If needed, however, I will take time out from my busy schedule and provide training on urban combat and assaulting a fortified position. They would likely do better with a more recent veteran of Iraq or Afghanistan however, as my notes still include "Avoiding burning oil and large rocks being thrown down by defenders" and "Constructing a ten-man battering ram from a nearby tree."

I cannot take issue with your statement regarding the marksmanship skills of the average patrol officer - I never try to refute the truth! And since I'm a nice guy and don't want to embarrass anyone, I won't mention the municipal agency that invited several of the MPs to take part in their annual handgun competition.....only once!

Just think - if we eliminated overtime on barricaded suspects, we could use that extra money to establish quarterly requals...