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-> Rich, I had a little advantage here. Most persons with arrest powers 
-> will as statistics show, never fire an on duty shot off the range. I 
-> am probably one ofthe few in my KLEC KY basicPO class that ever fired 
-> a shot. of course as there are far more officers that work sedat 
-> relatively peaceful jurisdictions than work high crime urban areas. 
-> Thus many of us/you have never thought seiously about this situation. 
-> Since my disability retirement as a resul of a line of duty injury, 
-> things for police in geberal seem to have deteriorated. It's not the 
-> guns but the criminals.' regards,ike
I work for the State Patrol in a solo car.  Basically, since I work a
specialized detail, I work the entire north end of the county, about
1100 square miles.  At any given time, there's 60 or so Troopers, and
who knows how many local LE running around.  So if I need backup, I just
hope whoever ends up coming out will shoot if necessary, and know when
not to shoot, and when to stop shooting.  I'd like to think everyone in
my department has the same or better skills that I have.
In twelve years, I've had it out, but never fired other then at the
range.  I know several of our Troopers that have never fired either,
that have been on much longer.  But there's always that possibility that
we train, re-train, and practice for so we go home vertical.
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