Help the Police?

[ezearln]

I'll have to research again the exact details of the situation but not too many years ago the DPS here in Texas decorated a young man and presented him with what as I recall was a customized (for the State of Texas) Colt Government Mdl. As I recall the story seems this young fellow came upon a highway traffic stop where a State Trooper had been shot down and he stopped and if I remember right he killed the badguy just as he was about to deliver the coup de gras to the Trooper. Seems as I remember it the situation had the anti's howling for his prosecution for murdering the guy who shot the Trooper!

[Mooseman684]

Here in Alaska, citizens can be deputized over the phone and make arrests. I was deputized as an Alaska State Trooper once to arrest an Individual that pulled a gun in a Restaurant , threatened to shoot people, and Discharged the Gun while 3 of us were trying to disarm him. I got the weapon, Arrested him, and it took 1-1/2 Hours to get a Uniformed officer on the scene...It was in a Very small remote town that had no LEO...
Rich

[meatloaf]

Originally Posted by mos19k

I know that several police departments have gone to a simple pass/no pass firearms test. The main reason for this is due to shooting scores being used against them in civil law suits. But I know what you mean, I see them at the range all the time and very few of them are good shots.

Shooting scores used in lawsuits, that is sad. Pass/no pass I can understand but lets raise the bar alittle. At twenty feet the officers I witnessed had a spread of about 12" and 18" spread. Under duress of a gun fight I wouldt judge them, but in a controlled enviroment at least maintain a spread under 6" at twenty ft. At twenty five I can shoot my whole clip making one big 3" hole in the center. If your job is to carry a gun results like this should be mandatory.