Police Officers shoot selves nearly as often as hit by suspects

[Phantom]

Los Angeles Times: Accidental Gunshots Vex LAPD

Ninety officers were shot by suspects, compared to 68 officers who either shot themselves or were shot by other officers. (In three cases it was unknown whether the officer was wounded by a suspect's gun or by friendly fire.)

One off-duty officer shot himself in a leg as he sat behind his desk and, according to department records, contemplated "a complex mathematical problem." Another officer inadvertently pulled the trigger when his African gray parrot flew into his face.

One officer accidentally shot his girlfriend in a leg while trying to retrieve a cartridge from his handgun as a "memento" of their date.

Two officers accidentally discharged their weapons as they handled them at home while watching themselves in mirrors.

I couldn't stop reading this

[Scrum]

That's disturbing.

[Publius]

Oh yea, these guys need expanded power.

[Diesel66]

quick lets ban police officers from carrying, they are more dangerous then the drive bys

[motivez]

Another officer inadvertently pulled the trigger when his African gray parrot flew into his face.

I wonder if the poor bird lived