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Originally Posted by TonyF
I strongly disagree that LEO's are generally better trained that civilians. Not in my experience. I have personally witnessed LEO's from Pittsburgh P.D. with horrible gun handling and marksmanship skills. The only ones who have adequate skills are those who pay out of their own pocket to attend private sector training.
One of the best kept secrets from the public is that most LE agencies are only interested in "qualifying" their officers for reasons of liability. They then have the fall back position that "gee, he passed the last qual course" in an effort to avoid liability.
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I agree 100%. I've been around a ton of Pitt PD cops, and I know 98% of the cops back home. Most of them only shoot twice a year....to qualify. Cops get the bare minimum in training. I had my friend (Police Chief) go over his handgun training they gave him in the academy and I thought it was one of the funniest things I've ever seen, but it's better than nothing. But, as Tony said, the ones that are well trained, are the ones that pay for it themselves. I tried to get some cop buddies of mine to get training, but they feel they don't need it, because they had training in th academy. These are also the guys that constantly talk about stuff like someday having to shoot over a hostage's shoulder to kill the BG, and make fun of me "the civi" for carrying more gear than they do.