I've always wondered how to handle this. Granted, it's in my imagination and hopefully it will never happen, but it is entirely possible and I can see it happening in real life.
The scenario is I break up a robbery in a store or some other such place. I draw, tell the perp to drop his firearm, which he does. I have him step back and kick the gun away, then it have him get on his knees and place his hands behind his head.
I'm covering him with my pistol and the police are on the way. When they arrive, the first thing they see is me holding a gun on a guy prone on the floor. Knowing the mentality of the police (and I don't mean to denigrate them, but the police around here don't give a damn about protocol and would fire first without even thinking. Go ahead and flame me, but it's the truth), the first thing I could see them doing is telling me to drop my weapon. I can also see me being shot because some idiot mistakes me putting the pistol down as an aggressive move, especially if there are either dead or wounded nearby because of the perps previous actions.
So, what do you think is the proper action or actions to take in a situation such as this? If I were on a phone and talking to the dispatcher, I could be describing myself and hopefully they would brief the arriving officers, failing that, they tell me to drop the gun, the perp yells I'm trying to kill him and tells them to shoot me. How would you handle it?
Thoughts?
The scenario is I break up a robbery in a store or some other such place. I draw, tell the perp to drop his firearm, which he does. I have him step back and kick the gun away, then it have him get on his knees and place his hands behind his head.
I'm covering him with my pistol and the police are on the way. When they arrive, the first thing they see is me holding a gun on a guy prone on the floor. Knowing the mentality of the police (and I don't mean to denigrate them, but the police around here don't give a damn about protocol and would fire first without even thinking. Go ahead and flame me, but it's the truth), the first thing I could see them doing is telling me to drop my weapon. I can also see me being shot because some idiot mistakes me putting the pistol down as an aggressive move, especially if there are either dead or wounded nearby because of the perps previous actions.
So, what do you think is the proper action or actions to take in a situation such as this? If I were on a phone and talking to the dispatcher, I could be describing myself and hopefully they would brief the arriving officers, failing that, they tell me to drop the gun, the perp yells I'm trying to kill him and tells them to shoot me. How would you handle it?
Thoughts?