[Scan-DC] Reserve Officers in the DC area

[Ed Tobias]

That's what I thought.  I was an MPDC Reserve in the mid-70s (in 5D).  We had to qualify with a revolver, "just in case," but we weren't allow to carry anything other than a baton and mace.

Ed

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> On Apr 14, 2015, at 8:02 PM, Earthlink <traff11 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> I helped to teach a Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Instructor's Class at the MPDC Academy in Blue Plains this past December.  In the class was a DC Reserve Officer Sergeant.  He was most certainly armed, and in full uniform.  He had been doing it for 20+ years.  Nice guy.
> 
> Frank Carson
> 
>> On Apr 14, 2015, at 19:55, Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Ed,
>> 
>> I don't know if they're still arming the reserves or not.  I don't **think**
>> they ever rescinded the ability, but I do know that at one time it was an
>> on/off event.  Thinking about you're your rant, maybe this is why DC wasn
>> touched upon... they (DC) may have given 5 different answers to 3 different
>> questions :)
>> 
>> Dewey
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Scan-DC [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ed
>> Tobias
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 17:41
>> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [Scan-DC] Reserve Officers in the DC area
>> 
>> This is off-topic but this old news guy needs to vent to the other newsies
>> on this list.
>> 
>> WRC-TV's I-Team, trying to localize the story of the Reserve Sheriff's
>> Deputy who went for his taser and, instead, pulled his gun, didn't
>> investigate enough.  The story in the 5pm cast looked at Montgomery and PG
>> Counties, which don't use reserves, and at Anne Arundle and Howard which do,
>> but they're, apparently, unarmed.  But NO mention of DC which, last I knew,
>> not only uses reserves but a Category 1 MPDC Reserve can be armed.
>> 
>> How can a DC television station not include the DC Police in its
>> "investigation," especially since MPDC reserves can be armed (or, so says
>> the MPDC web site.  Dewey, still true?)
>> 
>> Who's producing this stuff?
>> 
>> Please forgive the rant.
>> 
>> Ed
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
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