A Louisville Metro cop inadvertently shot an unarmed Portland man who called 911 to report a robbery at his home Saturday night. Enrique Lira provided The Courier-Journal with this simple account: “When I walked to the door, I said ‘My house just got robbed.’ Then he shot me.” The bullet grazed Lira, who was only slightly injured. The officer— we’ll call him Quick Draw McGraw — is on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.

Without admitting that their product is potentially lethal, Taser International has issued new guidelines urging police to avoid zapping suspects in the chest with 50,000 volts of electricity whenever possible. As a result, Louisville Metro and Kentucky State Police have changed their policies regarding Taser use, saying they will instead aim for the abdomen, legs and back. In addition to trying to steer clear of the chest, local officers will try their darnedest to avoid the head and groin.

The new downtown arena isn’t slated for completion until next year, but a report issued Monday suggests the new facility is already having a major economic impact. A Louisville consulting firm prepared the report, which claims construction of the arena may have spurred more than $100 million in additional downtown development and investment thus far. It is worth noting, however, that the optimistic report was authored in part by Bill Weyland, developer of Whiskey Row Lofts, one of the developments mentioned in the report.

In addition to having arguably the coolest name of any public official ever, it turns out State Auditor Crit Luallen is also pretty damn good at serving the commonwealth. The Washington, D.C.-based Governing Magazine has named Luallen one of the best public officials of 2009. Calling Luallen “Frankfort’s Fiscal Enforcer,” the magazine lauds the auditor for referring an unprecedented 120 corruption cases to law enforcement.