Train for Probability, Not Fantasy

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This was posted online. Reposted here because it is good information on what should be trained primarily.

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After meticulously viewing 1000s of OIS (Officer Involved Shootings) here’s what we continue to document: 
We generally don’t see: 
  • Braced kneeling, of any kind. 
  • Shoulder transitions on rifle. 
  • Slug select on 12ga. 
  • Rifle to handgun transitions. 
  • Multiple lethal threats. 
  • Patrol rifle magnifiers being utilized. 
  • Reloads with retention. 
  • Shooting on the move, towards a threat. 
  • Patrol rifle dot to iron sight transition. 
  • Proactive prone engagement. 
  • Shooting to trigger reset. 
  • Transitions from handheld light to handgun WML. 
  • Braced barricade work. 
  • Patrol rifles / handguns being used through loopholes. 
  • Auditory lethal cues. 
  • Failure drills being needed. 

We usually see: 
  • Draw stroke under rapid reactive movement. 
  • Muzzle orientations in confined spaces (door procedures, vehicles, mobile homes, arrest cover etc). 
  • One handed shooting (handheld light, radio in hand, entangled with someone, less lethal tool etc). 
  • Proactive movement to sudden stop and engagement. 
  • Rapid transitions from LL to lethal. 
  • Handgun crush grip with aggressive trigger pressing. 
  • Reactive prone engagement. 
  • Decision observation in compressed timelines. 
  • Visual lethal cues. 
This is not comprehensive by any means and the lists for both could go on and on… There are always going to be exceptions to the above and I’m not saying don’t train the first list ever. I am highlighting from a program management standpoint; when examining the limited amount of training time & logistics available of academy / in-service a bulk of our attention should be on high probability needs / solutions.

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Summary
For Citizen training, we must realize that OIS situations are not necessarily indicative of what a Citizen will need to do. That said, this summary of skills use is not far off, either. 

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