[silvercorvette]

It does not matter where the switch is, everyone (cops and non-cops) are responsible for every round fired from there gun. Cops should be held to a higher standard and then this mess would have never happened if
1) he became familiar with his equipment
2) had the light/gun pointed in a safe direction when he turned it on, in this case it happened in a parking lot, but if he was entering a building it should have been turned in before he went in. I don't know if he could have turned it on before exiting the car or entering the lot but there is no reason he couldn't have had the gun pointed in a safe direction before he started futzing around with the switch
3) spent some money on a good hand held light