Bruce from West Oz
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OK, you LEOs out there, picture this ...
On a desolate outback highway, a man is trying to hitch-hike from Port Hedland to Broome. If the cars don't stop, he's hurling stones through their windscreens. You're sent to investigate.
You find a dirty, dishevelled, wild-eyed man has indeed been doing what the reports say.
You get out of your car and call on him to stop -- he responds by running off into the scrub.
You follow and he suddenly confronts you with a screwdriver. You call on him again to halt and he lunges, trying to stab you in the chest. You finally draw your revolver and fire one round into centre of mass. BG dies on the spot.
Headlines in our (one and only) major newspaper?
"Police gun down stone thrower in NW"
Give me a break!!
The tonight on TV we have a "social worker" berating the officer and the police force for not being trained in "negotiation" skills or "non-lethal" capture methods.
Our police have only shot 4 people in 10 years for heaven's sake!! It's not like it's a bloody epidemic!
The poor old Senior Conny who pulled the trigger has been crucified in the press and on TV -- and the police inquiry hasn't even started yet!!
You don't want to get shot? Easy! Don't try to kill coppers!!!!!!
B
[This message has been edited by Bruce from West Oz (edited November 09, 1999).]
On a desolate outback highway, a man is trying to hitch-hike from Port Hedland to Broome. If the cars don't stop, he's hurling stones through their windscreens. You're sent to investigate.
You find a dirty, dishevelled, wild-eyed man has indeed been doing what the reports say.
You get out of your car and call on him to stop -- he responds by running off into the scrub.
You follow and he suddenly confronts you with a screwdriver. You call on him again to halt and he lunges, trying to stab you in the chest. You finally draw your revolver and fire one round into centre of mass. BG dies on the spot.
Headlines in our (one and only) major newspaper?
"Police gun down stone thrower in NW"
Give me a break!!
The tonight on TV we have a "social worker" berating the officer and the police force for not being trained in "negotiation" skills or "non-lethal" capture methods.
Our police have only shot 4 people in 10 years for heaven's sake!! It's not like it's a bloody epidemic!
The poor old Senior Conny who pulled the trigger has been crucified in the press and on TV -- and the police inquiry hasn't even started yet!!
You don't want to get shot? Easy! Don't try to kill coppers!!!!!!
B
[This message has been edited by Bruce from West Oz (edited November 09, 1999).]