Rhino
05-08-2008, 09:49 AM
Students say Riverdale chief careless with gun
Associated Press
Published: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 12:16 a.m. MDT
RIVERDALE — The police chief who shot himself in the ankle was waving a loaded pistol and being careless, according to two students who were attending his class to qualify for a concealed-weapons permit.
"We were told the gun is the chief's personal sidearm, but it looked to me like he didn't know anything about the gun," Lewis Walker said.
Bart Ulm...was surprised Chief Dave Hansen was using a loaded gun to show how it worked.
"Right then, I was very leery, because there's no need to have live ammo in a gun in the class."...
Hansen was holding the Glock 40 under a table to disassemble it when a bullet fired...
Ebert...declined to offer specifics but disputed the accounts of Ulm and Walker, describing the pair as "disgruntled."...
..."I think Riverdale police are just trying to keep this quiet and act like the chief is a hero. But if you ask me, he's really stupid," Walker said...
...Ulm said there was a moment of levity during the emergency.
He said an officer at the scene joked that "instead of shooting himself, he should have used the Taser."...http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695277042,00.html
Associated Press
Published: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 12:16 a.m. MDT
RIVERDALE — The police chief who shot himself in the ankle was waving a loaded pistol and being careless, according to two students who were attending his class to qualify for a concealed-weapons permit.
"We were told the gun is the chief's personal sidearm, but it looked to me like he didn't know anything about the gun," Lewis Walker said.
Bart Ulm...was surprised Chief Dave Hansen was using a loaded gun to show how it worked.
"Right then, I was very leery, because there's no need to have live ammo in a gun in the class."...
Hansen was holding the Glock 40 under a table to disassemble it when a bullet fired...
Ebert...declined to offer specifics but disputed the accounts of Ulm and Walker, describing the pair as "disgruntled."...
..."I think Riverdale police are just trying to keep this quiet and act like the chief is a hero. But if you ask me, he's really stupid," Walker said...
...Ulm said there was a moment of levity during the emergency.
He said an officer at the scene joked that "instead of shooting himself, he should have used the Taser."...http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695277042,00.html