I have 23 years of LE experience with 14 of them in SWAT full time. I also have worked WWPS contracts overseas. I feel that training for moving while shooting is an absolute necessity for law enforcement officers no matter what their assignment. Much of the police academy training in the U.S. is centered on creating distance and finding cover during a gunfight. Officers will likely find themselves backing up, side stepping or moving at angles to obtain cover while engaging a threat. I understand Howe's point of view completely, but the average cop is at the mercy of his training. That training, which is likely reinforced several times per year by his agency, is telling him to get behind something heavy and get rounds on target. What order he does that in or whether he does it simultaneously will be dictated by the scenario that he finds himself in.
Officers may also find themselves in a position where they must engage a threat while occupied with a wounded victim. In these situations, the officer may have to fire while moving to suppress or eliminate a threat to reach the wounded. A sudden threat might appear while moving to the victim and necessitate engagement due to cover being far away or unavailable (parking lot, open field). They may also be dragging a victim and might have to fire while moving to safe cover. Stopping to body bunker the wounded and return fire would be appropriate in some cases, but shit happens. What I'm trying to say is that every situation is different and each situation will dictate tactics. You can't always choose the ground and circumstances that you fight on. Having practiced a method that allows you to shoot and move simultaneously (or even shoot, step, drag, shoot, step, drag etc..) will add something to your toolbox that may help you down the road. I would encourage officers to practice firing while backing up at targets placed at various heights and angles. Practice firing shots at targets that have much of the torso covered up to simulate firing over a car roof, pickup bed or hood.
I could "what if" this topic all day and I am not advocating that these types of drills become the focus of your training. I think you should research and develop some drills like these to work into your training cycle periodically. Your primary focus needs to be the fundamentals of marksmanship with your chosen weapons and malfunction drills for those weapons. Drills like these are secondary to your basic skills. I see cops who struggle with marksmanship at 15 yards from the isosceles with their handgun move into a drill where they're trying to backpedal and engage two targets. What they need to be doing is working on the fundamentals at 15 yards with good groups and speed before they attempt the "fun" shit. Don't be that guy. Get the basics down and be brutally honest about your proficiency before you move to higher speed stuff.
Nothing man-portable is guaranteed to end a fight.
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