Sunday, March 05, 2006

The dumber side of law enforcement...

6abc.com: Officer's Gun Goes Off In School

March 3, 2006 - "A Wilmington police officer has been placed on administrative leave while the department investigates why his gun went off during an after-school program Thrusday.

The officer was working overtime at the Stubbs School under the "Safe Havens" program when he tried to take his gun out of his holster.
The gun fired once, straight into the floor.

Several students were nearby, but no one was hurt."

As of late I find myself just so weary of politics that I'm off on different rants. The above seems to be happening with far more regularity than ever, and it is simply beyond my comprehension how a police officer could enter a classroom full of kids without first clearing his weapon. And not just ANY officer, but one assigned to participate in such programs so you'd imagine him to be well schooled, ahem, in addresing such matters.

A cop teaching kids about Safe Havens shoots a bullet into their classroom floor. Simply cannot make this stuff up.

The story is from ABC's Philadelphia web affiliate, and I've posted it in it's entirety so you needn't bother clicking in to learn more cuz that's all there is. For now.

2 comments:

Lemuel Calhoon said...
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Fits said...

Nah, but I don't think he was. Just his pride probably.