The official "Ask a cop/deputy anything!" thread

Sedan_Clan wrote

We got into a shootout today. Really bad friggin' day. Ughhhh!

Littlebear wrote

Yes, but I see no supporting data in your link.

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Fly320s wrote

You gotta read the whole article. References are at the end. Quoted here to save your fingers from having to click your mouse.

Sedan_Clan wrote

Thank you! Yes! The two shooters surrendered after a really long ordeal.

Sedan_Clan wrote

I WISH we had those. That would be a wonderful tool. It would, in theory, limit how much deadly force we might have to use. I would much rather use that than a stun bag shotgun.

Sedan_Clan wrote

I WISH we had those. That would be a wonderful tool. It would, in theory, limit how much deadly force we might have to use. I would much rather use that than a stun bag shotgun.

IllSic_Design wrote

Yeah that actually looks like pretty cool tech that would actually work/help officers.

Littlebear wrote

Learn some manners, pls.
You can go round & round your toilet bowl, for all I care.

CDC Study Ban?:

"Passed in 1997 with the strong backing of the NRA, the so-called "Dickey Amendment" effectively bars the national Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from studying firearm violence...."
"Besides, experts say, non-partisan research could uncover a plethora of suggestions to help stem the tide of violence -- education strategies, guns storage solutions, etc. -- that don't include limiting access to guns.

"Violence prevention researchers are invested in less violence, not fewer guns," Corby said. "Their end game is not to take away guns.""

https://www.gunpolicy.org/templates/gunpolicy/images/factpage-head.jpg

https://abcnews.go.com/US/federal-government-study-gun-violence/story?id=50300379

NorCalAthlete wrote

Entirely too predictable and exactly the response I was saying not to bother with. Your bias is clear and you do not appear to be arguing in good faith which is why the politics forum was closed.

I’ll let this thread get back to cop talk.

Murf993 wrote

NorCalAthlete wrote

Entirely too predictable and exactly the response I was saying not to bother with. Your bias is clear and you do not appear to be arguing in good faith which is why the politics forum was closed.

I’ll let this thread get back to cop talk.

jamesinaz wrote

I tried once when I was a newbie here. I didn't realize how biased and unwilling to discuss the subject rationally he was. And how insulting he is when discussing firearms. Now I ignore him entirely. I guessed you wouldn't last long either.

vreihen16 wrote

Sedan_Clan wrote

I WISH we had those. That would be a wonderful tool. It would, in theory, limit how much deadly force we might have to use. I would much rather use that than a stun bag shotgun.

IllSic_Design wrote

Yeah that actually looks like pretty cool tech that would actually work/help officers.

The BolaWrap demo is mostly performed on volunteer suspects standing still or walking slowly. How does it perform when a suspect is running, and their leg stride is faster than the BolaWrap can encircle them?

Maybe I've been working in the IT field with the mythical "sales guy land" where everything works and integrates with zero effort, but I am skeptical when the demo video focuses on people standing still or walking comically slow. I'm sure that it has a use in law enforcement, but would it be used enough to justify the belt space?????

Sedan_Clan wrote

Probably better than tasing someone who isn't running in a straight line, where an errant prong would render it ineffective.

Littlebear wrote

Excuses, excuses, excuses!
And another empty post attacking the messenger....
So predictable!

Fly320s wrote

I agree with you.

Attack or debate the subject, not the person.

I also agree that we need to stick with the thread subject and try not to get too political. I'm as guilty as the next guy of doing that, but I'll try to be a good boy.

Fly320s wrote

So, coppers, who's rights did you violate today?

I keed, I keed!


Not sure I've seen this question yet. If you weren't a cop, what job would you like to have?

Littlebear wrote

Sorry coppers; it just made me laugh....

Fly320s wrote

There may be a bit of Vieux Carre cocktail in my system. Who is the rum guy? I'm like him, but I have better taste in booze.