Moore v. Guthrie

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff was injured when a bullet flew up beneath his police officer’s “riot helmet” during an intense “live fire” training exercise with other police officers, causing him to lose fifty-seven percent of his vision in one eye. The injured officer is a member of the City of Evans, Colorado, police department. The exercise is part of the department’s firearms training program, and it simulates various “live fire” scenarios, where officers switch off playing the roles of perpetrators and policemen. The training exercise is meant to replicate combat scenarios that a police…