Ambush!
I came across an article from PoliceOne.com published back in May about being ambushed in your vehicle and found it interesting. If you've been verified as an officer at P1, you can read it here.
If you haven't been verified yet, what are you waiting for? It's free, confidential, and makes a ton of articles and tips/tricks available to you.
Stay safe.
If you haven't been verified yet, what are you waiting for? It's free, confidential, and makes a ton of articles and tips/tricks available to you.
Stay safe.
Labels: Officer safety
posted by Moe at 01:00
5 Comments:
When I started out in LE, all of the vehicles had bench seats in the front. I always took great pains to make sure the passenger seat was clear in case I had to bail out on that side of the car while under fire. Heck, I even used Armor-All on that side of the seat to make the frantic slide across the seat that much easier. (Plus it was fun to have another officer in the car, then stab the brakes and watch him slide)
Nowadays, every car has bucket seats and all kinds of gear (e.g. radios, control heads, computers) jammed into the space between the seats. That makes a passenger side bailout a lot more difficult.
BAR:
ROFL!
...about the Armor-All.
Goes to show that civvies just don't understand what constitutes "policeman's butt", do they?
"SO THAT's what I smell..."
(slicker than snot on a doorknob)
Hell, HOUDINI would have trouble getting out of a cruiser ambush with ALL the gear onboard these days...agreed!
Stay safe.
Glad I could provide that image and laughter for you Bob G. If I was feeling really evil I'd also Armor-All the backseat.
Back in the day, if a suspect tried to spit on you through the cage he'd get what was known as a "screen test." A dog would run out in front of your cruiser and you would stand on the brake in order to avoid hitting the poor animal. The jail personnel would simply shake their heads and grin when you walked in with a prisoner whose face looked like a waffle.
We can't do those anymore thanks to kinder, gentler policing policies and video in the cruisers. Now we just have to take the abuse and say, "Sir, please cease and desist in engaging in your disgusting behavior."
Oh, BTW, interesting blog you have. You have been bookmarked.
We always called that a waffle. I've done it on two occassions.
My sister was a cop when I got hired. Back then we had a guy with no legs, in a wheelchair. He was strong as hell. He'd get to a local bar, get lit and start trouble. He was a tough character to get restrained.
My sis got him one night and strapped him in the backseat for the ride to jail. She promises me that a dog actually ran out in front of her car. She stabbed the brakes hard. When she looked in the rearview, her prisoner was gone.
She got out, opened the rear door and found him wedged under the cage. The seat belt didn't hold him because he had no legs. It took two officers to unstick him.
Funny visual.
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