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Post by dave on Dec 15, 2015 11:13:07 GMT -6
Steve I see your point regarding the protection of the agency. When I served, 1992-1999, were trained to shoot and think under pressure of being yelling at and screaming as the officer qualified. Night quals were a little tougher with flashing blue lights, lights being shined in your face and noise.
There were few if any officer involved shootings that were quiet and stress free. One of the habits all of us new guys had was catching our brass as we shot thinking it would be easier than cleaning up after. We were presented with a report involving 3 California Highway patrol officers who died in a shootout with their spent brass rounds in hand. I never forgot the point of this lesson was you perform as you train. Regards Dave
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Post by AZ Ranger on Dec 15, 2015 13:02:12 GMT -6
Dave
Exactly
A lot of bad habits are developed on shooting lines for qualifications. You pointed out the saving of brass to avoid having to bend over and pick it up later. Here are a few other bad habits. Everyone shoots at once. In reality each officer should identify a threat. Officers stand on line and do not move to cover. Officers fire only the required number of shots and then holster. Officers should fire until the threat no longer exists. Officers should not holster until the world is a safe place. Scanning for other bad guys should be done before holstering.
The qualification score or a pass/fail is recorded and becomes part of a discoverable record.
We had several variations of FATS which was a firearm training simulator. The shoot scenarios and the hits were reviewed by agency heads, attorneys and doctors. It is called judgmental shooting. You can fail if you don't shoot when it was required. You can fail if you shoot when it is not required.
You do not fail if the bad guy gets a shot off before you do in a fraction of a second. In other words you shot during the right time period but you may have been shot yourself. Your life depends on the accuracy of the bad guy but the agency is covered. We teach the officers to stay in the gun fight even when hit but it better to give than receive.
Is that keeping in the Christmas spirit?
Regards Steve
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Post by dave on Dec 15, 2015 20:30:14 GMT -6
And I still remember the difference between concealment and cover! Anything that brings you home safely at the end of your watch is the best in Christmas spirit! Regards Dave
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