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http://www.saami.org/videos/sporting_ammunition_and_the_firefighter.cfm
This video is from the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturer's Institute. They are the organization that sets the standards for ammunition and have for over 80 years. They made this video to show what happens to ammunition in a fire. Since we often operate firearms ranges, store ammunition at our police stations and homes, this is important information to know.
Ammunition exposed to high heat, as in a fire will usually not burn, except for the packaging and the plastic in shotgun shells. Since most ammunition is metal on the exterior it typically is not effected much by fire. The ammo may cook off, but the power of the projectile is very diminished by the lack of a chamber or barrel. Ammo fires pose no particular threat to firefighters.
The only real threat in a fire from ammunition is ammo in the chamber of a weapon. A loaded weapon with a loaded chamber may cook off from the heat and if it does, it will fire just like the trigger had been pulled. Loaded guns are dangerous in a fire. Something to consider when you store your weapons at home; that's what the SGT Says.
12 Aralık 2012 Çarşamba
Prayer
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"Lord, let my hand be fast and my eye accurate… that my aim be true and my draw faster than those who would seek to destroy me… Grant me victory over those who would wish to harm those that I love… Let not my last thought be, “If only I had had my gun.” And Father, if today is truly the day in which you call me home… let me die amidst a mountain of brass, with my enemies and yours, piled high throughout my field of fire."
Someone sent me this prayer, I don't know who wrote it or where it came from. Still, it's a good prayer, and one for those who rely on firearms for their protection and the protection of others.
It is a good reminder to always carry our gun. It is a good idea to practice regularly with our weapons. It's a good idea to remember we carry a gun to protect ourselves, and others who rely upon us; that's what the SGT Says.
Someone sent me this prayer, I don't know who wrote it or where it came from. Still, it's a good prayer, and one for those who rely on firearms for their protection and the protection of others.
It is a good reminder to always carry our gun. It is a good idea to practice regularly with our weapons. It's a good idea to remember we carry a gun to protect ourselves, and others who rely upon us; that's what the SGT Says.
Do Your Job
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Do your job and let it go. In police work we see and do a lot of things that are not fun, are not pretty, are not something you want to see. We respond to traffic collisions where people are injured badly. We see people who are victims of every type of crime. It's really hard when the victims are children.
Do your job and let it go. We can't catch every crook. Some will have made a get away and we won't capture them. Some will leave no witnesses or the witnesses will refuse to testify. Sometimes the evidence collection just won't work right. Sometimes we can't legally get what we need to put someone behind bars.
Do your job and let it go. Criminal justice is a system. Police are one cog in that system. The people elect officials who make the laws. The judges and juries determine guilt or innocence. Jailers and prison guards warehouse the suspects and convicted criminals. Only one small part of the system is yours. Just do your job and let the outcome go. If a jury finds the suspect innocent, if the suspect escapes from jail, if your detectives can't locate the suspect; don't let it drive you to drink, drugs, divorce, or post traumatic stress. Just do your job and let it go; that's what the SGT Says.
Do your job and let it go. We can't catch every crook. Some will have made a get away and we won't capture them. Some will leave no witnesses or the witnesses will refuse to testify. Sometimes the evidence collection just won't work right. Sometimes we can't legally get what we need to put someone behind bars.
Do your job and let it go. Criminal justice is a system. Police are one cog in that system. The people elect officials who make the laws. The judges and juries determine guilt or innocence. Jailers and prison guards warehouse the suspects and convicted criminals. Only one small part of the system is yours. Just do your job and let the outcome go. If a jury finds the suspect innocent, if the suspect escapes from jail, if your detectives can't locate the suspect; don't let it drive you to drink, drugs, divorce, or post traumatic stress. Just do your job and let it go; that's what the SGT Says.
Old Murder
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/jack-mccullough-sentencin_n_2270802.html
A former Washington State police officer was convicted of a murder that happened in 1957. He was sentenced to life in prison, he is now 73 years old. I hope he dies in prison. The victim was a little girl who was strangled and stabbed to death and her body dumped a hundred miles from her home.
This case has several important lessens for those of us in law enforcement. The first is that we should never give up on a murder investigation. Every murder should be investigated until it is solved. Even if it is just given a short review every year. I think every police agency should have a website with information on every murder case that can receive updates from the public. At least it would keep the cases alive.
