Posted on 05/07/2008 5:23:02 AM PDT by Abathar
RIVERDALE, Utah - The police chief who shot himself in the ankle was waving a loaded pistol and being careless, according to two students who were attending his class to qualify for a concealed-weapons permit. "We were told the gun is the chief's personal sidearm, but it looked to me like he didn't know anything about the gun," Lewis Walker said.
Bart Ulm, another student seeking certification to carry a concealed weapon, said he was surprised Chief Dave Hansen was using a loaded gun to show how it worked.
"Right then, I was very leery, because there's no need to have live ammo in a gun in the class. But I figured he's the chief, so he must know what he's doing," Ulm told the Standard-Examiner of Ogden.
Hansen held the Glock 40 under a table to disassemble it when a bullet fired, Walker said.
The chief cried, "I'm hit," and fell over. Students who were screaming "Officer down!" were urged to call 911.
The gun went off in a conference room Saturday at Riverdale police headquarters.
Hansen was taken to McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden for surgery and released Monday, Lt. James Ebert said.
Ebert said the findings of an internal investigation would be announced Wednesday. He declined to offer specifics but disputed the accounts of Ulm and Walker, describing the pair as "disgruntled."
Other students "did not share that feeling" about the chief, Ebert told The Associated Press.
Walker said he didn't have confidence in the investigation.
"I think Riverdale police are just trying to keep this quiet and act like the chief is a hero. But if you ask me, he's really stupid," Walker said. "His state certification to teach concealed-weapons classes should be taken away from him. This was totally gross negligence."
Ulm said there was a moment of levity during the emergency.
He said an officer at the scene joked that "instead of shooting himself, he should have used the Taser."
Saw a video where cops were trying to stop a “hot pursuit runner” and several cops at close range shot at the perp in his van 20+ times and NEVER hit the dude. Sure makes one more comfortable with no need to protect yourself the LEOS will protect the citizens!!
Good thing he wasn’t scratching his you-know-whatsees with it. :-) What a moroon.
...and used your best Nelson Muntz voice
Always keep the gun pointed in a safe directionAlways keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot
Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use
1. Remove magazine
2. WARNING: Cycle slide and visually inspect there is not a round loaded in the chamber
3. Depress trigger
It looks like the Chief missed step number 2. But it didn't miss him...
***”I think Riverdale police are just trying to keep this quiet and act like the chief is a hero. But if you ask me, he’s really stupid,” Walker said. “His state certification to teach concealed-weapons classes should be taken away from him. This was totally gross negligence.”***
That is exactly right.
I personally would never own a Glock. The idea of having to pull the trigger to take the slide off is a little... weird.
He’s the first video on YouTube when searching for “dea,” Bill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeGD7r6s-zU
***And...never drive faster than your IQ.***
Well darn, I bet that limits me a lot.
:)
Disgruntled? What a knee slapper!
How can they be disgruntled when they were just attending a CCW class?
What a load of s...
That’s the clip! Hilarious.
Especially when he says, “I’m the only one in this room professional enough to handle this Glock .40” and then promptly shoots his foot and starts limping around.
I thought it was elementary kids, but they look older in the clip.
prior to shooting himself, He’d just pulled the trigger on an empty chamber pointed out into the room, not at the ground. pretty scary.
Every time I watch that video, I can’t believe it.
Watching the Government DEA agent just try and blow this off, after shooting himself, is insanely funny, and very frightening at the same time.
Excellent story!
A good one to share!
It wouldn't pee on the floor anymore, but the blood would be worse.
If I was in a classroom when some dimwit accidentally discharged a round I'd be pretty disgruntled. The guy accidentally shot himself. Accidentally shooting yourself, particularly in a non-emergency situation is pretty much total proof that you shouldn't carry a firearm. Shooting yourself during an emergency is still bad, but at least you can make the argument that you slipped or something. Shooting yourself in the foot while sitting at a desk is pretty retarded.
Hey Travis, I thought you were trying to keep your photo off of the net!
;<)
Now that's just a shame.
Last picture I saw of Travis looked like he was snorting spent casings
out his nose and ready to give somebody some serious social consequences.
And now this??!
LMAO ..........Well I guess you’ve pushed the press to test button on everything else.......ya may as well piss off a SEAL !
BTW am I in your will ?
I got a call from a buddy in SLC that was telling me about this today ! Maybe Glock Rocks has more on the story for us !!
Yer a nut .......LOL !
Stay safe ! ( Why I say this too you I am still trying to figure out :o)
Telling ain’t it .......LOL !
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