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Old 10-03-2012, 19:03   #12
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Re: Police officer killed during training exercise

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Originally Posted by martyh View Post
there will always be an element of danger in any arms training but in this case the rounds used are not supposed to be lethal, so for a police oficer to be killed in training by a non lethal round something was very wrong with the training procedure
It was a round designed to deflate tyres quickly. Less lethal than a standard 12-gauge shell but still not something you'd want to stand in the way of.

If it can rip though a tyre or go through a reinforced door its most definately not a non-lethal round.
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