Pete, good luck. Glad to here that some cops out there will be tuners.

All4SRT,
Here is my carry weapon. Springfield Armory XD-9. I heard so many good things about this gun that I went out and got one. OMG it shoots like silk. On my top ten list this is tied for first place with my old 92FS.

 

I got a question for you allforsrt... Do you guys have to fill quotas every month for speeding tickets?

 

hahah the sheriffs office has no quotas to fill whatsoever in Barnstable County. However im not going to comment on the MSP or Town police officers.

 

you have a LTC im assuming right?

 

God yes. I am not stupid enough to carry without one. I waited until I was 24 to get it, just to make sure that I had all of my "angsty teenage years" out of my system.

 

good man...was just curious because this day and age not many people get them.

 

Me and a friend of mine went and got them at the same time. We promised each other that if we noticed any thing in the other out of the ordinary we would talk about ti and if need be take the others gun until things calmed down. I take it VERY seriously because I have had two people close to me killed, and seen up close what a bullet can do to someone.

 

I know the feeling every day when i wake up and get ready for work my first thoughts are of this man; my mentor if you will. If it wasnt for him I would have never pursued LE.
Trooper Charbonnier.


He died when I was younger, but he was like an older brother to me. I honestly cant hold my emotions back whenever I think about it.

here is his story just in case any one is intrested...especially for you pete.

September 2, 1994

Trooper Charbonnier, the son and brother of police officers, was a graduate of the last recruit training troop to train in Framingham at what is now the General Headquarters. The 69th Recruit Training Troop graduated on October 28th, 1988.

On the early morning hours of September 2nd, 1994, Trooper Charbonnier was on routine patrol on a desolate section of Rte. 3 in Kingston. At 0315 hrs, he conducted a motor vehicle stop of a van operating Southbound. He approached the lone operator and obtained a license and registration for the subject. While retrieving these items, the subject, a paroled killer named David Clark, began to fire a handgun at the Trooper from his seated position within the van. Trooper Charbonnier was able to take immediate action, resulting in a ferocious close range gun battle near the drivers side of the van. Trooper Charbonnier fired 4 rounds from his issued Sig Sauer 9mm sidearm, Clark fired 4 rounds from a .32 caliber handgun.

Clark was seriously wounded in the battle, suffering hits to the arm and head. Trooper Charbonnier was mortally wounded by a bullet which struck his abdomen one inch below his bullet proof vest.

After he was injured, Trooper Charbonnier was able to calmly send the radio broadcast of "Route 3 Kingston, get an ambulance here. Shots fired, ambulance, ambulance." The first responding trooper at the scene found Trooper Charbonnier in a covered position at the rear of the van, his weapon still trained on his assailant. Trooper Charbonnier was bleeding severely and fighting for consciousness. He was evacuated from the scene and died later that morning in the operating room of a Boston Hospital.

Trooper Charbonnier had just received approval for a transfer to the Norfolk District Attorney's Office as an investigator. He was newly married and working on his law degree at the New England School of Law, which he would have attained in May of 1995.

Always Be safe.

 

all4srt I took the test, did well, I just applied for a class 2 officer job, and shoulld get it. Ive got an asso degree in CRJU. Its real hard to get into LE in NJ because lots of ppl show interest due to the job security and $$............even thou they dont care about doing whats right.

 

Sorry for your loss, I have many friends who are full time.