That worked for us… once. We had three "special" folks who couldn't stay on a B-27 at seven yards. One was even hitting the freakin' CONCRETE at seven yards. No video, but we documented the hell out of the whole thing, and terminated them when they failed to qualify, despite an enormous amount of (documented) re-training effort on our part.
Naturally, all three filed a racial discrimination suit, which was dismissed out-of-hand at every level up to the state supreme court. Those worthies actually looked into the case pretty thoroughly… and ruled in our favor.
So we sat back, fat, dumb, and happy, congratulating ourselves on good work. Little did we know, that lawsuit had frightened the kitten out of the command staff… and things began to change quickly.
First thing to go was the fifty yard line. We required our people to qualify at the 50; 24 rounds from four different positions. We were using the 60 round National Police Course at the time. As you might imagine, the long line separates the men from the boys in regards to handgun marksmanship. State Police and the possum cops (state wildlife agents) were the only ones doing it, and it kind of set us apart.
Well, the lightning bolt from The Puzzle Palace (our name for HQ) came down from On High… no cadet or active trooper shall be required to pass anything other than that mandated by the state P.O.S.T. Council. Which of course, specified the 25 yard line as max.
And it went rapidly downhill from there…
The average citizen (those who are aware, anyway) moan and groan about the "dumbing down" of our schools… and rightfully so. Few of those folks realize that their police departments have suffered the same fate; and sometimes much worse.
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