Have a bit of an idea. i was going to be a florida wildlife officer back in 1976.. Ripped my acl in my 6th week at the training center. 1 really screwed up surgery later and a life of meds and no FWC job.. I grew up hunting fishing with the county sheriff and rode bikes with a few officers from the police department, sheriffs department and the fwl ever other week or when they could. Shoot some indoor matchs tru the year when I could. It is not the training going in thats a concern or the education. Its how they train through out the years or lack of in many departments other than quals during there time as an officer the department. My "training" started at a young age and growing up in a gun culture, 43 years of simple being around and shooting firearms regularly.
The guys I road motorcyles with did practice on there own, We shoot ever other week for an hour. A couple shot with the USPSA back then. Its there words not mine that allways kept the lack of training outside of whats required in my mind. I still say in touch with a couple of them. To many around the state just did not shot outside what was required buy the department. same up there. Most would love to have a range near by to practice on. Even the counties around use have to share time with several other counies and the damd public keeps whin'n about the nose evertime they try to build a new range. Most of them get comfy with the off duty piece and thats that. My old sherrif atleast when I lived there alowed the officers to pick from a group of handgunbrands and did not tie them to a single brand for what they carry on duty and backups they bought at a discount and that could be used off duty. They tended to be a compact version of there duty pistols. I have been gone from there for 15 years now. Still talk with my old police/ sheriff bubby. he bought my last home down there and was the best shot with the city , retired there now with the sherrif depo and is still one of the better qualifiers. i could allways out shot him atleast till i leaft there. he still said most don't shoot outside what the sheriffs depo needs of them.
Now I could care less what is done in indiania. I don't care what you do. I do care how people carry different type handguns that don't train enought as is .with them or out side when needed of them. And when departments supply a handgun that has a trigger pull as heavy as, lets say NY. Then allows the officers to carry something so very different, thats the problem. Some departments have a say in what your back up will be. Maybe more should have a say on what you carry off duty if not your backup when a handgun can a feel and function so differently. I learned 26 years ago from a smithy/retired officer to not change anymore than you can when you carry thru your life. Dam that should be common sence. Officers are no different from most of use. Subject to makeing the same mistakes ,maybe even more so depending on there day to day stress so thats all the more reason not to carry anythig that functions so differenty from your duty pistol.
Now if you still have a problem with that its all your. Thats my view and will allways be the same. Now I am 56 retired and still manage to shoot ever week winter & summer or atleast almost. Now you can continue to praise your ind .leos all you want but not all get to train as much as you think yours must to keep them so highly tuned. when off duty and useing a very different pistol.
The powers that be should spend a few extra days on training rather than who knows how many dollar$ testing and trying to have to fool-proof guns designed.
