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Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Thu Sep 10, 2015, 09:16 AM Sep 2015

Cop Who Shot And Killed Six People Now Teaches Other Officers When To Use Their Guns

Officer James Peters is well known in Scottsdale, Arizona for having shot and killed six people in the course of only ten years on the force.

Between 2002 and 2012, Officer Peters was constantly in the news for shooting someone new, each time the shootings being ruled justified. But how could so many cops go their whole careers without shooting anyone, and yet this cop couldn’t seem to avoid it, time and time again?

That question remains unanswered.

But rather than viewing this trigger-happy ex-cop as a potential liability, police departments have now employed him to teach officers how and when to shoot people.

http://www.mintpressnews.com/cop-who-shot-and-killed-six-people-now-teaches-other-officers-when-to-use-their-guns/209060/

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Cop Who Shot And Killed Six People Now Teaches Other Officers When To Use Their Guns (Original Post) SecularMotion Sep 2015 OP

sick... tk2kewl Sep 2015 #1

Reinforcing the idea that everyone on the street is determined to kill the police officer... Human101948 Sep 2015 #2

maybe if the simulator gave out a double shock when an innocent or unarmed person was shot tk2kewl Sep 2015 #6

As long as they carry guns, they'll train to kill with them Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #3

Concealed Carriers vastly outnumber cops yet kill so seldom. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #4

And gun control advocates usually suggest only military and law enforcement branford Sep 2015 #5

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)

1. sick...

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 09:29 AM

Sep 2015

the training product this guy pitches:

“VirTra’s flagship product,” Cush adds, “the V-300, resembles a big and expensive human-centric version of Big Buck Hunter.“

How does it work? Cush explains that “Officers stand in the center of five video screens and are placed in a simulation of a potentially dangerous situation. If they fail to fire upon the threat quickly enough, they receive an electric shock to simulate a wound.”