Posted on 05/12/2005 8:31:10 AM PDT by Stew Padasso
Officer's Weapon Accidentally Discharges In Anderson County School
Two Students Get Minor Cuts From Debris
Story by The Carolina Channel
ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. -- An Anderson County school resource officer's gun accidentally discharged Wednesday morning.
Anderson County chief deputy Tim Busha said it all started when students asked school resource officer Robert Miller how his holster works. Busha said during the demonstration, Miller was trying to explain to the students that the holsters are so secure that no one could take an officer's gun. At that point, Miller told a student to try and take the gun out, said Busha. The student tried and the gun went off. The gun never left the holster, said Busha.
"Accidentally discharged in his holster," said Busha. "The projectile went into the floor. Fortunately no one was injured or required medical treatment."
In a written statement, District Five superintendent Betty Bagley said "Two students received minor scratches from debris that flew up from the impact of the shot. We regret this most serious breach of protocol by the officer and we are grateful that no student or adult was injured by the bullet. We will work with the sheriff's office to help ensure that this sort of breach does not occur again." Busha said the role of the school resource officer is more than just to provide protection for the school.
"They're also there to build provide a way for children to better understand what law enforcement does is an educational component that school resource officers do," said Busha.
Miller has been placed on administrative leave.
Sorry. I've been known to "shoot" from the hip sometimes. I was just "rifling" through my memory for applicable quotes. I guess it was king of a "shotgun" approach to take.
You're right about that!
Heck, my dad taught me that a very long time ago. Every gun is loaded.
The officer was an idiot. He's also very lucky he didn't kill himself or someone else.
LOL! I hate it when my guns accidentally "go off" like this. (In school, around kids, while showing them how safe they are, etc...)
Coleus, I think you said you work in a school system right?
What is a resource officer?
Is this a real police officer or just another looney left created position that gives them unofficial reason to carry guns like in the animal task force situation?
King=kind. I was typing so fast I "pulled the trigger" on that G when I wanted a D. Sorry.
Insanity (more) in the public schools.
And this "school resource officer" should be given only ONE bullet that he keeps in his breast pocket...just like Deputy Barney Fife. Idiot.
Man, you're reaching into the bottom of the "barrel" for that one. In fact the barrel is sort of a "cylinder" shape.
Sounds like the majority of the illegal discharges
from weapons in public schools the last few years
have been from weapons under law enforcement control?...
OMG that is funny.I'd probably be mad if it happened in my kids school but since no one was hurt we can laugh at the stoopid cop.
'Here's your sign'.............Bang!!
"G'head, try it" ranks right up there with "Hold my beer" and "Watch this" as the phrases most frequently uttered just prior to a incident of "dumbassedness".
man, if he doesn't get discharged over this somebody will be gunning for his job.....
Well, I'm done here. I've "shot" my mouth off enough.
The guy sounds like a good natured idiot. That term idiot is often mis-used but this time it should be taken literally.
Yes, a police officer, the only class of citizen who can do this sort of incredibly idiotic thing and get a month's free paid vacation (aka "administrative leave") instead of ten years of eating jail food (the treatment reserved for us commoners).
Pathetic.
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