Officer killed after shooting during training exercise inside Anacostia Library
A library police officer was killed during a training exercise in the Anacostia Neighborhood Library in D.C.
It happened around 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Police arrived in the library on Good Hope Road Southeast for a report of a shooting. They found a library police officer who had been shot and was unconscious and not breathing. They took her to the hospital where she was pronounced dead, D.C. police Chief Robert Contee said in a news conference.
There was an ASP baton training taking place at one of the library’s room that involved some six people, including the trainer — a retired D.C. police officer — and several officers, Contee said.
At the end of the training, the trainer, who was contracted by library police to conduct training, fired a shot and struck the officer.
Contee said the findings are preliminary and a lot of investigation needs to be done, but he’s not sure why the trainer had a live weapon in a training environment.
“It’s not good practice to do that,” Contee said, adding that what happened was a very “unfortunate” and “tragic” event.
“At the end of the training, the trainer, who was contracted by library police to conduct training, fired a shot and struck the officer.”
Even if they were only half-way through training it quickly became the end of the training. Alex Baldwin got a new job? So tragic for the woman that was killed and her family. Wow.
Would these vermin downplay the event with bureaucratic mush-speak if a someone accidentally shot one of them in a training exercise?
At the time, the group was attending ASP baton training.
https://www.asp-usa.com/pages/training-programs
Armament Systems and Procedures = ASP
Why was the pistol out of the holster?
“It’s not good practice to do that,” Contee said.
Duh.
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“It’s not good practice to do that,”
Really Captain Obvious, do tell.
the trainer, who was contracted by library police to conduct training
Note to other library police - use a different contractor for your training.