Photo of the Year - Officer with drawn firearm in foreclosed home

[ArmedBear]

There's a well-known tactical handgun instructor who teaches that stance.

His name escapes me.

Stance seems good to me; I don't think you'd want to clear a house with the stance you'd use for bullseye matches.

 

[freakshow10mm]

Was the pic taken when he was moving the forward?

Did he pull the gun closer to his center body as a weapon retention tactic so if someone isn't around the corner they can't grab it out take it out of his control very easily?

If you think clearing a house is done 100% in the isosceles or Weaver stance, you are very mistaken.

 

[lesterg3]

I enlarged the pic as much as I could in Coral Photo Shop and it appears to me to be a 4 inch pistol of unknown manufacture, but the item under the barrel looks like a laser mounted on a Picaninny.

No comments on stance, or gun position.

 

[rondog]

Why is there a press photographer in there with him while he's clearing the house?

 

[TimRB]

Other comments notwithstanding, I think it's quite a boring photo. I find it hard to believe that anyone would think enough of it to call it the "World Press Photo of the Year". Go figure.

Tim

 

[chilie]

I remember this phote- I live in NE Ohio and this was part of an extensive series on foreclosed homes in The Plain Dealer It is a sad reality of our times. As far as the stance all I can say is I'm glad he didn't have to fire at that instant because he surely may have broken his nose or mangled his face quite badly from recoil. Who knows? As far as the gun, I am not 100% sure but every deputy I have seen in Cuyahoga county has had a Glock. Caliber I haven't the slightest clue.

 

[chris in va]

Guys please. Look at the angle of his right arm. The gun is offset from his head enough to prevent the slide from hitting him in the face.

Not to mention the gun is angled off to the left, making it look shorter.

 

[PoPo22]

C'mon, it's an officer demonstrating for the camera how he clears a house "on the move". Nothing wrong with his stance or the tactic, other than possibly the gun being a "tad" too close to his face. He's keeping it just slightly below his line of sight so he can still see without it obstructing his view (if anything it may be just a "tad bit" too high for this). We taught similar tactic's when I was working on our SWAT team, he might just need to "fine tune" a few things, but nothing wrong with what he's doing. I love it when people with little or no experience try to criticize others, :banghead:

 

[Double Naught Spy]

When I look at the picture, I don't see the gun being too close to his face or that his stance is wrong. What immediately came to mind was the he was pieing the corner to the left. The gun would be angled to the left such that if he fires, the slide will travel back and to his right, passing by his right cheek, maybe closely, but not directly into his face.

As for the folks who note that he should not be clearing the house alone, he is the only one in the picture, but that doesn't mean he is alone.

 

[MaterDei]

He's doing a duck walk. Perfectly acceptable stance while on the move. In fact, I think hes doing it very well. Bent knees, small steps, etc. I wouldn't be to critical of the sights not lined up with his eyes. At the distances he's dealing with I doubt he will be 'aiming' via the sights.

That's an Army issue sleeping pad rolled up there in the foreground.

 

[AWP79]

Looks like a glock to me.

 

[MDG1976]

there's an awful lot of "armchair commandos" on this forum...

How many people here are actaully qualified to critique this LEO's form?

 

[Realbigo]

He is doing that god awful groucho walk that is still advocated by some for house clearing. I still fall back on it when I'm not thinking. I can't even begin to guess at what brand of pistol. My assumption is that it is a staged photo. This position is more dramatic then hand on holstered pistol while absent mindedly shining his mag light around a trashed house.