Posted on 11/17/2014 7:37:16 PM PST by Altariel
Columbus police will review their recruit-training procedures after a tumultuous morning in which three cruisers were wrecked in a chain-reaction crash, and tear gas carried by wind to an elementary school irritated the throats and eyes of several children and a pregnant, asthmatic teacher.No serious injuries were reported in either the crash on N. Hague Avenue or the later incident at Sullivant Elementary School in Franklinton.The Police Division promised a full accounting of both incidents, which did not appear to be the fault of any of the 35 recruits who are set to graduate next month.Police said the cruisers involved in the 7:15 a.m. crash had been driving south on Hague near the Chief James G. Jackson Police Academy in a rolling convoy, which was part of their riot training.The convoy was headed to the parking lot of the old Cooper Stadium, where academy cadets have been trained in riot control for several years.
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Because of the crash, the training at the stadium started late, Becker said. Trainers checked wind direction with smoke grenades and moved the training to the far west side of the stadium lot to compensate for the wind. About 15 tear-gas canisters were deployed.The police learned of the effects of the tear gas at the school, at 791 Griggs Ave., from the Fire Division, which had been called there about 8:30 a.m. The teacher and about six children reported eye and throat irritation while they were outside.
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The tear-gas manufacturer said the effective range of the gas is supposed to be about 40 feet.“The school is about 3,000 feet from where it was deployed,” Becker said.
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” Is this supposed to be comforting, that it
was the fault of the trainers rather than
the trainees, lol?”
I’m sure that basic logic will escape them. Cops are nothinf if not blind to their own faults.
“To Protect and to DERP!”
You can pinpoint the era of that series by the title song alone. Kruschev was due at Idlewild, so it had to be late ‘50s/early 60s.
Is there a theme song to the “Keystone Kops”? How about the Benny Hill song?
"This place has got everything."
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