Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
Originally Posted by OldmanoftheSea
Paul,
You don't strike me as the type to intentionally get under someone's skin..
Actually you generally seem to choose your words and actions to be very civil...

Syeve
All one had to do is listen to the breathing of the guy with the camera after, at most a minute and a half, probably less, of "encounter" to know he was out of his element with a sky high adrenaline level..

Not that a body can gives any sort of decent sight picture, but whether intentional or not it seem like"fire for effect" and maybe he will drop it...
Dumping half a second magazine seems tactically unwise..potentially fatal..
I agree a shotgun would have been more effective and thought most marked vehicles had a locking rack on the passenger side of the radio equipment...
They were on their heels when they went in...


I am not trying to get under anyone's skin at all. These matters are important to me, so I try to do them some justice. I am not sure if you intended to, but you raised yet another training issue. It's just not possible to train in an adrenaline rush. There are some things that can be done to get the blood flowing and to induce stress, but that does not compare to the stress of a situation in which you know someone is trying to kill you.

You mentioned them being on their heels when they went in. That's why I suggested in another post that they probably closed the gap more than they should have.


I was actually trying to suggest that you were not "pokeing" Steve in th eye, though he seems determined to get his eye to your finger....

And I agree with your assessment.
IMO
The best thing training can do (even more important than skills proficiency) is to teach responders to go in with as clear a head as possible..

-OMotS


"If memory serves fails me..."
Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "

Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.