I guess usual advice if ever in shooting to avoid the cops shooting you in error, is to call 911, let them know this was SD, who you are (good guy) and describe yourself, clothes etc. Fine, but I can see times when that wouldn't work. An example:
Smoke clears, BG is down and not moving, stunned you stand there, gun in hand. But you do remember after a bit to call 911. You do and go through the above info pretty quickly, and - because this is usually how you end a cell call - (you only use it occasionally) - and your attention is riveted on the inert BG - you disconnect and turn off the phone soon as you're done talking. So 911 can't get further info to you - but you're not thinking so clearly. Seems but a few seconds after that: sirens are all over the place, and here they come! How the cops got there so quick is secondary to your relief and you feel pretty safe as they know you're the good-guy. Doors open and, gun still unconsciously held out a bit , you turn quickly towards them to point at yourself so they make the connection you are the caller and to shout "It's OK!". Unfortunately, the first police round has just hit you in the throat - and there's merely a gurgling sound as you go down.
What happened? A bystander a distance away saw "one man shooting another", called 911 immediately, before you did after your long stunned pause. The second report from 911 (from you) is starting but the cops are responding to the first, now exiting cars and drawing and hyped beyond belief. They have seen the "man who shot the other man", gun in hand - the other man lying inert - quickly turning towards them with a gun partially raised and he's screaming in rage. Adrenaline takes over...
Far fetched? maybe, but a shooting is adrenaline-city for everyone, and that's when things easily go haywire. And there are other situations also that could screw up the call being made period, or being made but garbled after the first part in transmission, static etc, and others as well.
So, what is a good and safe "always" routine to go through right after a shooting, say with the BG down and inert to make it simpler. E.g. what do you do with the gun? Especially if the cops are pulling up? Hold on? - seems very risky. Move your arm to place it in holster or on the ground? Seems very risky. And then what do you do? etc., etc., etc.: for anytime, having called or not. Because one thing seems clear to me: assume nothing as far as what the cops may know or may not know.
Smoke clears, BG is down and not moving, stunned you stand there, gun in hand. But you do remember after a bit to call 911. You do and go through the above info pretty quickly, and - because this is usually how you end a cell call - (you only use it occasionally) - and your attention is riveted on the inert BG - you disconnect and turn off the phone soon as you're done talking. So 911 can't get further info to you - but you're not thinking so clearly. Seems but a few seconds after that: sirens are all over the place, and here they come! How the cops got there so quick is secondary to your relief and you feel pretty safe as they know you're the good-guy. Doors open and, gun still unconsciously held out a bit , you turn quickly towards them to point at yourself so they make the connection you are the caller and to shout "It's OK!". Unfortunately, the first police round has just hit you in the throat - and there's merely a gurgling sound as you go down.
What happened? A bystander a distance away saw "one man shooting another", called 911 immediately, before you did after your long stunned pause. The second report from 911 (from you) is starting but the cops are responding to the first, now exiting cars and drawing and hyped beyond belief. They have seen the "man who shot the other man", gun in hand - the other man lying inert - quickly turning towards them with a gun partially raised and he's screaming in rage. Adrenaline takes over...
Far fetched? maybe, but a shooting is adrenaline-city for everyone, and that's when things easily go haywire. And there are other situations also that could screw up the call being made period, or being made but garbled after the first part in transmission, static etc, and others as well.
So, what is a good and safe "always" routine to go through right after a shooting, say with the BG down and inert to make it simpler. E.g. what do you do with the gun? Especially if the cops are pulling up? Hold on? - seems very risky. Move your arm to place it in holster or on the ground? Seems very risky. And then what do you do? etc., etc., etc.: for anytime, having called or not. Because one thing seems clear to me: assume nothing as far as what the cops may know or may not know.
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