November 6, 2007 911 call

NOVEMBER 06, 2007: NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Urgency in officer murder-suicide 911 call
http://www.woodtv.com/global/story.asp?s=7320714&ClientType=Printable
Posted: Nov 6, 2007 03:43 PM CST
Updated: Nov 7, 2007 08:20 AM CST
By PATRICK CENTEROTSEGO -- The 911 call from a family member who discovered the bodies of Kevin Brainard and his wife, Pam, in their home Sunday night were released to the public.Police are still trying to piece together what prompted the officer to kill his wife then himself.Kevin father, Roger Brainard, went to the house after Kevin apparently called his mother. In the call, Roger Brainard, is heard telling dispatchers what he saw:
--Roger Brainard: "Kevin Brainard.
--"Dispatcher: "Okay."
-- Roger Brainard: "All right.
--"Dispatcher: "The Officer Brainard?"
-- Roger Brainard: "Yes, Sir. It's him. Correct. Could you get the (deleted) over here."
--Dispatcher: "Sir, listen to me. We've got (inaudible) on the way already."
-- Roger Brainard: "Ah, man. I appreciate the (deleted) out of that."
--Dispatcher: "OK."
-- Roger Brainard: "It doesn't look like they're breathing. So, I'm shaking like a son-of-a-bitch."
--Dispatcher: "Who found him?"
-- Roger Brainard: "I did, sir. I found him and his wife."
--Dispatcher: "Where is his wife?"
-- Roger Brainard: "Upstairs with him God ---- it, we need."
--Dispatcher: (Inaudible)
-- Roger Brainard: "She's laying there. It looks like she's dead."

Both Pam and Kevin Brainard were dead.

Jennifer Drake, Pam's sister, said Pam was concerned for her safety when she decided to leave Kevin Brainard. But she didn't think police would take her concerns seriously."

She knew once she made a report on him that he would lose, he could lose his job," Drake told 24 Hour News 8. "His whole career could be over with."

But Chief Bill Bomar said if a report had been filed, his department would follow the law and investigate. If the claim was substantiated, the case would be turned over to another jurisdiction, in most cases the Michigan State Police.

If an officer is found guilty, the department could suspend him and require counseling, plus whatever the court ruled.

A police psychologist told 24 Hour News 8 that under Title 18, an officer found guilty of domestic violence must turn over their sidearm.

In other words, no gun, no job.