Two days ago, at OSU medical center in Columbus Ohio, a Corrections Officer shot an inmate during an escape attempt. From the reports I've heard, the officer was re-applying restraints after an MRI when the inmate produced a sharpened toothbrush from..........a body cavity......... the back closet.....(You know) and stabbed the officer in the neck. The officer stepped back, drew his 38 and shot the inmate in the head. The 38 failed to penetrate the forehead and slid around. The inmate fled outside and the officer pursued. Grappling for the weapon the officer held it by the cylinder as the inmate attempted to gain control. Three other officers arrived and subdued the inmate. The officer was treated and released and the inmate underwent surgery.
I don't know what angle the round struck on but I consider this partly a failure of the 38. Like the 9mm I consider it fine as a ccw gun, given consideration of concealment, but if you are open carrying pack some more muscle. I can't really fault the officer for not firing outside because I don't know how many pedestrians may have been walking around.
I think that officers performing transports should be armed in a manner consistent with police. 40s+w or larger semi-auto, pepper gas and an asp. I also think my department should issue a holster that has more than just a thumb snap, like at least two retention factors. It would seem to me that these transport officers should be issued pistols that only they shoot, and care, for instead of one taken from an armory at random. But the liberal social workers who run my department don't seem to understand such concerns. It's," I found my collage diploma hanging on the wall but I can't find a clue."
Just my thoughts
I don't know what angle the round struck on but I consider this partly a failure of the 38. Like the 9mm I consider it fine as a ccw gun, given consideration of concealment, but if you are open carrying pack some more muscle. I can't really fault the officer for not firing outside because I don't know how many pedestrians may have been walking around.
I think that officers performing transports should be armed in a manner consistent with police. 40s+w or larger semi-auto, pepper gas and an asp. I also think my department should issue a holster that has more than just a thumb snap, like at least two retention factors. It would seem to me that these transport officers should be issued pistols that only they shoot, and care, for instead of one taken from an armory at random. But the liberal social workers who run my department don't seem to understand such concerns. It's," I found my collage diploma hanging on the wall but I can't find a clue."
Just my thoughts