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Straightarrow, I can think of two cases (in the same city!) where police shot sleeping people for no apparent reason. This doesn't necessarily mean they're not trained that shooting people while they sleep is bad. As if one even needs training for that. But, like shooting another cop, it can often be proof that some people just can't absorb training. ;)
But, yea, even if they do train, some will probably never admit it.
David, as Straightarrow said, they probably just don't want to give up the excuse in case they do screw up. And, yea, they probably also find it a convenient excuse to push an agenda.
It's also likely that lots of departments without many undercover officers don't spend much time planning for good guys who aren't in uniforms.
Whatever the case, we should be calling them on this training card whenever they play it. Why, I can almost see the smoke coming out of the ears of someone like Miami Chief Timoney now..
anti chief: "If we see armed people in regular clothes, we might mistake them for the bad guy!"
us: "So does this also mean you don't train your officers how not to shoot detectives who might be working with them? What kind of department are you running?!"
anti chief: "Well, ummm... Press conference over!"
May 26, 2008, 5:34:00 AM
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