ROEs prevent "non-lethal" outside of the Taser ? Crap sakes, what with the quality of sights in play, and the training budgets consumed, the idiot's right hand and wrist couldn't have been blasted with, "beanbag", rubber buck ( or #4 ) ?? !!...Brian Terry had to carry that rubber chit into REAL harm's way, "P.C." actually DOES mean death, to some.
Just musing,...and if they'd all dumped their entire load into the shootee SECONDS after saying drop it, I'd not be losing sleep. GTC
Evenin' Greg!
What you are seeing is the result of too many frickin' lawyers and politicians sticking their noses into deadly weapon training.
It is absolutely against the rules to merely shoot & wound a suspect merely to save their life and your life.
If you have to shoot someone, it had better be "center mass" followed up by a head shot if the pair to the chest fail to stop the suspect.
They continue to take "officer discretion" away and rule by edict.
If a police sniper shoots the gun out of a suspect's hand, it's a good thing. If a Patrol Officer or Detective does it, it's likely going to be ruled a "bad shoot" and the LEO will suffer the consequences. Can't go around maiming folks, you know, the city/county/state will have to pay medical bills for a long time plus compensate the suspect for his (now) disability.
Sucks, but that's the way it is, and it ain't the cop's fault.
Ed
