SWAT Officer At Armed Standoff Has His Rifle Sight On Backward

Most military services teach "attention to detail." That the slightest lack of attention to detail can result in lives lost.

The fellows pictured here are not military, and certainly not in combat. They are local SWAT teams in upstate New York, the small town of Mohawk, population 7,500, and they're surrounding an alleged killer holed up in a local business.

What's telling about this picture though is that the officer with the "military style" assault weapon and the $500 "military style" close quarters combat sight has that same combat sight attached to the rifle backward.

Oops.

In effect, it's useless.

The photo was at the top of military Reddit this morning, along with a host of disparaging comments about domestic police forces acting like they're military when they're anything but.

It's a little difficult to see, but here's what it looks like to put the sight on the right way:

And what it should look like to look through it:

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story listed this officer as part of FBI HRT. The officer was in fact part of the area SWAT team.