Recent content by jcoiii

"Be a good witness" (that exact quote is the correct response for your entrance interview with an LE agency btw) Call police and explain situation. Be a good witness, unless you need to step in and protect life or limb. and with domestics- the best rule is DON'T GET INVOLVED (with the one...

One tactic I picked up in a class a few years back was compliance until you can move to a position of advantage. Using OP example- be submissive/compliant as you close the distance and move from in front of the gun. Act scared and shaky, hoping to cause the BG to relax a bit and feel in...

My subconscious must think I'm a bad dude or something. In my SD dreams, I go all movie style- I can't miss and seem to one-shot everyone. Then, when/if I run out of ammo, I turn into Jet Li. The funniest ones are where I pull a sword out of somewhere and go to town on a room full of baddies...

Seen something similar and I still almost missed it!

Just remember that your decision is not made in a vacuum. Know the standard response at your school, and be aware that that response might mean that if they see you running out of the classroom, you might, MIGHT get tackled and handcuffed. You MIGHT have a shotgun pointed at your face by...

1. Stairway = fatal funnel. Bad juju. 2. Shots fired = take cover and return fire if threat is visible (rule 4) I hear shots fired, I'm at least crouching and making myself smaller if I can't get behind something solid. Running up the stairs into an unknown room with unknown suspects and...

Not necessarily. I get what you're saying, but if someone employs what you reasonably perceive to be lethal force against you, it doesn't matter if you're at home or in a bar. At least one account says that a group of men, at least the two that were shot, attacked the officer after he...

My favorite is a guy with what we like to call "walter-mitty syndrome" due to the fact that he gives us some pretty good stories now and then. My personal favorite story is how he (a TSA screener- the guy who tells you about the shampoo in the see-through bag) is also on call 24/7 as part of...

Just think through the decision to act outside the common actions of your peers. If you decide to jump out the window and run, no problem. But realize there is the potential for running into cops who are approaching with guns drawn. Be prepared to hit the ground and be cuffed for a bit. Not...

Good luck and welcome aboard the good ship lollypop. Hope you brought a think skin :D

So a guy was not found guilty of a crime (yet), but it's bad that he got his guns back? Why? b/c he's apparently a scumbag and also a cop? Not seeing the point here.

ZeSpectre, Great analysis (which I agree with). Just wanted to ask the requisite "why didn't they shoot the gun out of his hand" type question. I currently work for a campus PD and believe me this would not fly where I work. Were I to be the guy to charge into a room on my campus, I'd...

Aside from the obvious stupidity of the entire process, I'll ask one devil's advocate question. Would you really shoot the guy when you saw that it was a rubber red gun?

AG, I just saw that movie the other day! Kinda scary where we're headed huh?

Several inaccuracies in the announcer's voice-over. And yeah, I know that intersection very well. I'll see if I can't locate the video with the female officer's comments added in. She was called to the scene as he was getting away, drove past the suspect car thinking he was in another car...