2009.07.05
Editorial: Sniper incident should impact sheriff race
Sniper dispute ricochet hits regionalism
A dangerous training exercise should resound in Roanoke's sheriff's race, too.
First, law enforcement officers' safety was compromised. Then, the Roanoke sheriff's leadership came under question after news broke in April that some deputies in her department had participated in training that intentionally put officers downrange of live gunfire. Now, Roanoke County has decided to end joint operation of its training facilities with city law enforcement agencies after threatening to do so over the disputed training. So regionalism takes a hit, too.
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"Some deputies in her department had participated in training that intentionally put officers downrange of live gunfire."
I do not know who she is and could care less. I do know that she has a lot of good company. Forty and fifty years ago, all new armed forces recruits underwent live fire exercises. If whoever she is was guilty of poor judgement, then a whole lot of Joint Chiefs were too.
Comment by allen bunch — July 5, 2009 @ 9:36 pm