Cop Attackers & Their Weapons

New Findings from the FBI about Cop Attackers & Their Weapons
H/T to Firehand

I'd been thinking about writing this for a bit. The article above and the recent shootings in Carthage NC have provided motivation. In North Carolina the state requires police trainees undergo sixty hours [which includes classroom time] of firearms training during Basic Law Enforcement Training. After graduation they have to undergo six hours of in-service annually. This includes day and night qualification on a 50 round course with their duty weapon. A 25 round day combat course and qualification with any long guns carried. Deputies also have to complete a 25 round night combat course. Four hours of the in-service are a use of force class. Some departments require more hands on training but most just do the minimum. Some departments allow access to the range and provide ammunition for practice. Most don't. Of those departments that do, most officers don't take advantage of it. The only time most officers remove their duty weapon from their holster is during the annual training. I'm sure the standards vary from state to state but I'd be surprised if they vary much. This is the level of skill with which most officers walk into any violent incident that might require the use of deadly force. Justin Garner, the Carthage Police officer, who took down the Nursing Home shooter was the exception to the rule.