people downriver, he said. About 40 people were rescued Sunday and Mon- day from low-lying homes in a flooded neighborhood of Simonton, a Fort Bend County community of about 800 residents. The county had set up a pump- ing system to divert the water from the neighbor- hood, but it was overpow- ered by the flooding, county spokeswoman Beth Wolf said Monday. Wolf said any additional rain in southeastern Texas would be a problem. "The ditches are full, the river's high, there's no- where else for that water to go," she said. In the Fort Bend County city of Rosenberg, about 150 households had been evacuated by Monday, and city officials were coordi- nating with the county's of- fice of emergency manage- ment to have rescue boats in place, city spokeswoman Jenny Pavlovich said Mon- day. In neighboring Rich- mond, a voluntary evacua- tion order was in place. Abigail Salazar, a Rich- mond resident who lives near the Brazos, said Tues- day that as the river rises, so does her anxiety. "I'm scared," she said. "My kids ask me in the morning, 'Ma, what hap- pened? The water is here.' " Scott Overpeck, a Na- tional Weather Service meteorologist, said Tues- day that the Brazos will re- cede in the coming days but that its levels will remain high for up to three weeks, in part because water will need to be released from the swollen reservoirs up- river. "There's so much wa- ter on the Brazos that it's going to take a long time to drain through the whole river and drain out into the Gulf of Mexico," Overpeck said. Elsewhere, authorities continued searching for the body of an 11-year-old boy who fell into a creek in Wichita, Kansas, and is presumed dead. Relatives have identified the boy as Devon Dean Cooley, who disappeared Friday night. Devon's family, in a state- ment Monday, thanked firefighters for their tire- less efforts to find the boy. The family held a cookout Monday evening to feed the rescue crews, followed by a candlelight vigil. SEVERE WEATHER Swollen river feeds flooding near Houston as residents flee their homes By Errin Haines Whack The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA Afewpolice agencies in the U.S. have be- gun rewarding officers for showing restraint in the line of duty, putting the tactic on par with bravery. More than 40 Philadel- phia officers have received awards since December for defusing conflicts without shooting, clubbing or other- wise using maximum force against anyone. The Los An- geles Police Department re- cently created a Preserva- tion of Life award. And later this year, the U.S. Justice De- partment's new Community Policing Awards will recog- nize officers who prevent tense situations from spin- ning out of control. Theawardsreflectagrow- ing emphasis on "de-escala- tion" in police work, a trend driven in part by the deadly shootings of blacks in such places as Ferguson, Mis- souri; Cleveland; Chicago; andNorthCharleston,South Carolina. The killings have given rise to accusations of excessive force. "An officer going home is of paramount importance to us, but everybody should have an opportunity to go home if that presents itself," PhiladelphiaPoliceCommis- sioner Richard Ross said. "This is an effort to slow down situations for the sake of everybody concerned." Advocates say that en- couraging de-escalation as part of police culture can help establish trust with the public and that such tactics can be especially useful in handling suspects who may be mentally ill or on drugs. But critics warn that the emphasis on de-escalation could lead officers to hesi- tate in life-threatening sit- uations. Philadelphia Officer Eric Tyler was recognized for us- ing a stun gun instead of a firearm on a suspect who threatened to shoot Tyler's colleague in February. Ty- ler, who has never shot any- oneinhis12-yearcareer,said he considered using deadly forcebutmadeasplit-second decision not to. "I thought better of it, and our training took over," Ty- ler said. "With everything that's going on in policing, sometimes you have to think to de-escalate things. Some- body has to be a calming force." The suspect turned out to be unarmed. The Police Executive Re- searchForum,alawenforce- ment think tank, has found that officers receive signifi- cantly less training in de-es- calation than in firearms or self-defense. Increasingly, agencies are discussing and adopting de- escalation tactics, including slowing down confronta- tionsandusingdistanceand cover to defuse situations. TheestablishmentofPhil- adelphia's award was one of therecommendationsissued by the Justice Department after it investigated a 2013 increase in shootings by the city's police. Such awards are key to changing the mentality in- side law enforcement, said Phillip Goff, director of the Center for Policing Equity, a think tank. Ronald Davis, director of the Justice Department's Of- fice of Community Oriented Policing Services, said more local agencies should insti- tute such an award: "It says that force should be a last re- sort and that we value this." DEFUSING CONFLICTS Police departments begin to reward restraint tactics 2016 Tehama County Health and Wellness Guide & Directory A reference guide to North State medical professionals and related medical services available to Tehama County residents. 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