Police Officers Paying for their WORK GUNS.

[tombogan03884]

The pretty recent post of a celebrity (can;t remember his name off hand) buying AR's for the Phoenix PD, was one way.

Other PD's utilize seized property sold at auction, cash used in drug arrests, etc,.. for additional funds. FOP, PBA, etc,..

FWIW, Massad Ayoob wrote an analysis of the N. Hollywood shooting, and summed it up with training. One decent shooting officer, with a 30-30, could have ended the situation, in 42 minutes less than the whole event took place (44 min.)

I read an evaluation of the FBI shoot out in Miami that came to similar conclusion

[twyacht]

TW, it was David Spade from SNL...

Thank you Timothy, I was having a Monday Moment,....

[bryand71]

I agree that LEO should be able to get what they need to get the job done depending on their environment; i.e. Lever gun, Semi-auto or whatever.

I will say that training is probably the most over looked aspect of it all. I used to work as a Nuclear Security Officer at the local Nuke Power plant, we were required by our head of security to qualify with 4 weapons each year. The M1-A, AR-15, Rem 11-87, and 9mm handgun. The NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) only required us to qual with the handgun. We had to have 80% minimum for the handgun and rifles and only 50% on the shotgun. Plus we went to the range every 3 months for weapons training, or if you were on the Tactical Response Team (proud to say I was one  ) you went every 45 days.

One of the local PD's also used the range and we found out that they only have to hit 70% minimum to pass their qualifications. Now as a citizen, I would like my PD to be able to hit 90%, but that is my .02 worth.

[r_w]

I think it is a GOOD thing for LEO's to buy their own weapons.  People tend to take care of their own stuff better.

Give them an allowance in their pay, set the requirements (mainly caliber choices for logistics), get discounted prices for them, give them plenty of training ammo, plenty of training, and high proficiency standards.

[tombogan03884]

FTA ;
give them plenty of training ammo, plenty of training, and high proficiency standards.

These are important no matter WHO's paying.

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