With the caveat that I never have, and never will engage in a hot stop professionally, I still found this podcast to be fascinating. The underlying premise is that 83 percent of officers killed in the line of duty die during activity in or around vehicles, specifically felony stops, and that it’s a training problem. I found his comparisons of common stop positioning to center fed rooms, as well as corridors, to be very compelling, and his take on all of it seems like nothing less than a clarion call to change the way US LE approach hot stops, nationwide. Again, I’m no LEO, but I found Petty’s thoughts sensible from an academic standpoint, and I heard some parallel takeaways that could be vaulable to anyone who might conceivably face armed opposition while in transition to/from a vehicle.
I’d be interested in opinions from our LEOs here, not being any sort of expert on this stuff, myself. I know we have members who both do this a lot, as well as members who’ve worked with and know Petty personally.
http://firearmsnation.com/william-pe...s-around-cars/