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Welcome to the Reality Based Training Association NewsfeedWayne County, MI auxiliary officer shoots role player … thought he had training pistol …
What is it now, TEN or so in the past twelve months ... I feel like a broken record. And nobody wants to even listen anymore ... I'm confused about the dates on this one ... one online source published it today, November 17 2023. Another online source seems to have it...
Training shooting #1 that we know of for 2023 – we’re on the scoreboard SMH
Well, details are still scant, but apparently there was a shooting of a trainee at the Border Patrol January 8th where an instructor allegedly mistakenly swapped out his duty belt for his training belt. The trainee was injured but not killed. This. Must. Stop. There...
Frivolous act of “joking around” leads to death of Brevard County deputy
Rule #1 in the Art of Pretending - Don't Be An A**hole Rule # 3 in the Art of Pretending - Don't Pretend With People Who Also Aren't Pretending Deputy (soon to be former deputy) Andrew Lawson is under indictment for manslaughter, and one of his closest friends Austin...
Third training shooting this year. 2 dead, one critical. Preventable.
Saturday afternoon November 5 in Sansom Park, TX during "active shooter" training being run by a "third party trainer" 100 percent preventable. Haphazard safety protocols somewhere in this training. Details are sketchy. Officer critical condition....
Just back in April, there was a shooting of a civilian role player in Taylor, Michigan
https://www.wxyz.com/news/civilian-role-player-shot-during-training-exercise-at-heritage-park-in-taylor #StopIt Too many agencies are so inept about safety standards the SIMPLEST of enforced protocols would stop the shootings and the killings during simulation...
And yet another innocent training participant shot dead in scenario based training – CLICK LINKS BELOW FOR SAFETY PROTOCOLS TO HELP PREVENT THESE THINGS
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/special-police-officer-fatally-shot-during-training-inside-dc-library #NotOneMore UPDATE --- UPDATE --- UPDATE ... "trainer" charged with Involuntary Manslaughter ... claims "I thought I had my training gun." Translation? Poor safety...
RBTA Glossary of Terminology 3.0
This is the RBTA Glossary. In this downloadable format, it is not interactive, meaning any of the underlined words or phrases must be manually cross-referenced. The Word version (not yet released) will have hyperlink searching, and will replace this version when...
Playfully Colored Firearms – You Have A Right To Own Them, But Is It A Good Idea?
Guns that look like toys … a playfully clever, very bad idea.
Student at training event on Sunday Sept 19 fights for his life after being negligently shot due to reckless safety procedures
Aaaaaand here we go again ... two groups that self identify as "best in the business" types when it comes to realistic training and safety protocols. One is a private facility, the other is a training company that provides training and had rented the training site for...
The Rolodex of Experience vs. the Bucket of Luck
First, to be clear, the photo above is NOT from the incident in question ... but it is an example of some of the dumb things people have done with firearms during training. That said ... this week in Massachusetts a civilian "observer" was shot by police doing an ad...