Another accidental use of pistol instead of a taser, fortunately for everyone involved this officer missed the pistol shot.
ETA: in looking for the video without commentary I ran across this vid of Nevada State Police Taser training.
Last edited by Caballoflaco; 01-12-2022 at 05:40 PM.
Maybe they need something to make it easier to remember...
This is my pistol,
This is myguntaser,
One is for shooting,
The other for stun.
Very few departments are going to provide the the level of training that might address these issues. This is not a "I forgot which side my gun was on" issue, it is hand confusion...a failure that occurs somewhere in the brain's signal to the body to do something. Stress, fear, excitement, fatigue, etc. are the contributing factors. Perhaps a lot of stress inoculation training done frequently could mitigate this, but taser qual once a year and a roll-call training or two isn't going to do it. Standing on a staic "range" and tasering a target or a dummy isn't going to do it. It needs to be a realistic, stress-inducing, scenario-based training. Also, agencies need to make the Taser weak hand carry, not crossdraw. Train weak hand deployment only and and often. Train drawing and firing the Taser as frequently as you practice drawing and firing the handgun. Then, maybe we will see less of this. Really, the things need to be redesigned to be held and triggered differently than a firearm, before more people get shot and more cops go to jail. Just being lighter or yellow or making a beeping noise or whatever isn't going to work when the user is experiencing a significant brain fart. To paraphrase Dr. Christopher Heim "It seems as if the finger [or hand] does not in all cases obey the brain.”
These don't happen THAT often, but often enough that it is a real problem. I think Kim Potter and Johannes Mehserle would agree.
Of course, I don't know the cop in the video. She could have had other/additional training and competence issues.
Austin TX PD Officer with a shotgun vs man with a rifle 12/24/2021
Full details with 911 calls etc
Just the body cam footage of the shooting:
https://funker530.com/video/officer-...dQOBwBtVhn4g1o
Just a dog chauffeur that used to hold the dumb end of the leash.
I was a participant in one incident involving a 12 gauge shotgun, and have seen video of quite a few more. While I'm sure there are exceptions, I've always been impressed at how decisive they can be.
Anybody want to guess on the range in this clip? It seems a bit long.
It seems like the officer left cover a bit early, but it all worked out.
I was into 10mm Auto before it sold out and went mainstream, but these days I'm here for the revolver and epidemiology information.