I'm not a LEO, but thought every patrol car would have a good pair of binoculars in it. It's amazing to me that guys aren't issued that piece of gear. As a high mountain hunter the binoculars are my most used piece of equipment. Can't hunt what you can't see & clearly identify. They don't make it easy for you guys.
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Last edited by SamAdams; 10-03-2017 at 10:51 PM.
Issued means the department pays, and this fact is one reason that binoculars might not be standard equipment for each car. One pair per supervisors' vehicles might be considered a more sensible budget request from bean counters' points of view. Until I read this thread, I had never considered that binoculars might be useful equipment for the beat cop. I'm not qualified to say more so I will remain silent so as not to show my ignorance.
Your premise is faulty. It was 72 minutes from the first shots being reported to SWAT breaching the door via explosives. HOWEVER, the suspect was only firing for 11 minutes. The suspect had already stopped firing before the first patrol officer groups reached the door to the suspects suite. If the suspect had been firing when the patrol officers arrived they would have breached the door immediately rather than waiting for SWAT.Originally Posted by GJM
LSP is spot on way too early for an AAR.
This has drifted way off from the OP. BBI is right / thread.
Last edited by HCM; 10-04-2017 at 12:52 AM.
Wow. this thread went FUBAR. As the starter of this thread can I ask that it be closed? It's run it's course.
Thanks to those that posted some relevant info on shooting at a high angle.
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