Gary wrote:
>
> "Pete C." wrote:
> >
> > Anyone firing a gun, be they police or civilian, are responsible for
> > where the bullets land. If it was a civilian doing the shooting of a
> > legitimate bad guy and they unloaded the mag and struck 9 or 10 innocent
> > bystanders they would be in jail. Police need to be held to the same or
> > higher standards, not lower.
>
> Police are held to very high standards. The lucky cops never have to fire a
> gun. The ones that do are put on temporary suspension until a full
> investigation is done. Cops are trained and are not crazy gunslingers. They
> know that shooting will entail career consequences.
>
> G.

The average police officer received far less firearms training than you
want to believe. Far too often we see this lack of training playing out
when they overreact and kill innocent civilians.