This wasn't a "training" event, it was a presentation. Some training events certainly carry inherent and acceptable risk factors, however, a simple presentation to a classroom of school kids should carry NO risk to the students. Period.It's not the first accidental discharge in a training situation.
This discharge occurred because either:
A. The team failed to set the conditions needed for safety prior to entering the classroom.
-There are countless safety measures / checks and approaches that could have been used to negate the ability of display / handled weapons to discharge.
B. The agent that discharged the firearm failed to set the conditions for safety before pulling the trigger.
-Regardless of whether the team established any safety measures / checks prior to entering the classroom, it is the
responsibility of the individual to verify the hot/cold status of a firearm as the final safety check.
C. All of the above.
IMO, the entire team is negligent and should have faced disciplinary action, however, the shooter himself displayed negligence bordering almost on the criminal.
The "professional" embarrassment this individual received as a result of the released video is a small price to pay considering that his unprofessional and negligent actions could have resulted in maiming / killing an innocent school kid. The utter negligence he displayed in that classroom leads me to believe that he is an individual accustomed to negligence, and citizens are better off without him being a member of any armed profession.