Police officer shoots himself in the leg holstering pistol

[Chuck]

Locks on holsters are just accidents and fatalities waiting to happen, there is NO reason why even with a lock fitted as on L3 Serpas the finger should be near the trigger, drawing or holstering.

Nothing wrong with Glocks either, operator error is more prolific.

As for walking about with loaded shotguns, not a problem if they are holstered :lol: .

Simple solution, learn to holster and draw and keep fingers OFF the trigger etc AKA Rule 3

[ordnance]

Police officer shoots himself in the leg holstering pistol

It could have being worse.

A Phoenix man accidentally blew his dick off in a supermarket parking lot, after he tucked his girlfriend's "pink pistol in the waistband of his pants." According to a stone-faced police officer on the scene in this ABC15 report, the gun then accidentally discharged, sending a bullet directly through his penis and through his left leg.

[Dangermouse]

http://www.safariland.com/DutyGear/prod ... x?pid=6004
The standard holster used by the Met is the Safari SLS, I have never seen the Serpa holster used and personal purchases are not allowed.

The Officer is said to have been in Putney, that is not a base for the ARV teams. I suspect that he may have been on one of the surveillance teams or the flying squad. I do not know what plain clothes holster thet use but don't think it has a similar retaining system to either of the above systems.

My only near miss I had was after an 18 hour shift at the sand pit in the armoury. It was around 0130 am and I had been up since 0315 am the previous day. I racked the gun 3 times and watched in amazement as 3 rounds came out. My gun was breading bullets! Thankfully I stopped and realised that I had not taken the magazine out before pulling the trigger to show clear. I had also cleared a MP5 and Tazer, it was the Tazer that caused the most mind melts. The cartrige that needs to be removed is at the front not in the pistol grip. All simple stuff but you needed to fully concentrate eachbtime you did it.
on average I would go through the loading and clearing procedure with each of the 3 systems 8 times a shift. Sooner or later people make mistakes.

DM

[ordnance]

on average I would go through the loading and clearing procedure with each of the 3 systems 8 times a shift. Sooner or later people make mistakes

That's less likely to happen here as the police carry their firearm in the police station. So as they take the firearm home with them as well there are less chances of ND/S. Basically less loading and unloading.

[DaveB]

I understand that here in NZ we get one of these pretty much every year - I put it down to the on-going reduction in firearms training as a cost saving measure. One year an officer somehow managed to shoot himself in the leg while demonstrating the load/unload on a side-by-side shotgun. Still trying to figure out how he managed that one!

[Chuck]

Ordnance: I know I shouldn't but :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: And good point about constant handling and loading/unloading.

Surprised more people don't have more than one a/hole.

or take out their leg: This is common in both drawing and reholstering.