{"id":8910,"date":"2015-01-09T16:05:21","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T21:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=8910"},"modified":"2015-01-09T17:12:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T22:12:12","slug":"police-officers-say-walk-a-mile-in-our-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=8910","title":{"rendered":"Police Officers Say, &#8220;Walk a Mile in Our Shoes.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yfi3Ndh3n-g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Phoenix civil rights activist Rev. Jarrett Maupin and a Fox news reporter go through some standard police use of force scenarios and learn some things about what we as cops face everyday.\u00a0 It strongly affected their preconceptions.\u00a0 &#8220;We want his badge, we want his gun, we want his job!&#8221; Rev. Maupin had chanted earlier at a protest for a police shooting in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>After this training session with the Maricopa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, Rev. Maupin said,\u00a0 &#8220;I didn&#8217;t understand how important compliance was, but after going through this, yeah, my attitude has changed.&#8221;\u00a0 During the Simunition training, both Maupin and the reporter shot an aggressive <em>unarmed<\/em> man approaching them in one of the scenarios.\u00a0 &#8220;People need to comply with the orders of law enforcement officers for their own sake,&#8221; the reverend concluded.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that if citizens had some insight into how law enforcement approaches these problems, they would be able to more objectively assess how their local police perform under these stresses.<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phoenix civil rights activist Rev. Jarrett Maupin and a Fox news reporter go through some standard police use of force scenarios and learn some things about what we as cops face everyday.\u00a0 It strongly affected their preconceptions.\u00a0 &#8220;We want his badge, we want his gun, we want his job!&#8221; Rev. Maupin had chanted earlier at a protest for a police shooting in Phoenix. After this training session with the Maricopa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, Rev. Maupin said,\u00a0 &#8220;I didn&#8217;t understand how important compliance was, but after going through this, yeah, my attitude has changed.&#8221;\u00a0 During the Simunition training, both Maupin and the reporter shot an aggressive unarmed man approaching them in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=8910\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,349,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-officer-safety","category-politics","category-street"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/yfi3Ndh3n-g Phoenix civil rights activist Rev. 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