(MARTIN COUNTY, Florida)– New details have been released involving a school resource officer (SRO) discharging his service firearm in a Treasure Coast charter school.
The incident occurred on Monday when the SRO attempted to dry fire his weapon before going to the range; however, one bullet remained in the chamber, according to Martin County Sheriff William Snyder.
Dry firing is the practice of training with a firearm that is not loaded, allowing the wielder to better understand the amount of pressure needed when pulling the trigger.
“He did it inappropriately and he did it in an inappropriate place,” Sheriff Snyder stated.
Sheriff Snyder went on to say, “It went through the wall, through the hallway into a bookcase in adjoining classroom,”
While no one was hurt in the incident, the department has said the SRO will be disciplined and receive further training.
The SRO’s job is not in jeopardy, and the exact form of the disciplinary action has not yet been announced.
CeeKay125 on September 25th, 2022 at 13:43 UTC »
Amazing how these people who are supposed to be trained on how to use their weapon aren't even able to know whether it is loaded or not. "The incident occurred on Monday when the SRO attempted to dry fire his weapon before going to the range; however, one bullet remained in the chamber, according to Martin County Sheriff William Snyder." Really brings home the point that these are the ones tasked with protecting our kids in schools if something were to happen... Yikes.
umassmza on September 25th, 2022 at 12:51 UTC »
The thing with guns, you should get 0 mistakes.
Accidental discharge in a school, imagine filing for unemployment. The school says, we’ll he fired a gun in the school so we feel he was fired for cause…. Do you think the dude would win his appeal?
Edit: Negligent Discharge, to the 9 people who have responded with the same correction, I’m truly sorry
Rsubs33 on September 25th, 2022 at 12:25 UTC »
I'm sure he was just doing a good old desk pop.