article_snippet.sent: Police have since spoken out in defense of Marana police officer Michael Rapiejko's actions in the town of Marana, Arizona .
article_snippet.sent: Local police chief Terry Rozema has since spoken out to defend Local police chief Terry Rozema officer and argue that deadly force was necessary.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking to CNN, Local police chief Terry Rozema was asked if Officer Michael Rapiejko was fortunate not to kill suspect Mario Valencia, 36. '
article_snippet.sent: That very well may be... that it's luck that Officer Michael Rapiejko is still alive.
article_snippet.sent: The fact of the matter remains, though, deadly force was authorized,' Local police chief Terry Rozema said. '
article_snippet.sent: So if Officer Michael Rapiejko ends up dying in that situation, (then) Officer Michael Rapiejko ends up dying, and that's unfortunate, (but) that's not the desire of everybody,' Local police chief Terry Rozema added.
article_snippet.sent: Pozema argued that Officer Michael Rapiejko may actually have saved Valencia's life because we don't know what Local police chief Terry Rozema would have done next.
article_snippet.sent: Another view: Despite the shocking footage of the crash outside a self storage facility, Marana Police Chief Terry Rozema has defended Officer Michael Rapiejko actions.
article_snippet.sent: doesn't take somebody out in the parking lot,' Marana Police Chief Terry Rozema said. '