There are a lot of police officers out there who really know how to shoot. They know their weapons, they know how to handle them, they have safe manipulation ingrained...
...and then there are people trained like this:
Firearms Training Basic Police Class BAS 07-100 V1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eumEulfXAc8#)
Can you count the safety issues? I ran out of numbers. My overall favorite occurred a whopping 9 seconds into the video (well, that favorite tied with him sweeping half the room and my really-hopeful wish that they are using brass-colored dummy rounds) when he put his finger on the trigger as he discusses the tac reload with the class.
When he drops the mag, his finger is on the slide. But it wanders into the trigger guard and onto the trigger several times during his reload presentation (he always takes it off during the reload, but it ends up back on talks and waves the gun around)---and at no time was he simulating being on target.
After that, the rest of the class---follows his lead. Among other things. (Hey, look at 0:48 when one guy reloads while pointing the gun at his fellow trainee!)
Has any other them actually been taught how to grip a firearm? Anything about an effective shooting stance? (The amazing teacup grip at 1:07 is astonishing to me.)
I initially hoped this was a spoof---but it isn't. Then I hoped it was some private security company working the lowest common denominator. But no---it really seems to be a police academy in Ohio.
I hope I'm wrong.
I'm posting this as a "if you handle guns anything like this, please stop" video. Sort of as a primer on what you shouldn't do when handling guns. Stance, grip, sighting, safety---you name it, they'll show you how not to do it.