More ‘Only One’ Negligent Discharges
BY Herschel Smith
10 years, 7 months ago
Pittsburgh police are reviewing an incident in which they say an officer accidentally fired a gun while chasing a suspect in Crafton Heights, an official said on Tuesday.
Public safety spokeswoman Sonya Toler said Detective Martin Kail accidentally fired his gun when he fell while pursuing a suspect on foot about 9:40 p.m. May 21 in the 1400 block of Crucible Street.
No one was hurt.
“No one was shot, no one was injured,” Toler said.
She did not know what prompted Kail, a member of the narcotics and vice squad, to chase after the suspect.
Toler said the suspect was not apprehended.
Supervisors were notified of the incident and arrived at the scene, she said.
Kail was hired in 2007, records show.
Officer Howard McQuillan, president of Fraternal Order of Police Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1, the labor union that represents city police officers, declined to comment.
Yea, I’ll bet he “declined to comment.” Notice the term accidental. I suspect another example of negligent discharge because someone stumbled with their finger on the trigger, squeezing due to sympathetic muscle reflex, which I discussed here again.
Can’t they at least train these guys at the same level as we civilians?
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