Shootcraps
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Hello there, Paranoid if you like.
Yes, accidents happen. Though I strongly doubt if *I*, not a LEO, accidently killed someone with a firearm that I'd suffer only a reduction in rank and 30 days off w/o pay.The parents of a Kennesaw police recruit killed by an instructor during firearms training said Wednesday they are frustrated and angry that the 26-year officer responsible was neither charged with a crime nor fired.
In a written statement, the father of police recruit Tara Drummond called for a "higher level review" of the Sept. 13 shooting during a class at the North Central Georgia Law Enforcement Academy in Austell.
On March 2, a Cobb County grand jury considered charges of reckless conduct and involuntary manslaughter against Cobb Sheriff's Sgt. Al Jackson, but it declined to indict him. On Monday, Cobb Sheriff Neil Warren announced that Jackson would be demoted to the rank of deputy and suspended for 30 days without pay.
"The family was confused and somewhat distraught regarding the lack of action by the Cobb County grand jury a couple of weeks ago when this matter was reviewed and considered for indictments," Brian Drummond, Tara's father said in a statement e-mailed to the newspaper. "The choices made in this case, to employ the prohibited practice of using functioning firearms in training exercises ... clearly constituted negligence."
Continues at: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/0323cobbrecruit.html
I came across this via KeepAndBearArms.com. Looks like another example of one law for us, another for LEOs.
The Grand Jury Presentments of November 9, 2006 further stated:
1. “The use of safety equipment during practical exercise and firearms training has been reiterated and strictly enforced. Explicit polices prohibiting operational and non-operational weapons being pointed at anyone during firearms training have been instituted.
Drummond, 23, was accidentally shot to death during firearms training last September by her instructor, Cobb County Sheriff's Deputy Sgt. Albert Jackson. Jackson had placed what he thought were "dummy rounds" in his gun and pointed it at Drummond. But a round went off, hitting Drummond in the chest.
Recruits there must now wear body armor during firearms training and a safety officer must be on site to monitor firearms exercises.
1. “The use of safety equipment during practical exercise and firearms training has been reiterated and strictly enforced. Explicit polices prohibiting operational and non-operational weapons being pointed at anyone during firearms training have been instituted.
Dummy Guns are OK.
While that is almost certainly true, it may also be the strongest punishment the sheriff was authorized to employ.Yes, accidents happen. Though I strongly doubt if *I*, not a LEO, accidently killed someone with a firearm that I'd suffer only a reduction in rank and 30 days off w/o pay.
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Dummy Guns are OK.
Which begs the question, why would you ever use anything else?
As for the LEO/Non-LEO side of it. It was obvious his intent was not to kill the student. No more than it is a driver who dozes off to kill the driver on the other side of the road. No more than it is the guy who was minding his own business on the road and managed to kill someone else in a car while he was driving. There ARE accidents.