Home | China | World | Business U.S. Special Forces to Change Training Procedures After Soldier's Death WED, FEB 27, 2002     U.S. special forces will change training procedures after a soldier was killed by a police officer in a training accident in North Carolina, an army official said on Tuesday. Col. Charles King, commander of the 1st Special Warfare Training Group, said soldiers will no longer wear civilian clothes during role-playing exercises in civilian areas and civilian law enforcement agencies will not be involved in the training. "We are confident we can adjust our procedures to preclude this from ever happening again," King said. In Saturday's incident, a soldier named Tallas Tomeny was shot to death by police officer Randall Butler, who was unaware of the off-base exercise. Butler stopped a pickup carrying two soldiers with civilian clothes and a disassembled rifle. Another soldier was wounded in the incident. The two soldiers apparently thought the police officer was part of their role-playing exercise and tried to disarm him, officials said. The police officer will not be charged for killing the soldier. King said the Special Forces will conduct an internal investigation into the accident to prevent it from happening again in the future. Since the 1950s, the U.S. special forces have been conducting such kind of exercise in North Carolina to test soldiers' skills in survival, tactics and dealing with people. Editor:Liu Hongji Source:Xinhua Recommend to your friend email:    China Central Television,All Rights Reserved