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Grady County officials consider changes after woman shoots deputy with his own gun

Officials are looking to change security measures inside their patrol cars.

Grady County officials consider changes after woman shoots deputy with his own gun

Officials are looking to change security measures inside their patrol cars.

LEARN MORE TODAY. WHENEVER YOU HAVE A SWITCH, IT SAYS GUN THAT PRETTY MUCH TELLS EVERYBODY WHAT IT IS. WE’RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT THE GRADY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE LOOKING TO CHANGE SECURITY MEASURES INSIDE THEIR PATROL CARS AFTER A STANDOFF SITUATION LEFT A WOMAN WITH A DEPUTY’S RIFLE THE PLACE DURING CASH FOR HER PROTECTION PUT THEM BACK SEAT WITH ONE OF OUR PATROL CARS WHILE INSIDE THE PATROL CAR THE WOMAN SLIPPED OUT OF HANDCUFFS LIKE THESE GAIN ACCESS TO A DEPUTIES GONE SHOT 10 ROUNDS AND STRUCK A BYSTANDER AND A DEPUTY WHENEVER SHE SLIPPED THE CUFF. SHE WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE LITTLE SLIDER DOOR ALL THE WAY OVER. SHE’S ABLE TO REACH UP AND ON OUR CONSOLES. THERE’S ACTUALLY A BUTTON THAT SAYS GUN, WHICH IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE’RE GOING TO CHANGE BUT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS ALL THE RIGHT MEASURES WERE IN PLACE AND THE HANDCUFFS WERE SECURE. I’M GONNA LOOK AT THE LIKING DEVICES. THE LOCKING DEVICES DID LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HELD A GUN, BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP RACHEL CLAY FROM GRABBING THE RIFLE AND STARTING A STANDOFF WITH OFFICER FRIDAY AFTERNOON THE UNDERSHERIFF ALSO TELLING ME SHE HAD METH IN HER SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, AND I GAVE HIM STRICT ORDERS IF SHE DID MAKE ACCESS IN THAT VEHICLE MOVE ANY AT ALL TO SHOOT THE ENGINE BLOCK AND DISABLE THE VEHICLE BUT AFTER SIX HOURS SHE SURRENDERED AND
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Grady County officials consider changes after woman shoots deputy with his own gun

Officials are looking to change security measures inside their patrol cars.

The Grady County Sheriff’s Office said they’re considering changes after a woman shot a deputy with his own gun.Officials are looking to change security measures inside their patrol cars."Whenever you have a switch that says gun everybody knows what it is. We're going to change that," said Gary Boggess, Undersheriff Grady County Sheriff’s Office.The woman barricaded herself in a patrol car and got her hands on the deputy’s gun."They put her in cuffs for her protection, put her in the backseat if one of our patrol cars," Boggess said.While inside the car, the woman slipped out of handcuffs and gained access to the deputy’s rife, then shot 10 rounds, striking an officer and bystander."Whenever she slipped the cuffs, she was able to move the little slider door open. She was able to reach up and on our console, there’s actually a button that says gun, which is going to be something that we're going to change,” Boggess said.The sheriff’s office said all the right measures were in place and the handcuffs were secure."I'm going to look at the locking devices. The locking devices did like it was supposed to, they held the gun," Boggess said.Deputies said one thing that made the scene so unpredictable was the suspect, Racheal Clay, had meth in her system at the time."You know I gave him strict orders if she did make access and that vehicle did move any at all, to shoot the engine block and disable the vehicle," Boggess said.Clay now faces three counts of shooting with intent to kill.

The Grady County Sheriff’s Office said they’re considering changes after a woman shot a deputy with his own gun.

Officials are looking to change security measures inside their patrol cars.

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"Whenever you have a switch that says gun everybody knows what it is. We're going to change that," said Gary Boggess, Undersheriff Grady County Sheriff’s Office.

The woman barricaded herself in a patrol car and got her hands on the deputy’s gun.

"They put her in cuffs for her protection, put her in the backseat if one of our patrol cars," Boggess said.

While inside the car, the woman slipped out of handcuffs and gained access to the deputy’s rife, then shot 10 rounds, striking an officer and bystander.

"Whenever she slipped the cuffs, she was able to move the little slider door open. She was able to reach up and on our console, there’s actually a button that says gun, which is going to be something that we're going to change,” Boggess said.

The sheriff’s office said all the right measures were in place and the handcuffs were secure.

"I'm going to look at the locking devices. The locking devices did like it was supposed to, they held the gun," Boggess said.

Deputies said one thing that made the scene so unpredictable was the suspect, Racheal Clay, had meth in her system at the time.

"You know I gave him strict orders if she did make access and that vehicle did move any at all, to shoot the engine block and disable the vehicle," Boggess said.

Clay now faces three counts of shooting with intent to kill.