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Police Negligent Discharge During Arrest
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:39 am
by Excaliber
Negligent discharge of a firearm during physical exertion or a struggle is
not an accident - it's a very high likelihood negligently caused event if one has his finger on the trigger before a decision to fire has been made.
This
incident that occurred in Boise, ID is just another reminder that the involuntary clenching of the opposite hand that happens when you clench the other
will fire a gun held in that hand if a finger is on the trigger.
This
Police One article discusses the realities. They apply to non-LEO's equally because our bodies are all wired the same way.
Re: Police Negligent Discharge During Arrest
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:46 am
by 10Shooter
Re: Police Negligent Discharge During Arrest
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:38 am
by sjfcontrol
The officer had no holster???
Re: Police Negligent Discharge During Arrest
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:49 am
by dicion
sjfcontrol wrote:The officer had no holster???
Apparently he was carrying Plaxico-Style
Re: Police Negligent Discharge During Arrest
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:12 pm
by terryg
Excaliber wrote:Negligent discharge of a firearm during physical exertion or a struggle is
not an accident - it's a very high likelihood negligently caused event if one has his finger on the trigger before a decision to fire has been made.
This
incident that occurred in Boise, ID is just another reminder that the involuntary clenching of the opposite hand that happens when you clench the other
will fire a gun held in that hand if a finger is on the trigger.
This [url-
http://www.policeone.com/police-product ... discharge/]Police One[/url] article discusses the realities. They apply to non-LEO's equally because our bodies are all wired the same way.
Yep, the agency
seems to be attempting to address only one of the two issues here. Hopefully, they are internally discussing the "booger picker on the bang switch" problem as well.
Re: Police Negligent Discharge During Arrest
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:21 pm
by Excaliber
Oops - a dash instead of an equal sign problem. Fixed in the earlier post as well.