Lewdog
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That headline alone is worth its weight in gold. Yet it gets better. New Carlisle Ohio is a small town. The population was 5,700 or so in 2010. Here is a picture of Main Street.
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So not really a crime Mecca. But our intrepid reporter was setting up to take some photographs of lightning at about ten at night. Yeah, that was apparently the big news until. Andy Grimm saw a traffic stop and decided that was big news. So Andy got his camera and tripod and set it up when
Deputy shoots news photographer - who pleads to protect deputy's job - Hot Air
"I know Jake, I like Jake, I don't want him to lose his job over this." Andy Grimm said.
Um. What? Thankfully Jake Shaw like most cops is a lousy shot and Andy was only wounded. Unfortunately like most cops Jake Shaw is quick to shoot so Andy was wounded.
I'm sure that Jake thought this guy in the Studebaker parking lot was setting up a Rocket Launcher or some sort of guided missile launcher. Or Something.
Yet another example of the piss poor training that cops get these days. This cop has zero reason to be on the street.
It really depends on where they are. New Carlisle is a pretty small rural town on the outskirts of Dayton, Ohio.
The size of the department makes no difference. Training is the same for a large dept. or a small one. And it is crap. They teach report writing, and basic interrogation, and a whole host of valuable skills. However, when it comes to weapons and tactics, that is left to the SWAT teams, and even there, the majority are very poor.
No it isn't. I've literally dealt with departments where there was zero formal training to become a deputy. They didn't have to go to the academy or anything. It varies from department to department. In some places all you have to do is be a friend of the elected sheriff for the county... a sheriff that was elected and had ZERO experience in law enforcement.