The other important bit of information is the need to conduct a complete background check on everyone who applies for a job as a police officer. I think there should be a second review of an officers background just before they get off probation, to insure nothing was missed the first time and to update their information. I also think officers should have their background updated every few years; that's what the SGT Says.
A former Washington State police officer was convicted of a murder that happened in 1957. He was sentenced to life in prison, he is now 73 years old. I hope he dies in prison. The victim was a little girl who was strangled and stabbed to death and her body dumped a hundred miles from her home.
This case has several important lessens for those of us in law enforcement. The first is that we should never give up on a murder investigation. Every murder should be investigated until it is solved. Even if it is just given a short review every year. I think every police agency should have a website with information on every murder case that can receive updates from the public. At least it would keep the cases alive.
The other important bit of information is the need to conduct a complete background check on everyone who applies for a job as a police officer. I think there should be a second review of an officers background just before they get off probation, to insure nothing was missed the first time and to update their information. I also think officers should have their background updated every few years; that's what the SGT Says.
Transition
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Some officers train with their firearms frequently, but seldom train with their other weapons. The duty handgun is one of the tools that we carry that has some off the greatest liability. It is the tool most likely to cause death or great bodily injury, but not the only one. The patrol rifle, the shotgun, the baton can all cause death. OC spray has been implicated in some deaths too.
Officers should train with their other weapons on a regular basis too. That includes transition from one to the other. If you run out of shotgun rounds, can your smoothly move to your handgun? What do you do with the shotgun? Do you drop it on the ground? Do you have a sling so you can leave it dangling from your neck? Have you shot the handgun while the shotgun dangles from your neck? Do you hold the shotgun with one hand and shoot with the other?
Can you move from OC spray to handgun? Do you drop the OC spray and go to the handgun? Can you transition from OC spray to baton to handgun? The selection of weapons is an important decision. One you need to practice in your training. In the field is not the first time you need to practice these skills; that's what the SGT Says.
Some officers train with their firearms frequently, but seldom train with their other weapons. The duty handgun is one of the tools that we carry that has some off the greatest liability. It is the tool most likely to cause death or great bodily injury, but not the only one. The patrol rifle, the shotgun, the baton can all cause death. OC spray has been implicated in some deaths too.
Officers should train with their other weapons on a regular basis too. That includes transition from one to the other. If you run out of shotgun rounds, can your smoothly move to your handgun? What do you do with the shotgun? Do you drop it on the ground? Do you have a sling so you can leave it dangling from your neck? Have you shot the handgun while the shotgun dangles from your neck? Do you hold the shotgun with one hand and shoot with the other?
Can you move from OC spray to handgun? Do you drop the OC spray and go to the handgun? Can you transition from OC spray to baton to handgun? The selection of weapons is an important decision. One you need to practice in your training. In the field is not the first time you need to practice these skills; that's what the SGT Says.
11 Aralık 2012 Salı
Ineffectiveness of gun control
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Weapons are easily obtainable, apparently more easier to acquire illegally than legally. For instance police seized "a double barrel shotgun, a pistol grip shotgun, a 9mm Mac-10, and three .45 caliber semi-automatic handguns" from a 17 year old. "Four of the firearms had been reported stolen in old burglaries. One was taken in burglary as far back as 1999." [Guns and drugs seized from North Portland teen, police say].
Gun control laws have little effect on illegal acquisition of weapons. The Oregonian does little to explain whether this teenager acquired the guns via burglaries or through an illegal marketplace or both. Nor do we know his intended use. Was he expecting to use the weapons for himself - future crimes - or was he just part of a marketing and distributing chain?
As long as guns are available illegally, they will be used to commit crimes. Not that some better control of weapons, especially those particularly lethal weapons, isn't necessary. However, those advocating gun control appear to be in fact seeking a total ban by their enumeration of circumstances where guns ought to be banned. E.g., see Brady Campaign.
But the impetus to ban guns more often than not arises from situations other than ordinary crime. Not much is made of the near-daily gang shootings, but those nearly one-off incidents of mass shootings, workplace shootings, murder-suicide, etc. gets the attention of the gun control advocates.
