Decatur, IL Police to recruits: “don’t worry if you’re not good with firearms, it’s ok, we’ll get you to pass at the bare minimum”
- Sigiloso1776
- 20 hours ago
- 4 min read
In Illinois, police are exempt from PICA, Illinois’ “assault weapon” ban. The legislature and anti-gun advocates think cops are “experts” with firearms and us mere “peasants” couldn’t possibly be as qualified or better than your average cop when handling an AR-15. Well, take a look at this…..
The Decatur IL PD is currently recruiting new officers, and they want people to know that you DO NOT need to be a good shot to be issued a gun and be a cop for them. Don’t believe me? Take a look:
Absolutely insane. Yes, you don’t need to be a “gun person” to be a cop, but advertising that they’ll train you to just meet the expectations to qualify, and then give you your gun and send you out into the public?!?!? Just wow. Also, they worked in a nice example of their recruits shooting into the video.
I’m not bashing on cops, I’m bashing on the fact that these officers are supposed to be proficient and “better” with their firearms than the average person who owns guns becuase it’s their job, and if they’re not “experts” with their issued weapon it’s a recipe for disaster, and the fact their (Decatur PD) advertising sub-par marksmanship as a plus in a sense…..just wild.
Law enforcement marksmenship in IL isn’t all that great to begin with when you look at the gun control capital of the state, Chicago. Let’s take a look at a recent example of their shooting skills:
The four Chicago police officers who fired 96 bullets in 41 seconds during a West Side traffic stop on March 21 hit Dexter Reed 13 times, according to Reed’s autopsy, released Thursday by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office
96 shots, 13 hits. That’s a rounded up to 14% hit to shot ratio. Horrible. Every one of these bullets not hitting its target is a potential stray that will hit an unintended target. Further, an oldie but a goodie, an “firearm expert” DEA agent shoots himself when demonstrating firearm safety:
Or how about another recent example out of anti-gun capital, NYC, where two cops opened fire on a suspect with a knife but ended up hitting two innocent bystanders and THEIR BUDDY COP as well:
Four people were wounded at a Brooklyn subway station Sunday when police officers shot a man threatening them with a knife, and inadvertently sprayed bullets that hit passengers, authorities said.
The people struck by gunfire included two innocent bystanders, one of the officers and the man with the blade, who the police initially confronted because he hadn't paid his fare, officials said.
Meanwhile, a young civilian concealed carrier, outgunned, and breaking mall rules while carrying his Glock 19:
On December 21st, the Greenwood police and the FBI held a press conference to give their findings in the case and announce that Dicken would not be charged. Dicken's attorney spoke out about what happened in an interview the same day with WTHR in late December and gave his account of what he saw in the still unreleased surveillance footage from the mall security cameras. What we have now learned is different from the impression most people took from the original details.
Eli was eating dinner in the food court with his girlfriend. At 5:57 pm, the shooter began firing at shoppers on the other side of the food court after emerging from a hallway. He eventually fired a total of 24 rounds from his AR-15, killing 3 people. Eli reacted by pushing his girlfriend to the floor and took up a position of cover behind a pillar. Eli fired his first 2 shots just a few seconds after the gunman started shooting. His first shots were fired from a stabilized position (atop a trash can) and from approximately 40 yards away from the bad guy. Dicken was forced to stop shooting as bystanders ran in front of his muzzle (at 40 yards in a public space, this was a near certainty). He then had an opportunity to fire 2 more shots from that position and distance. Out of those first 4 shots, he scored 2 hits.
By this time, the bad guy had begun to retreat back into the hallway that he came from. Dicken then moved to close the distance and get into a position to re engage with the now moving threat. At a distance of approximately 20 yards he fired 4 more shots, gaining 4 more hits. Finally Eli closed the distance to about 20 to 25 feet for the last two shots fired as the bad guy stumbled to the ground. At this point the threat was over. The approximate amount of time from when the bad guy started his attack to when the shooting stopped was 15 seconds.
Almost immediately after the shooting stopped and as Eli was assessing the bad guy, a mall security guard made it to the hallway where Eli and the bad guy were. Eli begins to reholster right about the same time the first police officer arrived. In the middle of a mass shooting, having a gun in your hand is a very high risk as law enforcement arrives. It sounds like Eli reholstered as soon as he was sure that the threat was over, but an officer was already arriving. Fortunately the officer quickly assessed that Eli was a good guy and began to control the scene without further endangering Eli.
The point of all this isn’t to bash on cops. It’s to point out that the anti-gunners and their Democrats politician allies are full of $h!t when they say that LEO’s are more “qualified” to handle firearms than civilians. Also, be careful if you’re in Decatur and a young cop pulls his/her gun and you’re in the firing area…..