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[VAFive-O 330]

 

From Texas.  Taser deployment fails and officers switch to bean bag rounds from shotgun. 

Edited May 17, 2016 by VAFive-O

[PCSD 329]

Here is the UK response to a similar incident.

 

 

[Milankovitch + 3,445]

14 hours ago, PCSD said:

Here is the UK response to a similar incident.

You'd be lucky to get anywhere near that number of officers to attend outside of London!

[VAFive-O 330]

1 hour ago, Milankovitch said:

You'd be lucky to get anywhere near that number of officers to attend outside of London!

Same here!

[jimmyriddle 87]

The differences are staggering and makes us look really unprofessional. Yes we all know nobody is Jackie Chan trained in the fuzz but that's what the public expect and guess what - it ain't the public that has to deal with these people!

USA = instructions at well beyond arm's length

UK = much too close and personal

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[MerseyLLB 8,426]

I agree jimmyriddle.

We, including myself, become far too complacent and allow bad drills to happen.

I was picked up on bad drills the other day whilst booking a prisoner into custody. 

I'd left my detainee at the desk to go and find a pair of gloves and the search wand and he managed to get a biro off the desk.

I doubt his intentions were to jam it on my neck but it's a consideration you have to make. Granted the Sarge saw it and acted but I let my guard down because it was a compliant prisoner who I'd got on with okay.

[Growley + 2,436]

The differences are staggering and makes us look really unprofessional. Yes we all know nobody is Jackie Chan trained in the fuzz but that's what the public expect and guess what - it ain't the public that has to deal with these people!

USA = instructions at well beyond arm's length

UK = much too close and personal

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Outside of people being generally lax, there's a reason for that though; the majority of cops in the UK don't have an adequate measure of applying force at that range.

The reason I deal with people close up is because it gives me the best options if I have to react or use force. If a hand flies into a pocket I can hold it in there and restrain the arm - if I'm standing too far away the weapon is out before I can do anything about it.