Officers shall not carry or utilize the patrol rifle unless they have shown competency with the Firearms Instructor. Officers may deploy the patrol rifle in any circumstance where the officer can articulate a reasonable expectation that the rifle may be needed. Examples of some general guidelines for deploying the patrol rifle may include, but are not limited to:. Any qualified officer carrying a patrol rifle in the field shall maintain the weapon in a patrol ready condition until deployed.
A rifle is considered in a patrol ready condition when it has been inspected by the assigned officer, the fire selector switch is in the safe position, the chamber is empty and a fully loaded magazine is inserted into the magazine well.
Last modified: November 10, Patrick reports that handgun rounds will cause a permanent cavity i. The width of the permanent cavity will include the diameter of the bullet plus any expansion capability of the bullet nose, e.
Absent a direct hit of a major organ or major blood carrying artery or vessel, the handgun round strike is highly unlikely[4] to cause massive bleeding and circulatory collapse.
Patrick instructs that the velocity of handgun rounds is not sufficient to cause damage outside of the permanent bullet wound track, i. Likewise, lower handgun velocity will result in bullets remaining essentially intact, i. The bodily wounds caused by an AR rifle wound are significantly more serious than the wounds caused by any modern handgun rounds. The dramatic differences in wound damage from high-velocity rifle rounds in comparison with handgun rounds are caused by the velocity of the rifle rounds and the corresponding kinetic energy from those rounds deposited into the human body upon impact.
Suffice it to say that there is no comparison between wound damage caused by high-velocity rifle rounds and modern handgun rounds. The high-velocity rifle rounds are far more lethal. Trauma surgeons can immediately recognize whether they are dealing with high velocity rifle wounds or semi-auto pistol wounds. Law enforcement history contains numerous examples of situations involving law enforcement officers being outgunned by violent offenders.
The men carried fully automatic assault rifles with round magazines, 3, rounds of armor penetrating bullets and wore homemade hard body armor with metal plates. They had been involved in previous bank robberies and had murdered an armored car guard. During the robbery on February 28, they fired rounds inside the bank. They exited the bank and were immediately confronted by several uniformed LAPD patrol officers. The responding officers were armed with handguns and some had shotguns.
None of the initial responders were in possession of high-powered rifles. Police officers fired over rounds at the robbers. Almost all of these rounds either missed or failed to penetrate the hard body armor worn by the robbers.
The robbers, in turn fired 1, rounds at the responding officers. Ten officers and 7 civilians were wounded in the shootout.
Miraculously no officer or civilian was killed. Although outnumbered many times over, the robbers continued to pin down the surrounding officers with automatic gunfire for at least 18 minutes before SWAT arrived. First responders went to a nearby gun store and obtained high-powered rifles while the fire fight was in progress.
On April 11, , seven FBI agents confronted two heavily armed armored car robbers who had previously murdered one man and severely wounded a second. After a vehicle pursuit and car crash, a deadly firefight erupted. The agents were armed with handguns and a shotgun. One of the robbers had a shotgun and the other was armed with a Ruger Mini 14 rifle that fires.
Although outnumbered by the FBI, the robbers had the tactical advantage of superior fire power. The robber with the Ruger rifle responded with devastating fury. He received a non- survivable handgun wound early in the four-minute gun battle. After being shot, he was able to shoot and kill two FBI agents and seriously wound several more. Before dying, both robbers received a total of 18 bullet wounds.
All told, seven agents were shot that day, the worst day of carnage in FBI history. In this case, the FBI agents were simply outgunned by a violent offender in possession of a high-powered semi-auto rifle. The man killed three officers and wounded three more before being shot and killed.
The suspect was killed at a distance of yards by an officer who used a patrol rifle. High-powered rifles continue to be the weapon of choice for violent offenders confronting law enforcement officers and innocent civilians across America.
Police chiefs and other high-level law enforcement leaders must stand up for their line officers. It is their duty and obligation to educate elected officials to the absolute necessity of providing proper armament to our officers. It is their duty and obligation to demand proper armament and training for their officers. Political correctness and refusal to recognize reality must be set aside. Nothing less is acceptable. Urey PW. Handgun Wounding Factors and Effectiveness.
Zhang S. DiMaio V. Gunshot Wounds, Third Edition, p. John Michael Callahan served in law enforcement for 44 years. His career began as a special agent with NCIS. He is the author of two published books on deadly force and an upcoming book on supervisory and municipal liability in law enforcement. Contact Mike Callahan. More Product news. More Product Originals.
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