ckless disregard for human life isn't needed for negligent homicide or manslaughter which ever the case maybe
Is that even what she's being charged with, i.e., negligent homicide? That's clearly not what happened here. That would be something like she went against department policy and deactivated the internal safety on her Glock, resulting in the death of an arrestee when her Glock went off after hitting the ground. That kind of legal analysis would not apply to a case like this where, under high stress, she simply grabbed the wrong piece of equipment resulting in death. That's called a mistake, and is within the purview of civil, not criminal, law.
