UNIT ORDER #53 - PERSONS INJURED BY GUNFIRE AT DEPARTMENT WEAPONS RANGE



PURPOSE OF THIS ORDER:

To establish a Bureau standard for the handling of incidents in which someone is injured by gunfire at a Sheriff’s Department range.

SCOPE:

When a person is accidentally injured by gunfire at a Department range and the employee is seriously injured requiring the employee to be admitted to a hospital, the Internal Affair’s Bureau (IAB) force/shooting team will handle according to the “non-hit shooting” protocol.

If the injury is not serious, the investigation will be completed by the Weapons Training Staff.