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- From: apskato@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Bad tactical position ( was Psychology in Defense)
- Message-ID: <01GRDDMN0BC0007NJX@VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 22:32:11 GMT
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- Organization: Mankato State University
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- In article <01GRCLXPAVC0000E83@MSUS1.MSUS.EDU>, KEVIN@MSUS1.MSUS.EDU (Kevin Whyte) writes:
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- # 17 shots and only three hits?!? Is that typical?!? The story is tragic but
- # what happened to the other 14 rounds?
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- Yes, it is typical. TV has warped our perceptions of how accurate police and
- civilians are with their weapons. A statistic that has been quoted to me by a
- prof I know (Dr. William Lewinski, a co-contributor to Tactical Edge by
- Calibre press and formerly of the Street Survival seminar by that same
- company) says that cops hit what they are shooting at 21 percent of the time
- and non-officers hit what they shoot at like 18 percent of the time. (these are
- statistical averages so your mileage will vary widely based on the amount and
- level of training, of course, but it is interesting to think about)
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- Also, there are more cases of officers being shot by other officers than the
- public realizes. A lot of this type of thing happens during raids or
- other undercover operations. We were just discussing this the other night with
- the chief of one of the suburban police departments from the twin cities. He
- says pre-raid briefings do a lot to hold this occurance down. The Chief said
- on multiple occasions during raids he has found himself and another officer
- drawing down on each other because as a local officer you never know when you
- are executing a warrant whether the some of the bad guys are actually FBI
- agents or whoever. It really makes pre-raid breifing and interagency
- co-ordination an important thing.
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- Eric Huber
- Mankato State University
- Law Enforcement Program
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