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 Gun Training Changes For Some Law Enforcement Departments
L.E.O. handgun
qualification is normally confined to shooting at some paper targets. If the officer
hits the paper target within the proper time frame, and within the proper areas, they pass
the handgun qualification. This is for the average law enforcement officer.
Officers on S.W.A.T. teams and other specialty teams, train more often and vary their
training more. Since 9-11, exercises have been added into the normal L.E.O.
training, that try and show the officers what they can practice that may help them
survive a deadly encounter. In Cookeville, Tennessee, Lt. Neil Blyth has added
some of these exercises. The photos included in this article show officers shooting
bowling pins, shooting from a kneeling position, and engaging the target from a seated
position.
Stress Shooting Included With Exercises
In the bowling pin
exercise, two officers shoot at six bowling pins from a standing position. The
exercise ends when one officer shoots all six bowling pins off the table. Because
this is a timed exercise pitting one officer against the other, stress is a part of the
exercise. It shows the officer the importance of marksmanship plus what stress can
do to their shooting ability. The exercise below starts from a seated position, then
the officer must draw and fire two or more shots at the target until he or she believes
the threat has been neutralized.
 These types of exercises might seem too easy
for some of our readers. Consider that most law enforcement departments have budgets
and want the officers on the streets. They are reluctant to add funds or time into
gun tactics or additional training. Because of this, firearm
instructors try to
include exercises they believe will benefit the officers by showing them what can happen
under stress, and that not every shooting incident starts and ends from a standing
position. All this while not increasing the cost of the qualification, and taking a
lot more time to complete the firearm training. This is difficult to do in any
agency. These instructors realize that times have changed. Crimes are getting
more violent, and Americans are in a new era regarding danger on the streets. Those
in law enforcement must be up to the task. It is the job of individuals like Lt.
Blyth, to bring law enforcement officers up to speed, and help them survive.
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