Video: CA cop accidentally shoots van in traffic stop

[ilikegunspdx]

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Police officer accidentally fires gun during traffic stop in California

Police were searching for a stolen vehicle when the officer initiated a risky traffic stop before exiting his patrol car and accidentally discharging his weapon.

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[Xaevian]

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Police officer accidentally fires gun during traffic stop in California

Police were searching for a stolen vehicle when the officer initiated a risky traffic stop before exiting his patrol car and accidentally discharging his weapon.

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Blame the gun, especially if it was a SIG. Winning.

 

[Catbox]

Cop means business with that warning shot.

 

[Nosferatu]

Must have thought it was an acorn.

 

[Alexx1401]

Guy had been an LEO 14 years. I was fully expecting some new DEI hire. Also DANM lucky the other LEO's did not open up on the van thinking the driver had fired. Would love to hear more details. Like did this guy just switch to a new style of pistol? Also will be interesting to see if he tries to blame the gun "just went off".

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Guy had been an LEO 14 years. I was fully expecting some new DEI hire. Also DANM lucky the other LEO's did not open up on the van thinking the driver had fired. Would love to hear more details. Like did this guy just switch to a new style of pistol? Also will be interesting to see if he tries to blame the gun "just went off".

Wow 14 years? Seems awfully jumpy in the short video.

 

[Alexx1401]

Wow 14 years? Seems awfully jumpy in the short video.

I thought the same thing. He acted like someone who just got out of the training and was on his first tour alone. Have to wonder if maybe he has been riding the desk the last 14 years or working in the building doing something?

 

[1911Fanatic]

Well, if it was a Sig P320, the officer might have an out.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

I thought the same thing. He acted like someone who just got out of the training and was on his first tour alone. Have to wonder if maybe he has been riding the desk the last 14 years or working in the building doing something?

I was thinking maybe he recently went through some shot that would legitimately make any person jumpy. Just a WAG though.

 

[titsonritz]

Did it all start with an acorn?

 

[Stomper]

Blame the gun, especially if it was a SIG. Winning.

I hear SIG is about to offer a special Barney Fife edition.

 

[MTpockets]

Not saying that this is the case… but I've observed individuals engage in a scenario that they had anticipated might occur. As if their mind was running through possible scenarios, and then the air gap between the possibility and reality is momentarily bridged.

Maybe a cortisol pressure regulator malfunction?

Some days that 14 year "seasoned veteran" might be too spicy, and other days a bit bland. But it doesn't excuse what appears to be an excessive escalation of negligent force. At least no one croaked.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Not saying that this is the case… but I've observed individuals engage in a scenario that they had anticipated might occur. As if their mind was running through possible scenarios, and then the air gap between the possibility and reality is momentarily bridged.

Maybe a cortisol pressure regulator malfunction?

Some days that 14 year "seasoned veteran" might be too spicy, and other days a bit bland. But it doesn't excuse what appears to be an excessive escalation of negligent force. At least no one croaked.

This is so very true.

Often during times of stress...
The mind will "see" and "hear" what it expects to see and hear...and not what is actually there taking place.
Andy

 

[kmk1012]

I just watched the video for the first time. Wow!!! Training was not in action there, I see zero reason to have the trigger finger deployed, but here we are. Scared arse cop, just like the rest of em are trained to be lately. I work closely with them and they are very good at explaining seven different ways why they can't do something but, first pat themselves on their backs about how much training they have to do these things. "To Protect and Serve" is literally gone, quietly removed from all policies due to "what if" scenes that they learned in training. Just need more training to get better at needing more training, LOL. Vicious cycle but too true these days.

 

[1911Fanatic]

I just watched the video for the first time. Wow!!! Training was not in action there, I see zero reason to have the trigger finger deployed, but here we are. Scared arse cop, just like the rest of em are trained to be lately. I work closely with them and they are very good at explaining seven different ways why they can't do something but, first pat themselves on their backs about how much training they have to do these things. "To Protect and Serve" is literally gone, quietly removed from all policies due to "what if" scenes that they learned in training. Just need more training to get better at needing more training, LOL. Vicious cycle but too true these days.

When I was in the military it was"dont put your finger into the trigger guard until you are ready to fire." It was the same in the pistol training and CCW classes I took later as a civilian. That officer is going to be on the hook for any property damage he may have caused. He;s luck\y he didn't kill somebody inadvertently.

I've had friends who are LEO's and I shoot better than most of them with a handgun. A lot of them view shooting as just a necessary part of their jobs and just shoot well enough to recert. If I had access to shoot someone else's ammo for free, you can bet I'd be training more.

 

[JDubDub]

When I was in the military it was"dont put your finger into the trigger guard until you are ready to fire." It was the same in the pistol training and CCW classes I took later as a civilian. That officer is going to be on the hook for any property damage he may have caused. He;s luck\y he didn't kill somebody inadvertently.

I've had friends who are LEO's and I shoot better than most of them with a handgun. A lot of them view shooting as just a necessary part of their jobs and just shoot well enough to recert. If I had access to shoot someone else's ammo for free, you can bet I'd be training more.

He's covered under qualified immunity even in a case like this. He'd likely get off the hook even if he managed to kill someone. Hopefully the driver had insurance beyond liability. Trying to get money out of the government in cases like this is almost impossible. I had a CHP officer rear-end me in stop and go traffic - my insurance refused the claim and the agency denied responsibility.

 

[kmk1012]

He's covered under qualified immunity even in a case like this. He'd likely get off the hook even if he managed to kill someone. Hopefully the driver had insurance beyond liability. Trying to get mine out of the government in cases like this is almost impossible. I had a CHP officer rear-end me in stop and go traffic - my insurance refused the claim and the agency denied responsibility.

They have UNBELIEVABLE protections, the more you find out the more disappointed you become.

 

[Mike_M57]

The cop was sad he couldn't have such a cool vehicle.

He was


That was his version of Chariots of (Open) Fire.