We shouldn't be led into the myth that gun control laws will necessarily mean safer communities. Part of the problem is that we, as a country, state, city, don't live in isolation, i.e., illegal weapons are imported from other countries, and states.
Only a fool believes that guns can be totally banned in the US, or anywhere for that matter. Over all, the United States is the world’s biggest market for civilian guns. See my post The world of guns and more guns. See too this New York Times story: A Kalashnikov Factory in Russia Survives on Sales to U.S. Gun Owners.
Interesting too is that an attempt to trace guns used in the commission of crimes has failed, completely, in New York. After many millions of dollars and a decade of effort NY is ending state ballistics ID system for feds. The rationale that ended the program is found in the New York Senate Bill S459-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Repeals pistol and revolver ballistic identification databank:
Deterrence would seem to be the only correct and rational approach.
Gun control laws have little effect on illegal acquisition of weapons. The Oregonian does little to explain whether this teenager acquired the guns via burglaries or through an illegal marketplace or both. Nor do we know his intended use. Was he expecting to use the weapons for himself - future crimes - or was he just part of a marketing and distributing chain?
As long as guns are available illegally, they will be used to commit crimes. Not that some better control of weapons, especially those particularly lethal weapons, isn't necessary. However, those advocating gun control appear to be in fact seeking a total ban by their enumeration of circumstances where guns ought to be banned. E.g., see Brady Campaign.
But the impetus to ban guns more often than not arises from situations other than ordinary crime. Not much is made of the near-daily gang shootings, but those nearly one-off incidents of mass shootings, workplace shootings, murder-suicide, etc. gets the attention of the gun control advocates.
We shouldn't be led into the myth that gun control laws will necessarily mean safer communities. Part of the problem is that we, as a country, state, city, don't live in isolation, i.e., illegal weapons are imported from other countries, and states.
Only a fool believes that guns can be totally banned in the US, or anywhere for that matter. Over all, the United States is the world’s biggest market for civilian guns. See my post The world of guns and more guns. See too this New York Times story: A Kalashnikov Factory in Russia Survives on Sales to U.S. Gun Owners.
Interesting too is that an attempt to trace guns used in the commission of crimes has failed, completely, in New York. After many millions of dollars and a decade of effort NY is ending state ballistics ID system for feds. The rationale that ended the program is found in the New York Senate Bill S459-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Repeals pistol and revolver ballistic identification databank:
"It is the conclusion of two studies by the California Department of Justice conducted two years ago and a 2004 study conducted by the Maryland State Police that the ballistic database systems in these states are a waste of time, money and manpower. The Maryland report cited the complete failure of the New York Combined Ballistic Identification System (CoBIS) to produce a single "hit" on a gun crime as complete failure of that system. The CoBIS system is costing taxpayers approximately $4 million per year and it is a certainty that the State Police could find a better use for those millions."The fact that also live in a society where the dollar bottom line is dominant cannot be discounted as a primary factor. A question never arises as to who it is that economically benefits from manufacture and distribution of weapons. Granted it is a complex political, social, and economic issue, but ignoring it only exacerbates the problem.
Deterrence would seem to be the only correct and rational approach.
11 and 7 - attempted armed robbery, a chilling story
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"Robbery detectives were briefed by officers at the scene but due the age of the child suspects, they were both placed into the custody of their families as they cannot be taken to the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Home. After dropping off the 11-year-old at his parents house, he took off running from police but was quickly caught again and left in the custody of his parents." [Portland Police Investigate Attempted Armed Robbery by Two Boys, Ages 11 and 7 - Gun Recovered].
Here is a situation where the conduct of these two boys cannot be left with them. Returning these boys to their families is not a solution, temporary or otherwise. The criminal and immoral actions of the two boys cannot be blamed on poverty, school system, TV, video games, or whatever might be the excuse of the day.
Their families and they alone are at fault.
Here is a situation where the conduct of these two boys cannot be left with them. Returning these boys to their families is not a solution, temporary or otherwise. The criminal and immoral actions of the two boys cannot be blamed on poverty, school system, TV, video games, or whatever might be the excuse of the day.
Their families and they alone are at fault.
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