Strickland parents plan to sue UNCW police

According to reports, Peyton was shot in the hallway. His roommate was int he living room around the corner. He may have been dramatized by what happened, but he has no room for a lawsuit. Maybe his roommate should be upset and dramatized by the actions of Strickland and his friends since he was living with a suspect in an armed robbery

In Durham, they were seeking only to arrest a suspect. The NHCS was also serving a search warrant upon the residence of Peyton Strickland. You do not stand outside and wait for hours when seeking to revover evidence. It provides the bad guys a long time to destroy the evidence. I'd highly recommend that you get your BLET certification, if for no other reason than you might learn a bit about police procedure before you second guess them.

Read the laws. A Police Officer on UNCW has the same power and authority. as a WPD Officer does. There is no differentness in the two. They just work for different company's. Just like any other job.

The one that wrote a comment about JURISDICTION in the city. The Sheriffs Dept has jurisdiction in the city of Wilm,in Carolina Beach, In Wrightsville Beach. Because those towns are in the COUNTY.The city is in the COUNTY.NHSD has MORE jurisdiction than anyone in the county...start thinking!!!

I'm not taking either side, I just felt that it was necessary to say that UNCW Police are not a security firm. They are a fully functional police dept. There jurisdiction may be small, but so is the jurisdiction of the police in my town a few miles outside of Wilmington. Had they been a security firm I would actually give them a little more leniency due to a certain "rookie" type of attitude common amongst firms. Many of UNCW's Police officers are actually former WPD officers and NHC sheriff officers.

The UNCW Police is not a private security force. They are sworn police officers employed by the State of North Carolina. They have Powers of Arrest exactly like the WPD.

Wether you like it or not UNCW & NHRMC are police agencies, not "security firms" so try and at least get your facts straight before you start making ignorant statements. They both employ sworn police officers who have the SAME training and the same investigative and arrest powers that WPD has. The only difference between those two agencies and WPD is their respective jurisdictions. If something happens on either agencies campus, they handle it, that's not to difficult to comprehend.

You have to stop writing in this silly way. We *(I, I mean_) can't read what you are saying with all of the run-ons, no punctuation, emotionally driven dribble if it hurts my eyes. Please refer to your local schoolbooks if y'all can't remember the type written word. And God Have mercy on the country that lets these pitiful people exist. Don't post if you can't type right. Use one of those voice activated commentor things if you think what you have say is valuable.

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guest101...you obviously don't know a whole lot do you? First of all, UNCW Police did follow proper procedures when they contacted the NHSO. Whether the inciedent was inside the city limits or not, the sheriff's office has every legal right to do their job. NHRMC Police no Interpol have anything to do with this situation And as far as UNCW requesting help from NHSO and their ERT team, they have every right to do so just as the ERT team had every right to be there. Three thugs jumped one man and hit him with a weapon. That in itself is armed robbery and gives enough of a reason for the ERT team. But let's add to that: A picture of one of these thugs shows him with an illegal weapon. That same person is known to frequently be at the Strickland house. There was drug paraphernalia found inside the house and most people know that were you have drugs and can assume there are weapons. One of the other thugs tht was arrested was found to have a loaded shotgun in his truck when he was arrested. Another weapon which could possibly be the one used in the robbery was found inside this guys truck. If you add all that up, then yes, the ERT team had every reason to be at that house.

Guest101, go back and read the initial news reports before you post, the actual robbery happened on UNCW not Wal-mart so they do have jurisdiction and I think Interpol is private police but the campus police are employed by the state not a private security service. Get your facts straight. That is all.

UNCW has jurisdiction up to one mile surrounding their campus in all directions. If that particular student had shown up to the door with any number of the guns he was holding in the pictures he put on his website, the outcome of the story would have been very different. Then, the focus would be on how the police did not take their responsibilities seriously enough. There is no question that this is a tragedy, but every tragedy does not have to have a scapegoat for grief.

First of all, let me state right up front that my heart truly goes out to the Strickland family for their loss in this tragedy. However, that is where all of my sympathy ends. This family has already been awarded 2.5 million dollars by the state, to be paid by the city of Wilmington. And let's bear in mind the incident(s) surrounding their sons tragic demise: the New Hanover County Sheriff's office was at their son's door to arrest him for committing an armed robbery. Granted, the shooting was a horrible mistake. That does not mean that Peyton Strickland himself was completely blameless in bringing about the situation that directly lead to his death. And by the way, according to the story, it seems to me that UNCW did everything right. They found internet pictures of one suspect with guns and called the Sheriff's Office. This family has my sincerest sympathies for the loss of their son. I would not wish that on anyone. But they should not be entitled to a financial windfall because their son was killed as he was being arrested. The citizens of Wilmington should not have to pay for that, and neither should future students at UNCW. How sad is that? Peyton Strickland is involved in the armed robbery (for a stinking PS 3) of a UNCW student; police accidentally shoot and kill him while attempting to arrest him; Strickland's family sues UNCW for wrongful death; UNCW students get to pay for Strickland's death thru increased tuitions. So even from the grave, Peyton Strickland continues to rob UNCW students. There is no way that can ever be right.