Aurora Colorado Police and Their License to Kill [View All]

[mikeb302000]

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_18582683">The Denver Post reports

It was the fifth fatal shooting by Aurora officers this year. Officers were cleared by district attorneys in the previous four cases.

Life must be good out there in Aurora. Can you imagine if someone reported such a thing to the Chicago or Baltimore police. The incident was little more than a squabble over lost keys and a greedy guy who wanted to make a couple quick bucks. But in Aurora, the quick-drawing cops come to the rescue even over such mundane matters.

Then, as often happens, the good-samaritan cop found himself facing THAT decision. Did he do the right thing? No, I don't think so. The scammin' key-finder got defensive, of course, he got physical, he supposedly "reached for a knife," and then he got dead.

Under-trained and ill-prepared cops are to blame for the frequency of these incidents in which petty criminals end up dead. Something could be done about it, on TTAG I read http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/07/robert-farago/question-of-the-day-how-should-the-police-practice-shooting/">an interesting discussion about how much training cops should have. Here's my contribution.

About the training, I say every work day, one hour. Some of that can be practicing techniques like someone said above and some of it can be actual shooting.

Just like anyone else who wants to carry a gun, they need to be practiced and qualified, even more so since, as cops, that’s their job.

What's your opinion? Shouldn't the police invest more time in training their people than they do in covering up their mistakes?

http://mikeb302000.blogspot.com/">(cross posted at Mikeb302000)

Please leave a comment.