You must be joking. He didn't do too bad? He discharged a large caliber handgun in a classroom filled with children.
Basic gun safety would have prevented this. Dropping the magazine and cycling the mechanism several times to ensure a clear chamber would have been the minimum a responsible gun owner or LEO would do. This guy is an imbecile. He is lucky no one was seriously injured and that he didn't lose a foot or a leg. This is the type of thing that gives the gun grabbers ammo to work with. Jeez, this is one of the worst displays I've ever seen.
Well the poor guy might as well resign now. He will be the butt of jokes for as long as he stays in the agency.
Cycling the action an extra time after clearing can be good, because if the gun wasn't unloaded it becomes pretty obvious.
It always pays to VISUALLY inspect the chamber while clearing any weapon.
/jasper
The other thing that concerns me. He made no effort to determine where the slug ended up.
Did it go through the floor into another classroom? It could have ricocheted or fragments could have hit one of the children in the classroom.