Actually it wasnt a training failure, the car was engaged from 2 sides, the front and right. Not a single 55gr Silvertip made it through the windshield or car door. However the pistol rounds did. Wesley Ruiz was hit 6 times that day as he laid on the floorboards under the dash, all by handgun rounds fired through the door.
Whats disturbing isnt that they didnt get Ruiz with the rifles, but that none of the rounds made it through a tough, but beatable intermediate barrier, until several rounds blew chunks of windshield out. By then, Ruiz was already hiding low. DPD does have barrier rounds in the form of the 60gr Nosler Partition. However, DPD issues those exclusively to DPD Tactical.
Because of this incident, alot of DPD officers carry 20rd mags loaded with ball. Some believe it will help.
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