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Originally Posted by MMARSH
In an earlier post someone else stated that he knew the officer had previously drew his weapon and then put it back in the holster because there was already a round in the chamber...I think some people have seen to many chamber a round for dramatic effect before confronting the bad guy scenes in movies and tv...Other then the Military Police and maybe that has changed now, Every Police Officer keeps a round in the chamber and are trained that way from the academy
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I actually got a bit of a chuckle out of that one. There were so many errors in that post That I just had to shake my head.
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Originally Posted by MMARSH
It's little things like this that can make a citizens review board a problem. I've said it before, If the review board is trained and required to go on a number of ride-alongs and subjected to real life and real time situations, I'm all for it. But I'll be damned if I gonna be judged by someone whose only experience is watching TJ hooker or reading Pelican Off topic threads and thinking m21sniper is a subject matter expert.  The average citizen doesn't have a clue as evidenced by some of posts by people on this board. |
Many of us are subject to professional licensing/review boards. Those boards are staffed by professional peers. I would expect something similar in any citizens' review board with oversight over the police.