A quick answer is where is your proof to back up anything you say?
The NYPD data covered THOUSANDS of combat cases, so even if you tossed out a hundred here and a hundred there, the results would be just about the same.
In the summaries you're referring to, those factors aren't taken into account. All distances are not equal. A shooting with 5 feet of distance is completely different on a foot pursuit up a flight of stairs than it is when a cop is firing into a moving vehicle from 5 feet, or when he's firing across the counter of a bustling restauraunt at 5 feet. Some situations demand the use of sights, others prohibit it. There's more to this than distance.
The Kehoe brothers encounter is detailed in an article on my site. It was the reason I began my journey into the world of the gun.
Before I saw it on TV, I thought you folks in the gun world knew what you were doing.
The TV clip clearly shows that not to be the case as neither hit anything but air. I have a couple of copies of the TV clip recorded at that time or soon after. If you watch it several times, you will find that the narrative and the video differ as to what was taking place.
We can see the Deputy firing, hear the noise and see his gun jumping, and it doesn't look like he's using his sights.
You're basing this off of a TV clip?!? Both cops used their sights, one tripped while backpedaling off camera. Do the in depth reviews you've read on the subject mention a weapon malfunction? Were the suspects actually hit by the cops bullets? Everyone knows Chevie wasn't hit, but Cheyne put on a vest before the fun started; was he able to keep fighting because of the vest or because he wasn't hit at all? Did any of them mention the officers statements regarding the quality of their own training and possible issues they saw there, in hindsight after the shooting?
None of that info made it to TV, BTW.
Again where is your proof via broad based scientific studies and stats of more than incidental, albeit important events?
The most in depth and thorough studies done on the subject have been done to avoid the petty agency politics, posturing and trainer penis waggling that come into play when it's done internally.
Be that as it may be, let's look at the studies done by several police agencies, the FBI, or anyone else, which can inform gun buyers, cops, and military folks of what they can expect in a real close quarters life threat situation, and importantly, which shooting method works the best or better than most in such situations. Sadly there are none or rest assured I would already have had several shoved down my throat.
If LE shootings were going as poorly as you're describing then ODMP would have a heck of a lot more names listed. What you're asking for is impossible, for reasons that have been beaten to death in other studies. The info is very difficult to compile, when you mix in agency/union regs on shootings, fears of lawsuits, and negative action against the cop at work based on statements they make, you're left with a lot of missing details. When a cop dials the magic FOP number after using their gun in the line of duty, they are given very specific instructions that are based on the many other things that can go wrong.
I await studies and their proof, and will gladly publish it (with permission), on my site for all to see.
You're going to have a long wait ahead of you if your good guy lifesaving plans include explicit internet publication.