JT>>  JP> gun.   Sorry to hear the rest of you aren't
JT>>  JP> up to Jay's standards.
JT>> I, too, am a firearms intructor, avid reloader and 
 JD>> plinker.  I tend to be a
JT>> wee bit better shot then most.  But most, suck.
 JD>> Jeff,
 JD>> This weekend I had a scary conversation with a local LEO. He told me 
 JD>> that
 JD>> his dept only alloted 240 rounds per year for training and 
 JD>> qualification.
 JD>> Now, I'm a poor boy, but I still can usually manage a box a month just 
 JD>> to
 JD>> stay in the hunt. I've got a sick feeling that we are 
 JD>> creating more victims 
 JD>> by failing to provide adequate training for our LEOs. 
 JD>> 240 rounds a year!!! 
 JD>> That's awful.
 JT> We provide a bit more shooting then that, but not a "lot" 
 JT> more. 
 JT> The powers that be, in some larger depts, see 
 JT> shooting/practicing as a somewhat waste of time.  IE, odds 
 JT> are the officer will NEVER use his gun on the job.  So they 
 JT> focus more on issues that are likely to get them sued. 
 JT> Some recent classes I've seen offered:
 JT> First responder
 JT> Hazardous materials
 JT> I can't think of the name of it, but it's basically, how to 
 JT> be ethnically aware.  
 JT> Laws of search and seizure, 
 JT> laws of arrest.
 JT> Report writing.
 JT> Pressure point and tactics
 JT> There are some, but rare, firearms _training_
 JT> Yeah, you can qualify 4 times a year, but what the folks
 JT> need is firearms training, not just qualifying.
Our local PD just bought a FATS (Fire Arms Training Simulator) that will be
installed in their new HQ; about $80k.  From what I hear, it's about the next
best thing to being on the range.  The shooters tend to go in real
casual-like but the palms start to sweat =real= fast once the action starts.
:-)  The neat thing is that they're talking about opening it up to the public
when it's not being used by the officers.
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