Comments on: Man Tries To Run Over Two Officers; Shots Fired

By: molino jim

molino jim — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 16:21:32 +0000

@ John: I’m with you 100 %. I had intended to ask “small arms” how many fire fights he has been in and how many people he had killed. Maybe he’ll respond on here.

By: Gregory Boyd

Gregory Boyd — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 03:37:44 +0000

Certainly I wish they had been a better shot but in the heat of the moment only training hones your shot to these results. Unless you are a sociopath or completely numb to combat, your pulse races in these circumstances

By: billy

billy — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 02:23:53 +0000

God bless these officers. Many people are not appreciative of the people that protect them. I would be ashamed of any negative comment.

By: John Zabelle

John Zabelle — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 01:54:58 +0000

In response to “Retired small arms marksmanship instructor”,

That’s pretty big talk from an anonymous man behind his keyboard. Done much work on a two way range lately? It’s quite easy to pick these brave officers’ performances apart from the comfort of your Mom’s basement, but then you don’t have a car bearing down on you, do you?
Do us a favor, keep teaching marksmanship fundamentals, but leave the battlefield critique to those on the battlefield.

By: molino jim

molino jim — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 01:34:20 +0000

@ Retired small arms: Yes the P.D. does regular fire arms training. I guess under stress all of your trainees would score 100%. Under poor lighting -possibly using PC 9mm rounds it’s a little different than a firing range. I’m one of those old dinosaurs who was an instructor when all anyone had was a 38. Then we went to 9mm’s and most departments have gone to higher power rounds. I’m still certified on most weapons. You may recall that putting TV shooting aside that many rounds will ricochet and I had this happen to me when a driver tried to run over me. I guess you used the shooting test of having your students holster their weapon–run 200 yards draw and fire on a target. The purpose of this is to get the heart and breath rate up as in a stress situation. There were shots fired into the air and ground. I’ve seen the best shooters miss and i’ve seen the worse shooters hit the bad guy when it mattered. I am slow to question the ability of another trainer so I’ll leave it at that.

By: Retired small arms marksmanship instructor

Retired small arms marksmanship instructor — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:36:50 +0000

Each officer fired several shots and he was only struck once in the hand.

Don’t police spend time at the range anymore?

Worse yet, were did all these errant rounds end up?

Were it me or anyone I certified, the young man’s family would be making funeral arrangements today!!!

By: Torri

Torri — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:51:14 +0000

unfortunately someday police officers will stop and consider if the risk of loosing their life and job would be worth protecting the public in the way they are trained to do so. I hope this will not happen. Protecting the public is priority and upheld in doing their jobs. I can’t imagine having a job as a police person and scrutinized by every criminal he /she has to confront. A world without police people would be so dangerous…I dare not think of the consequences…criminals taking over and having more rights than police and victims is a crime all by itself.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:07:52 +0000

All you ladies out there that want a “badboy” consider the consequences. Many of them, like this guy probably, have mental problems. When your”badboy” turns out to be crazy & hurts or kills you, don’t say you were not warned.