It's an essential question Ally as is the one you pose at the end about SWAT teams; everyone has one now and they are very impressively armed and vehicled (?) but one questions the effectiveness of such training as they might receive. One would hope that public safety personnel would be different but, in business, training is the first line to go when budgets get tight.
It's an essential question Ally as is the one you pose at the end about SWAT teams; everyone has one now and they are very impressively armed and vehicled (?) but one questions the effectiveness of such training as they might receive. One would hope that public safety personnel would be different but, in business, training is the first line to go when budgets get tight.
In my experience, you are 100% accurate. I went for 10 years with no refresher in Emergency Vehicle Operations (EVOC) but I qualified on the firearms range twice a year. We went for about 5 years with no "tactical" firearms training (shoot/no shoot, scenario based/building search) due to lack of training funds. I did far more building searches, confronted more shoot/don't shoot firearms scenarios than actually firing my handgun/shotgun/rifle (never). I drove my patrol car (sedan, jeep, SUV) every day.
I know that our local jurisdictions are ready to go and have gone multiple times. My "all gear and no go" was a take-off on "all hat and no cattle"...
It's an essential question Ally as is the one you pose at the end about SWAT teams; everyone has one now and they are very impressively armed and vehicled (?) but one questions the effectiveness of such training as they might receive. One would hope that public safety personnel would be different but, in business, training is the first line to go when budgets get tight.
In my experience, you are 100% accurate. I went for 10 years with no refresher in Emergency Vehicle Operations (EVOC) but I qualified on the firearms range twice a year. We went for about 5 years with no "tactical" firearms training (shoot/no shoot, scenario based/building search) due to lack of training funds. I did far more building searches, confronted more shoot/don't shoot firearms scenarios than actually firing my handgun/shotgun/rifle (never). I drove my patrol car (sedan, jeep, SUV) every day.
I know that our local jurisdictions are ready to go and have gone multiple times. My "all gear and no go" was a take-off on "all hat and no cattle"...
Or the Congressional analog, "All talk and no action".