Sounds like Officer Madison could use a little more training here
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A man is facing charges after discharging a Madison Precinct officer's pistol and shooting her in the foot while being detained in the parking lot of Aspen Dental Monday.
Field Training Officer Ben Williams and Officer Madison Rolon responded to the business on Gallatin Pike North after an employee reported a suspicious gray van that had been in the parking lot since Friday, Metro Police reported.
I have never been shot anywhere, not even the foot. But I did have a fellow football player in practice step on my little toe with one spike of his football cleat. I heard a loud crack, and immediately went down onto one knee, in the worst pain you could imagine. I can only guess how bad getting shot in the foot must hurt. There are so many tiny bones, nerves and tendons and ligaments there, along with a large blood supply, that even just a .22 LR round would be almost crippling.
That's what I find really odd about that. Almost all police departments require a double retention holster, and there shouldn't be enough room to get a finger on the trigger if the weapon is fully holstered. I checked the Safariland I have at home, which has a slightly larger opening to allow for a weapon mounted light, and I still can't get any fingers inside the holster. So, unless the holster was broken in some way, either Mr. Chavez has tentacles, or he had gotten the pistol at least partly out of the holster before it fired.
I have never been shot anywhere, not even the foot. But I did have a fellow football player in practice step on my little toe with one spike of his football cleat. I heard a loud crack, and immediately went down onto one knee, in the worst pain you could imagine. I can only guess how bad getting shot in the foot must hurt. There are so many tiny bones, nerves and tendons and ligaments there, along with a large blood supply, that even just a .22 LR round would be almost crippling.
ReplyDeleteAnd a better holster.
ReplyDeleteSteve S6
That's what I find really odd about that. Almost all police departments require a double retention holster, and there shouldn't be enough room to get a finger on the trigger if the weapon is fully holstered. I checked the Safariland I have at home, which has a slightly larger opening to allow for a weapon mounted light, and I still can't get any fingers inside the holster.
DeleteSo, unless the holster was broken in some way, either Mr. Chavez has tentacles, or he had gotten the pistol at least partly out of the holster before it fired.