“This Is My Rifle, This Is My Police Union”
BY Herschel Smith
6 years, 10 months ago
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say a man suffered a minor injury after the rifle of an officer on the Las Vegas Strip discharged following the New Year’s Eve festivities.
Officer Laura Meltzer says the officer was moving barricades around 1:19 a.m. Monday near the Monte Carlo casino-hotel when he had a “negligent discharge.”
Meltzer says the man was hit in the calf and refused medical treatment. She says two other people indicated they had been struck by something, but they had no visible injuries.
Meltzer says the situation is under investigation. She did not know whether the officer had been placed on leave, but said that is not typical in negligent discharge incidents.
She adds officers who carry rifles undergo special training in addition to the required quarterly firearms education.
Hmm … so let me see about this. He was moving things around, he had a round chambered, his rifle wasn’t on safe, and something snagged his trigger. How’d I do?
I guess all that “special training” didn’t help him after all. But at least if he can’t trust anybody else, he can trust his buddies in blue to have his six. No leave. Continued pay. All is forgotten except for some locker room banter.
On January 3, 2018 at 10:21 pm, Heywood said:
Good thing the select fire wasn’t on “auto”, huh? But they are the trained “professionals” which is why they can carry anywhere they want and have automatic weapons that are, for all intents ant purposes, out of the reach of the general public.
On January 4, 2018 at 12:08 am, Ned said:
They’ll shoot anything that moves. Officer witnessed a furtive movement of the leg.
On January 4, 2018 at 12:15 am, Dan said:
At least they didn’t call it an “accidental” discharge like the vast majority of them do when Deputy Fife screws up. A gun going off unintentionally falls in to one of two categories. An “accident”….meaning the GUN is defective or “negligent” meaning the gun carrier is defective. If the gun is mechanically sound then Sgt. Tackleberry who NEGLIGENTLY DISCHARGED said gun needs time off…..without pay…..and a DEMOTION.
On January 4, 2018 at 10:35 am, Duke_Digger said:
” A gun going off unintentionally falls in to one of two categories” reminds me of that sign the HSE department always hangs; “this machine has no brain. You will need to use your own”
Problem is some are “inoperable”
On January 4, 2018 at 8:01 pm, joe said:
usually, only swat teams can/do carry full auto weapons…the other officers carry semi-auto only weapons…those higher up the chain don’t want fully auto weapons stolen from the cars are to “frighten” the public…
On January 4, 2018 at 9:15 pm, Longbow said:
Well if it was the Police what dunnit, it must have ben the right thing to do!
You know how “civilians” are always gettin’ in the way of Police work…
Why didn’t the subject just submit and comply?
His semi-auto “service revolver” must have malfunctioned.
Hell you don’t know what kind of day he’d had! Its stressful work…under-appreciated… underpaid… thin blue line…. and kryptonite!
On January 5, 2018 at 4:16 am, ROFuher said:
https://youtu.be/wWZTTtE5_zQ