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September 19th, 2007, 07:08 AM #1
FL: Miami to give officers assault weapons
FL: Miami to give officers assault weapons
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MIAMI - Patrol officers will have the option of carrying assault rifles as police try to combat the rise in the use of similar weapons by criminals, Miami's police chief said Sunday.
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Police Chief John Timoney approved the new policy last week, before a Miami-Dade police officer was killed in a shootout with an assault rifle-wielding suspect on Thursday.
"This is something we do not do with any relish. We do this reluctantly," Timoney said.
The policy had been under review for about a year due to officers seeing an increase in the weapons, Timoney said.
Officers interested in the guns will have to undergo two days of training and be certified to use the weapons. The police department doesn't yet have
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September 19th, 2007, 03:03 PM #2
Re: FL: Miami to give officers assault weapons
"This is something we do not do with any relish. We do this reluctantly," Timoney said.
The policy had been under review for about a year due to officers seeing an increase in the weapons, Timoney said.
if they had acted like lives depended on this then perhaps a police officer would be alive today........
just goes to show what a political hack John Timoney is......glad the bounced him out of Philly
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