DROS on the police scanner

[rorschach]

The firearms that LE check are through AFS which only contains handguns and registered AW/.50BMG.

When going through POST a 24 hour Firearms course is required

Unfortunately, 24 hours isnt nearly enough to aquaint a future police officer with even a fraction of the firearms laws in California.

[CSDGuy]

Unfortunately, 24 hours isnt nearly enough to aquaint a future police officer with even a fraction of the firearms laws in California.

Which is why they're given 48 MORE hours. They're also tested on the material. They're also trained and tested in use of force and weapons violations. Then they're retested... It's all available at the POST website. One good question to really ask is just WHAT does a street cop need to know in order to do the job? The training they receive covers a lot of that. Now then, a specialized unit would train the cop to be far better in enforcing laws in that specialized area than most cops. For instance, I'd EXPECT that a cop on a gang or drug detail to be much better educated/trained about gangs or drugs than the "beat" cop.

The arguement that the student that receives more hours is going to retain the info better than a student receives the same info in less hours... doesn't fly. It's about the exposure of that student to the material and it takes time to present that material appropriately to the student. I have done some teaching. It can be very difficult to present enough information to a class as it is. To shorten that time up OR to cram more stuff into that time makes it actually counterproductive to a student's ability to learn and RETAIN that info.

The average cop isn't going to be familiar with all the nuances of firearms law. If you're lucky, you'll run into a cop who actually IS an expert in that field and that cop WILL be up on those nuances. One will detain or arrest you and let the DA sort it out. As long as you're actually "legal", the other won't. Guess which one you're more likely to run into?

[Shane916]

Unfortunately, 24 hours isnt nearly enough to aquaint a future police officer with even a fraction of the firearms laws in California.

lol so true! Need at least a month of CA gun laws to decipher the hieroglyphics they call law

[sierratangofoxtrotunion]

what kind of police scanner do you have? im saving up for one right now and I have been using my dad's old Ham radio to listen to the local pd's and CHP

Uuuum, it's black. And handheld. And has a rubber antenna. Seriously, I think it might be a Uniden. I picked it up a couple months ago at Fry's Electronics for something around like $80.

[Shane916]

I used to have a Uniden BC250D. Worked really well and is digital capable for those departments that are switching to it.