NY School District Suspends Police-in-Schools Program after Officer Discharges Gun (VIDEO)
” On Tuesday, a student resource officer at a high school in Lloyd, New York, accidentally discharged his sidearm while patrolling school grounds. As a result district officials have suspended the ‘police-in-schools’ program indefinitely.
Officer Sean McCutcheon, who is employed by the Highland Central School District, accidentally discharged his Glock .45 at 1:38 p.m. Tuesday at Highland High School.
While details of how McCutcheon mistakenly fired off a round are still being investigated, what is clear is that no one was injured when the gun went off.
“No students or staff were in the area when the weapon discharged, and no one was injured as a result of this accidental discharge,” Highland Central School District Superintendent Deborah Haab told reporters during a Tuesday meeting with parents and the press.
“He’s suspended pending the investigation,” Lloyd police Lt. James Janso told reporters, adding that the suspension is standard protocol given the circumstances. “
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Why hasn’t Glock ever addressed similar issues related to accidental/unintended weapon discharges? The Springfield XDM series would be very close and these types of discharges in my opinion may possibly all be nearly eliminated.
I knew some kid that was fired from the local county police, his weapon discharged when holstering into civilian clothes, but horseplay was involved. He shot himself in the hip when the thumb-break of the holster went into the trigger guard and the trigger pulled. With the XDM weapon, the odds of anything like that happening are remote.
…And then, I carried a Colt Model-1911, in Condition One, for years, and nothing ever happened.
You can’t beat the Colt