SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT BROADCAST      ANNOUNCEMENT     TRAINING BUREAU     WEAPONS TRAINING

TO:     ALL ARMED PERSONNEL

SUBJECT:    COMBAT SHOOTING REQUIREMENT FOR SECOND TRIMESTER 2009

THE COMBAT TRAINING EXERCISE FOR THIS TRIMESTER WILL USE A TWO-SIDED TARGET TO INCLUDE THREAT ASSESSMENT IN THE SHOOTING COURSE.

PERSONNEL MUST SHOOT THE DESIGNATED COURSE OF FIRE TWICE WITH THE WEAPON CARRIED ON DUTY.

THE DESIGNATED COURSE OF FIRE WILL EMULATE A FIREARMS COMBAT AT 10YD AND 15YD SHOOTING DISTANCES.

PERSONNEL SHOOTING THE COMBAT TRAINING EXERCISE MUST BRING THE HOLSTER THEY USE ON-DUTY, THEIR ON-DUTY WEAPON AND 2 MAGAZINES (3 MAGAZINES REQUIRED IF CAPACITY IS LESS-THAN 10 ROUNDS).

PERSONNEL WHO DO NOT ACHIEVE A BEST “BENCHMARK” SCORE OF 80 ON ONE OF THE TWO COURSES OF FIRE FOR THIS TRIMESTER’S EXERCISE SHALL REPEAT THE TRAINING BY SHOOTING AN ADDITIONAL TWO COURSES OF FIRE.

SHOOTING THE SUSPECT TARGET WHICH DOES NOT PRESENT AN IMMEDIATE THREAT WILL EQUAL A ZERO SCORE.

ALL COURSE OF FIRE SCORES WILL BE RECORDED ON RANGE SCANTRON CARDS FOR DATA COLLECTION ONLY.

AMMUNITION FOR ALL COMBAT TRAINING EXERCISES WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE RANGE.

PARTICIPATION IN THE COMBAT TRAINING EXERCISE IN AN EMPLOYEE’S ASSIGNED SHOOTING MONTH WILL CONSTITUTE COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT’S BASIC SHOOTING REQUIREMENTS (MPP 3-01/050.65) FOR THIS TRIMESTER.  SHOOTING MONTH ASSIGNMENT IS BASED UPON THE EMPLOYEE’S LAST NAME:

A  -> D    MUST SHOOT DURING ... MAY

E  -> L     MUST SHOOT DURING ... JUNE

M -> R    MUST SHOOT DURING ...  JULY

S  -> Z     MUST SHOOT DURING ... AUGUST

PERSONNEL MAY SHOOT OPTIONAL COMBAT TRAINING OR STANDARD QUALIFICATION COURSES WITH THEIR ON-DUTY, BACK-UP, OR OFF-DUTY WEAPONS AT ANY TIME DURING THE TRIMESTER FOR PRACTICE TO BETTER THEIR PERFORMANCE.

DIRECT ANY QUESTIONS TO SERGEANT DAVID NELL DANELL@LASD.ORG AT THE B.C. RANGE