Chapter 11 - Decker Had Searched My Name
Digital records produced another troubling detail.
Minutes after the shooting, Decker used his patrol computer to search my
name.
That was normal enough.
What followed was not.
After learning I was an Army colonel, he accessed public information
about my command and deployment.
Then he called a union representative before completing his first
written report.
Calling representation was his right.
But investigators compared timestamps.
His written narrative was drafted after he knew who I was and after
Miller had challenged his account.
The narrative included details absent from his first radio transmission.
It claimed I turned my body toward him.
The patrol video did not clearly support that.
Decker’s attorney argued stress explained inconsistencies.
Investigators documented the explanation.
Nobody needed to pretend the case was simple.
A shooting could involve split-second perception.
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A cover-up could involve deliberate choices made afterward.
The investigation treated those as related but distinct questions.
