Re: Death penalty

Just a point of clarification.  Police are not trained to kill.
 
Police are trained to believe that they should only draw their weapon if they
believe deadly force is necessary to protect their life or the lives of
innocents.   Non deadly force is used when possible, but no officer is ever
trained to use a gun for that.  If you draw, you have to be prepared to fire,
and if you fire you have to be prepared to kill.
 
They are not trained to shoot to wound, they are trained to hit the target, and
by target we refer to center body mass.  The torso.   The largest available
target area that will take the target down.  By necessity that means a greater
likelihood of fatal injury due to the number of vital organs.
 
But even a leg wound can sever an artery and cause a bleed out, so any time a
gun is used there is a deadly chance.
 
And that is also why officers who shoot at all face an inquest to determine if
deadly force was required, and the shooting authorized, whether or not a life
was taken by the officer.
 
 
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Mike Findlay
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 7:35 AM
To: DADL (off topic)
Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Death penalty
 
You are correct.  Police are trained to shoot to kill.  The shoot to wound thing
is the stuff of movies.
 
Mike F.  
 
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From: Bruce Geerdes <[email protected]>
To: DADL (off topic) <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, November 10, 2010 9:17:35 AM
Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Death penalty

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]> wrote:
> Police otoh are trained with guns to shoot at people to wound and kill them

Hm, I don't think police are trained to wound people.

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