Officer Bryan Yant was involved in one of the most controversial, and expensive, shootings in Metro’s history. After he killed Trevon Cole, a small-time drug dealer who was unarmed, Metro paid the Cole family $1.7 million, the largest in department history.
Yant wasn’t fired, though. After a coroner’s inquest jury ruled the shooting justified, Metro brass relegated him to the police version of Siberia, a desk job.
Yet now, he has re-emerged. A few months ago, the Police Protective Association, the union representing most officers, hired Yant to advise officers who are involved in shootings.
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Chris Collins, head of the police union
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