Officers fire 33 shots at suicidal man (Frederick)

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    randomjoe

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    Jan 16, 2009
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    Colonel Mustard Here,

    As any bit of research will show most shootings involving the average officer (not those that train day in and day out) accuracy drops significantly. Adrenaline, weather, nerves, fear, etc can all cause accuracy to drop. Add to this that maybe they were threat focused and had visual exclusion and had difficulty accessing their sights. It is easy to sit back and say "oh on the range I'd do this" when in fact so much more factors into a real shooting.
     

    HT4

    Dum spiro spero.
    Jan 24, 2012
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    Bethesda
    Colonel Mustard Here,

    As any bit of research will show most shootings involving the average officer (not those that train day in and day out) accuracy drops significantly. Adrenaline, weather, nerves, fear, etc can all cause accuracy to drop. Add to this that maybe they were threat focused and had visual exclusion and had difficulty accessing their sights. It is easy to sit back and say "oh on the range I'd do this" when in fact so much more factors into a real shooting.

    I doubt anyone would contest what you said. However, it begs the question: does this present a training gap that needs to be addressed, or should we be content and accept that this is as good as it gets?
     

    randomjoe

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    Jan 16, 2009
    133
    I would say it indicates a training gap. Qualifying on a one way range is just that, meeting a standard. It is hardly training. There needs to be ongoing training, and training under stress, perhaps on a three month cycle, i.e. January=winter qualification, February=skills day including movement drills, stress fire, etc, March= force on force with simunitions, April starts the cycle again.
     
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