 All this month, get any smartphone 32-gigand under for a 50% off regular price at Appalachian Wireless. Better service, bigger savings. That's today's Appalachian Wireless. While supplies last, two-year agreement required. With increasing public interest and media attention regarding the use of deadly force by law enforcement agencies, Kentucky State Police yesterday announced the formation of a new unit. It is designed to add experience, expertise and transparency to investigations of officer-involved shootings across the state. It's somewhat tragic that we do have to have a team for this. Every officer goes out every day not expecting or not wanting, not wishing to ever become involved in any type of shooting, but for us to actually see an upwards trend enough to where we have to have a full-time dedicated team to it, it breaks my heart. Designated as the critical incident response team, the unit consists of three lieutenants, two sergeants and one detective. Collectively, the members bring almost 100 years of applied law enforcement experience to the team. Not only is it going to cover Kentucky State Police incidents, but also it's going to assist outside agencies who may request our assistance on an officer-involved shooting. Since 2015, KSP has investigated 29 of its own officers who were involved in shooting incidents. In 2016, the agency investigated 19 shooting incidents involving officers from other agencies in the state. We've always investigated these shootings, however we've never had a specific unit designed to where that's their primary goal, that's their everyday job. Since its formation in January, the unit has investigated five incidents. Reporting in Pikeville for EKB News, I'm Shelby Steele.