Comments - Throw-Down Guns - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T09:11:54Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=537324%3ABlogPost%3A191462&xn_auth=noI agree I.J. Cops have split…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-03:537324:Comment:1914852009-04-03T20:04:09.308ZChristopher Valenhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/ChristopherValen
I agree I.J. Cops have split seconds to make decisions. In preparation for my first police procedural, White Tombs, I went through the nine week Citizen's Academy course. I remember the night we had to enter a dark house where someone was reported to have a gun. Although it was all staged and we had paint bullets rather than the real thing, I got a taste of what it might be like. Still, if the officer in question is found to have used a throw-down, I can't have a lot of sympathy for him,…
I agree I.J. Cops have split seconds to make decisions. In preparation for my first police procedural, White Tombs, I went through the nine week Citizen's Academy course. I remember the night we had to enter a dark house where someone was reported to have a gun. Although it was all staged and we had paint bullets rather than the real thing, I got a taste of what it might be like. Still, if the officer in question is found to have used a throw-down, I can't have a lot of sympathy for him, particularly given the amount of times the kid was shot. This is a violent society. A…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-03:537324:Comment:1914752009-04-03T18:03:52.458ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
This is a violent society. A large portion of the public is armed. A police officer in that setting has to assume that he faces an armed combatant (yes, it's a war zone out there). So much for the shooting.<br />
The planting of the gun is another matter and reprehensible.
This is a violent society. A large portion of the public is armed. A police officer in that setting has to assume that he faces an armed combatant (yes, it's a war zone out there). So much for the shooting.<br />
The planting of the gun is another matter and reprehensible.