Players get chance to experience police training situations
BOULDER — Colorado offensive lineman Jeromy Irwin may have summed up the experience best Wednesday morning:
"When I make a split-second decision and it goes wrong, Sefo (Liufau) gets sacked and complains," Irwin said. "When these guys make a split-second decision, it's a life-and-death situation and somebody could get shot."
"These guys" were members of the City of Boulder and University of Colorado police departments, who gathered Wednesday morning with members of the CU football team for the second annual "Training Day With the Buffs."
"We're just trying to build a better relationship between the police department and the athletes and expose them to what a police officer may face on the street every day," said Boulder PD Operations Deputy Chief Curtis Johnson.