Police officer wounded while loading service pistol

[Statkowski]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08157/887546-56.stm

An East Taylor, Cambria County, police officer shot herself in the leg yesterday.

Cathy Jo Foust, 42, of Johnstown, was loading her service pistol in the East Taylor police station a little before 5 p.m. when it accidentally discharged, wounding her in the left leg.

[markheck1]

ARRGGHH!!!.....I suppose her finger WASN'T on the trigger?

it could be a mechanical failure, but I seriously doubt it....

Sorry, Rant Over......personal pet peeve

[PapaJazz26]

we better take guns away from LEO's....they may hurt someone!! hahaha

[1blindref]

bet it was a Glock

[CommonHighrise]

...they mean when it negligently discharged. (Yeah, pet peeve)

[icp4life162005]

Maybe now she will remember to keep her booger picker off of the boom switch. Although it is a horrible way to learn that.

[duane1]

Bet she won't do that again! Or maybe I wouldn't bet.

[27hand]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08157/887546-56.stm

I wonder why it was unloaded?

I don't know LEO procedure but do some(or all) officers load and unload their service pistols on a regular basis? I hate to see anyone injured with their own pistol and maybe it was a freak negligent discharge. Are officers that have these ND's required to take any remedial training classes even though I'm sure it is a self-correcting error.

If I go into an area that prohibits guns (fed bld, schools, etc.), I commonly lock my loaded pistol into a safe box and look to park off grounds. I chamber check my pistols daily when I retrieve them from out of sight, off of my person locations.

I'm sure most of you do the same while following USR's #2 and 3.

27hand

[Cole]

...they mean when it negligently discharged. (Yeah, pet peeve)

Or better still, "when she negligently discharged it."

[CommonHighrise]

Or better still, "when she negligently discharged it."

Yes, more grammatically correct. I just dont like the term 'accident' when referring to NDs. An accidental discharge is when something mechanical lets go, like for whatever reason the trigger sear snaps in half on a cocked pistol and sets it off with no outside operator effort, or when a non-drop-safe firearm is dropped and goes off. Im fairly sure the PD issues drop-safe only firearms, and theres no reason to be loading a cocked striker-fired pistol with the safety off.