Two Tampa officers suspended after inquiry finds horseplay led to gun going off

[RamboLiberal]

It was fun and games until the gun went off.

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It could have turned out much worse: The bullet struck one of the officers in his service belt, only bruising him.

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Officers Nick Wilson and Matt Simons raced in rolling chairs across a cubicle space in the Field Training and Evaluation area of District III, the headquarters at 3808 N 22nd St. that last week honored fallen Officers Jeffrey Kocab and David Curtis.

A letter of disposition says that Wilson pulled his Taser and Simons pulled his service pistol

"Their only intention being to playfully one-up each other in their goal for the key," the letter said.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/two-tampa-officers-suspended-after-inquiry-finds-horseplay-led-to-gun/1178997

If I was chief the one who pulled the gun would be suspended for more than a week if not outright fired! No excuse!

[damntexdem]

1. Yeah, fun and game, fully understandable. With a loaded gun.

Fire him and see whether he is indictable.

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. Glock? n/t

[TheWraith]

3. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Given the fact that police ALWAYS carry their weapons with a round in the chamber, and most police forces today use Glocks which have no external safeties, drawing a police issue weapon is about ten times more dangerous than even using an ordinary gun as a toy, which in itself is stupid and reckless.

[RamboLiberal]

5. Besides Glocks most PD's pistols like M&P are similiar

in design. I think from what I've read not many require an external safety. Some do though because of officer AD's require a heavier trigger ala Glock's NY trigger.

[ileus]

7. My M&P isn't equiped with an external safety.

[Blown330]

4. Ah, so these are...

...the well trained experts that should only have guns as some here contend. Good reason why I don't rely on these folks for first-line protection.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. so this is what Florida's finest are so busy doing that they can't

investigate when Krunk reports a body. . .