I REALLY like the phrase "you have to earn your draw"...also a nod to @SouthNarc for the thumb pec index...which I use regularly on building searches...
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I REALLY like the phrase "you have to earn your draw"...also a nod to @SouthNarc for the thumb pec index...which I use regularly on building searches...
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Last edited by UNM1136; 10-27-2019 at 06:09 AM.
Erratic man with "Berserker" tattoo advances toward surrounding police while armed with a knife. Police open fire at ~24 feet
https://www.facebook.com/ReddingPoli...1355202995361/
San Mateo, CA, Police post-pursuit OIS. There are apparently more videos, including the pursuit itself on that PD's facebook page. The description of the event is at the link.
Another video proving that siren boxes that mute the siren when the car is placed in park are the greatest invention since beer.
This incident occurred in a city that borders the one I work in. It's a little too close for me to comment on. I am glad that my agency was not involved in this incident, for many reasons that shall remain a mystery, forever more.
Lots of press on this in the Spokane area. Spokane sucks for snow, by the way.
Police Capt. Tom Hendren, who determined Lesser’s use of the police dog was within policy after two supervisors said it wasn’t, questioned Lesser’s choice to leave his vehicle and engage Ellerman through a broken vehicle window.https://www.spokesman.com/stories/20...s-one-day-sus/
“When (Lesser) was in the process of breaking out the window he is completely vulnerable to an assault with a firearm,” Hendren wrote in a report. And “by placing himself at the door, he does not have any cover and greatly reduces his time to react if the suspect did brandish a weapon.”
Hendren and police Maj. Kevin King recommended that aspects of the incident, including tactical choices, be used in future police training. In his letter, Lesser offered to address and mentor other officers so they can learn from his misconduct.
The suspect was not a nice guy: "On Wednesday, Meidl and Hendren said the officers had reason to believe Ellerman was armed and dangerous. They noted his 11 prior felony convictions, which include second-degree assault and theft of a firearm, and said he was wanted for drug possession and illegal possession of a firearm."
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/20...n-graphic-vid/
Police respond to an assault call; officer confronts man pistol-whipping a woman on the ground and attempting to drag her by her hair. (Cell phone footage. Ignore the race-baiting title and YouTube making you confirm your age...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcY2...ature=youtu.be
Scroll down for bodycam footage (doesn't show aftermath of shoot).
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/lo...c-3f22aa119022
Officer gave this guy a lot of chances.
Last edited by Wingate's Hairbrush; 11-09-2019 at 09:09 AM.
Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain’t that a big enough majority in any town?
*If* we thought the guy was armed, that'd be a SWAT call-out here. We'd treat it like a barricaded suspect in a building since the vehicle was immobilized.
Personally I have no issue with the use of the dog and would write it up as in policy for us (although that means nothing on if it's in their policy, of course). Non-compliant suspect in a confined space after a resist? No issue from me.
On the other hand, what's with left handing the gun while partially in/out of the vehicle? Is the patrol car stuck and he's trying to rock it out while also holding the guy at gunpoint? Also, calm down a bit. His choice of words made his use of force seem higher to the layman than it would otherwise.
Sorta around sometimes for some of your shitty mod needs.