Tag: Reflex Fire

Training
Report: L.A. Cops Fired 100+ Rounds at Newspaper Truck
Eight LAPD officers who fired dozens of rounds at a newspaper delivery truck during the Chris Dorner manhunt will be kept out of the field until the investigation is complete, according to the agency.
February 21, 2013
Patrol
Four NYPD Cops In Sean Bell Shooting Lose Jobs
The New York Police Department has fired the detective who sparked a 50-round fusillade leading to the death of a man outside a Queens strip club on his wedding day.
March 25, 2012
Patrol
11 LAPD Officers Fired 60+ Rounds at Car-jacking Suspect
Eleven Los Angeles Police officers fired more than 60 rounds at a car-jacking suspect at a Koreatown gas station while the station's owner was caught in the cross fire.
February 26, 2012
Screenshot: KTLA
Weapons
Are You a 'Designated' Shooter?
When you initiate a designated-shooter policy, you assign the immediate responsibility to engage a potentially violent subject to a primary and secondary officer with a designated backup team of officers standing by in case the first two officers are unable to contain the situation.
January 25, 2011
Patrol
41 Shots Fired In Baltimore's Friendly Fire Death
Five Baltimore Police officers fired 41 rounds during a chaotic scene outside a nightclub on Sunday evening that led to the death of Officer William H. Torbit Jr. in a friendly fire incident.
January 10, 2011
Training
Reflex Fire
It's not uncommon to hear or read about officer-involved shootings where multiple officers emptied their loads into the suspect and anything within 10 feet of him. Asked about why they opened fire, bystander officers may reply, "When another officer started shooting, I just reflexively started shooting, too."
April 30, 2008
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