Crime & Safety

Loss of Trigger Finger Tip Doesn't Stop Chief Jane Castor

The Tampa Police Chief battled back, learning how to shoot with a new finger.

Many officers go their entire careers hoping they’ll never have to fire their guns. Even so, they have to be trained, ready and able to pull that trigger if they have to.

After all, shooting an armed suspect might save another’s life.

Imagine being an officer who can’t shoot a gun.

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Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor found out exactly what that was like last month, according to the Tampa Bay TimesCastor lost the tip of her trigger finger while working on her boat.

Since she couldn’t fire her gun, Castor was unable to wear her uniform. Read how she learned how to shoot with another finger and is back in uniform as Tampa’s top cop by checking out theTime’s story.

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