Posted on 01/05/2013 9:19:43 PM PST by smokingfrog
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- One of the Cleveland police officers involved in the Nov. 29 police chase that ended with two suspects dead fumbled a 2011 traffic stop so badly that the department suggested video of the incident be used to teach other officers what not to do. Recently released personnel files show that the 13 officers who shot at Timothy Russell, 43, and Malissa Williams, 30, when the chase ended in East Cleveland range from highly commended to narrowly hirable.
A few have come under gunfire while performing their duties, and some had shot at suspects before.
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That news gal is a hottie !!
Okay, back to the serious stuff ...
I think once you get a home intruder down all you need to do is put a couple in his head.
Ammo ain’t cheap these days.
The cops’ ammo is paid for by the department, ie., the taxpayers, so they can waste all they want.
Indeed, it isn’t their money, so why should they care when they let the bullets fly?
Perhaps if officers began buying their bullets out of their own salary, as every other law-abiding citizen does, they would be less apt to point and shoot as a first recourse.
Yep, they’d get more efficient and use head/throat shots.
Perhaps, but if they weren’t motivated to train in marksmanship before, I am unconvinced that said change, in and of itself, would encourage widespread marksmanship practice.
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