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Punta Gorda, Florida
Police Officer Lee Coel
"Pointed his personal revolver at 73-year-old retired librarian Mary Knowlton and pulled the trigger four times."
"What were supposed to be blanks, weren't."
So, training with blanks is one thing. But Force training with blanks? Seems wrong on every level.
Especially given they were training with civilians.
Simunition, still requires the use of protective gear.
Given this description, the entire chain of command & training staff, needed to be replaced.
"Mary Knowlton was one of two Citizen Police Academy students chosen to participate in a 'shoot/don't shoot' role-playing situation, Punta Gorda police said. The demonstration was supposed to instruct the class about making decisions 'using simulated lethal force,' according to Chief Thomas Lewis."
https://www.winknews.com/2016/08/09/developing-pgpd-reports-incident-at-citizens-academy/
For the TL;dr folks, The shooter, a cop, didn't goto jail, and did get a payout from the city for PTSD he got from shooting her.
Punta Gorda, Florida
Police Officer Lee Coel
"Pointed his personal revolver at 73-year-old retired librarian Mary Knowlton and pulled the trigger four times."
"What were supposed to be blanks, weren't."
So, training with blanks is one thing. But Force training with blanks? Seems wrong on every level.
Especially given they were training with civilians.
Simunition, still requires the use of protective gear.
Given this description, the entire chain of command & training staff, needed to be replaced.
"Mary Knowlton was one of two Citizen Police Academy students chosen to participate in a 'shoot/don't shoot' role-playing situation, Punta Gorda police said. The demonstration was supposed to instruct the class about making decisions 'using simulated lethal force,' according to Chief Thomas Lewis."
https://www.winknews.com/2016/08/09/developing-pgpd-reports-incident-at-citizens-academy/
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For the TL;dr folks, The shooter, a cop, didn't goto jail, and did get a payout from the city for PTSD he got from shooting her.
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