{"id":3926,"date":"2013-01-03T11:05:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T16:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=3926"},"modified":"2013-01-03T12:34:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T17:34:13","slug":"easy-on-the-less-lethal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=3926","title":{"rendered":"Easy on the Less Lethal…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I just got back from an armed barricaded suspect call.\u00a0 Why do they always come out right at the end of shift?\u00a0 I was a little taken aback when I saw that the three officers at the door to the knife-wielding suspect’s room were armed with either TASERs<\/a> or a less lethal beanbag shotgun.\u00a0 I made some adjustments to the personnel configuration and brought a handgun up to the door.<\/p>\n

We practice to have lethal cover with a less lethal option available when practical.\u00a0 But the lethal cover should be up front, not from the guy way at the back of the stack.\u00a0 When another sergeant and I did the initial TASER orientation and certification for the entire patrol division some years back, we took some of our SWAT concepts and applied them to the street officers’ instruction.<\/p>\n

One of the main training points demonstrated the proper contact and cover movement with two officers.\u00a0 When approaching a possible threat area, the officer with the handgun or long gun is up front and his less lethal back-up behind (when the situation calls for the potential use of a TASER).\u00a0 The ECD-armed officer always has lethal cover.<\/p>\n

For instance:\u00a0 “My husband just gave me a black eye.”\u00a0 Where’s he go?\u00a0 “He’s in our mobile home.”\u00a0 Welcome to Florida.\u00a0 May we go check on him?\u00a0 “Sure.”\u00a0 Does he have weapons in the trailer?\u00a0 At this point, I don’t care if she says, “No,” I’m assuming he’s got guns and knives and throwing stars and a broken table leg–everybody is armed.<\/p>\n

Follow your policy, but for me, it will start with a knock on the aluminum-skinned door.\u00a0 Hey, buddy, can we talk to you?\u00a0 At the point at which you cross the threshold legally, you and your partner(s) should have a plan which involves both lethal and less lethal options, but the first guy to stick his neck out should have his gun at the ready.<\/p>\n

I have read many police-related news articles that screamed TASER Overdependence!<\/em> at me.\u00a0 Tomorrow’s Read Off will be a debrief<\/a> of last night’s call and a reminder to apply your levels of force in the proper manner.\u00a0 It is just good officer safety.<\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just got back from an armed barricaded suspect call.\u00a0 Why do they always come out right at the end of shift?\u00a0 I was a little taken aback when I saw that the three officers at the door to the knife-wielding suspect’s room were armed with either TASERs or a less lethal beanbag shotgun.\u00a0 I made some adjustments to the personnel configuration and brought a handgun up to the door. We practice to have lethal cover with a less lethal option available when practical.\u00a0 But the lethal cover should be up front, not from the guy way at the back of the stack.\u00a0 When another sergeant and I did the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,10,227,15],"tags":[605,828,507,273],"class_list":["post-3926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-officer-safety","category-street","category-tactics","category-taser","tag-less-lethal","tag-officer-safety","tag-police-taser","tag-taser-international"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t