In spite of the “police can do no wrong” contingent around here, I am not anti-police. However, I am VERY STRONGLY anti-badge-heavy police. If you have never met one, you are either one yourself, or have not met many police.
Reminds me of a situation around here a few years back. Some nutcase wanted to commit suicide by cop. He holed up in his house until they surrounded the house with approx 50 cops. He stepped out of the house with a gun and they all opened up. There were approx 500 rounds fired. The autopsy showed that only ONE shot hit him. It was from the lone cop that had a 12ga riot gun. NO handgun round touched him.
In another case, the police missed the berm at their firing range and hit houses in a neighboring STATE.
Giving higher firepower to people like that is STUPID.
Since most rounds have a range of 5 miles or less, I would hazard a guess that this impact berm was practically sitting on top of the state line.