Passively Constructed Negligent Discharge Story of the Day: While Holstered Edition
Deputy's firearm discharges while serving a warrant, the headline at northwestgeorgianews.com reports. Damn inconvenient time for a firearm to decide to discharge wouldn't you say? "At approximately 1315 hours this date, Deputies from the...
North Carolina State Highway Patrol Buy SIG SAUER P226 in .357SIG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsBGfytvZHE
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) are tooling-up with the SIG SAUER P226 in .357SIG. Given that the NCSHP has 1600 sworn officers, the order's probably around 2k guns. SIG's press release (after the...
LAPD Use LAX Shooting To Justify Salary Plea
http://youtu.be/mLBTUzHAYLc
The video above uses the 2013 shooting at LAX to lobby for more funding from the public purse for the City of Angels po-po. According to the union, "department cuts have created unsafe conditions for Angelenos. Because...
Elgin, IL Cops Go All Tactical-Like for Escaped Felon
TTAG reader MS writes:
More of a local story, but a violent felon escaped from the Elgin Mental Health facility. One guy, in handcuffs. Cue the lockdowns. People are freaking out on social media....
Arlington, TX Cop Saves Dog’s Life
You have to hand it to officer Gary Carter. He stepped up and adopted Jeffery (now Chance) the pit bull before he could be euthanized in a local shelter. Why is this such a...
An[other] Excellent Reason Why Cops Shouldn’t Shoot Dogs
"Coffee County Sheriff Doyle Wooten confirmed late Thursday night that a 10-year-old boy was shot while investigators stormed the scene where they said the suspect in a shooting traveled to," walb.com reports. Ending a...
Quote of the Day: No Knock, No Foul? Edition
"The only items seized during Wednesday's raid included clothing, a glass bong and suspected marijuana remnants in a metal grinder." St. Paul police shoot, kill 2 family dogs in SWAT raid
Warwick, RI Police Ditch .9mm for .40 Ammo
"The Warwick Police Department issues every officer a SIG P229 – a semi-automatic pistol distributed Sig Sauer," warwickonline.com reports. "However, an officer may use a weapon of his own choosing as long as it...
ATF Lacks Staff to Chase NICS Denials
The left gets its panties in a bunch whenever the right uses the term "jack-booted thugs." They think the expression reveals right-wing paranoia against an inherently beneficent government. Insurrectionism, domestic terrorism, etc. But seriously, the ATF are a bunch...
Housekeeping: Is TTAG [Still] Picking on Cops?
Once again, TTAG's taken some heat for featuring more than a few police officers in our Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day feature. Some commentators feel that law enforcement officers are over-represented, indicating an anti-cop bias. I've...
IGOTD Winner May Cost NYC Taxpayers $90 Million
By Pascal
In the past decade, civil suits against the NYPD have more than doubled, hitting a record high of 9,500 in 2012. They've cost taxpayers $1 billion and tend to result from such outstanding police work as making...
Passively Constructed Negligent Discharge Story of the Day: ‘Nuff Said? Edition
"An off-duty Kansas City police officer suffered a slight foot wound Wednesday when his service weapon inadvertently discharged," kansascity.com reports. "Kansas City police said the officer had stopped by a credit union in the...