All three days, and nights! He stays on site 24 hrs during the shows. I'll ask him if there was anything worth mentioning. If it wasn't anything crazy, he might not even remember what it was about. Haha
Haha, it actually does, believe it or not. There are only 4 IMPD guys, 1 IMPD lady, and 2 Whiteland guys that normally work the shows.
@KellyinAvon I'm assuming he is kind of stocky?
Only got a few hours in at this show due to my regular work obligations. And it's been busy out here, so haven't been able to check this thread. Only one loaded gun landed in our hands while I was there. One too many, but not surprising. Those 8 big signs outside the building, in the lobby, and...
Just a heads up, there are a lot of trade shows going on at the fair grounds this weekend. It is packed, and Saturday will likely be very crowded. I will be bouncing back and forth between a few of them, including the 1500 tomorrow morning.
You are definitely correct. I too hope to one day have as many 1500's under my belt as you so I can make the distinction!
And surprisingly I didn't see any loaded guns saturday, but I was only there from open until 1:00 pm. I'm about to walk in the doors now and probably just jinxed myself.
Yeah, which is what it's looking like we'll have to do. Buyer is in FL, so I'm trying to work something out. Two different gunsmiths didn't have the wrench in their toolbox either.
Anyone have a KAC URX 3.1 wrench I could borrow? My local smith didn't have one. I have a buyer for the rail, but have no way of getting the nut loose. KAC's wrench is like $130 and classified defense's is $70. Just trying to avoid dropping the cash for something I'd only use once. Hate asking...
Agreed. We do every officer who dies in the line of duty a disservice if we don't learn and adapt tactics. I'm afraid they'll (IMPD) start saying we can't use sticks because it's too dangerous. But there will always be an inherent danger to this job, and if we eliminate the risk and danger, we...
I don't know what kind of training ISP teaches. But they had one pretty much exactly like this in, I believe, March of this year. I was taught (by none other than our very own Denny) to throw stop sticks from behind cover of our car, or like BBI said, something better. Now, if the suspect...
Yep. I was working and they asked us to block all the on ramps to i70 leading to Eskenazi. Nothing but anger last night and feeling helpless. IMPD took the ISP runs the rest of the night in Marion County. Least we can do. They do the same for us when we lose one.
Viewer discretion is advised. I only post this out of respect for Trooper Smith. Everyone should know his sacrifice and the BLATANT way he was murdered.
With that said, this will make your stomach turn.
I have nothing but respect for ISP. They are some of the last officers that can still...
There are always a few every day of the show. If it were up to me, I'd have a big red sign at the table stating all loaded firearms handed to officers are assumed being turned in for the officer's personal collections. Or just let me trespass them from the shows. Not like we have 8 signs inside...