A thought from a member on the LE threads.

[EssOne]

Any shot fired in the line of duty has always been evaluated and criticized to death by everybody from Internal Affairs to the Broom Closet Monitor, so a burst would be treated accordingly under existing procedures. No new rules would be needed.  No other event In a cop's life subjects him to the detailed and voluminous scrutiny of a shot fired in the line of duty, even if he didn't hit anything. 

 

Once upon a time an officer I worked with had to put down an injured steer, so he fired six +P+ 125 grain .38 special rounds into its head at point blank range, and they all bounced off. He obviously didn't know how to kill a steer. So his Sergeant, being a bit of a joker, wrote the following recommendations on his evaluation of the shooting incident:

 

"1. Recommend officer be allowed to mount privately owned telescopic sight on state owned revolver."

 

"2.  Recommend officer be allowed to carry more ammunition, especially in confrontations with armed cows."

 

For the next month every time the officer walked down the hall somebody would hide in an adjoining room and yell "Moo - Bang!"

 

Police work used to be fun. No more.

Edited April 24, 2015 by EssOne

[Caster]

Bounced off?


...my head hurts.

[Dolomite_supafly]

Any shot fired in the line of duty has always been evaluated and criticized to death by everybody from Internal Affairs to the Broom Closet Monitor, so a burst would be treated accordingly under existing procedures. No new rules would be needed.  No other event In a cop's life subjects him to the detailed and voluminous scrutiny of a shot fired in the line of duty, even if he didn't hit anything. 

 

Once upon a time an officer I worked with had to put down an injured steer, so he fired six +P+ 125 grain .38 special rounds into its head at point blank range, and they all bounced off. He obviously didn't know how to kill a steer. So his Sergeant, being a bit of a joker, wrote the following recommendations on his evaluation of the shooting incident:

 

"1. Recommend officer be allowed to mount privately owned telescopic sight on state owned revolver."

 

"2.  Recommend officer be allowed to carry more ammunition, especially in confrontations with armed cows."

 

For the next month every time the officer walked down the hall somebody would hide in an adjoining room and yell "Moo - Bang!"

 

Police work used to be fun. No more.

Heard of a similar incident when I was in the military. An African oryx got caught in some barbed wire fencing surrounding an area of the base. The MP shot it 14 times in the head with his 1911 and the animal continued to struggle. Someone went back to the station and grabbed an M14 and shot it several times in the chest.

[EssOne]

Heard of a similar incident when I was in the military. An African oryx got caught in some barbed wire fencing surrounding an area of the base. The MP shot it 14 times in the head with his 1911 and the animal continued to struggle. Someone went back to the station and grabbed an M14 and shot it several times in the chest.

Yeah, if this guy had known where to shoot it, a common .22 pistol would have done it. Los Angeles Animal Control used to drive me nuts by showing up with pristine beautiful Colt .22 DA revolvers for dropping injured animals. Temptations, temptations.

[mikegideon]

Heard of a similar incident when I was in the military. An African oryx got caught in some barbed wire fencing surrounding an area of the base. The MP shot it 14 times in the head with his 1911 and the animal continued to struggle. Someone went back to the station and grabbed an M14 and shot it several times in the chest.

 

Hope he had the fun switch on. Talk about a handful of gun :)