It’s interesting to note that this deputy also had the best training the military has to offer and still had this reaction. Reading the report from the sheriff’s dept it states he was a West Point grad, infantry officer and spent time with special forces for 2 tours in Afghanistan.
After working in various police departments around the country, I have always been surprised how departments value military credentials over street cop experience. I’m surprised because I have found nothing shows who you will be in stressful experiences, except experience of those situations.
Come to think of it, in a military setting the deputy's reaction to the acorn would probably be correct. If you're not sure whether your under fire during a battle, assume that you are, at worst you'll waste some ammo.
I reviewed this case and read the investigation report. The interesting part was this guy's partner's reasoning. She was cleared of any wrongdoing and was judged to have followed protocol perfectly because she acted as any reasonable officer in her position 'should have acted'.
The key for her was that she waited until her screaming in pain partner rolled out of the way, (which further convinced her he had actually been severely injured) before she engaged the shooter in the vehicle. His belief of being severely wounded by gunfire, convinced his partner that she had to engage to save his life and the lives of the person who called 911, whom she was standing near to, ready to protect at all costs.
Yeah it's a weird one. On the one hand, you can see how a lot of people would have done the same as her. On the other, a series of reasonable beliefs on her part led to an unacceptable outcome.
If there's a place where her actions went wrong, it would be firing without having a clear sight picture or even being able to see the "shooter". From her interview in the report, it seems like she was laying down cover fire for her partner. In an LE context, not sure that generalized cover fire has many valid uses. (It's easy to imagine situations where laying down cover fire without fully understanding the situation would lead to shooting innocent people, hostages, bystanders, etc.)
It’s interesting to note that this deputy also had the best training the military has to offer and still had this reaction. Reading the report from the sheriff’s dept it states he was a West Point grad, infantry officer and spent time with special forces for 2 tours in Afghanistan.
After working in various police departments around the country, I have always been surprised how departments value military credentials over street cop experience. I’m surprised because I have found nothing shows who you will be in stressful experiences, except experience of those situations.
Come to think of it, in a military setting the deputy's reaction to the acorn would probably be correct. If you're not sure whether your under fire during a battle, assume that you are, at worst you'll waste some ammo.
I reviewed this case and read the investigation report. The interesting part was this guy's partner's reasoning. She was cleared of any wrongdoing and was judged to have followed protocol perfectly because she acted as any reasonable officer in her position 'should have acted'.
The key for her was that she waited until her screaming in pain partner rolled out of the way, (which further convinced her he had actually been severely injured) before she engaged the shooter in the vehicle. His belief of being severely wounded by gunfire, convinced his partner that she had to engage to save his life and the lives of the person who called 911, whom she was standing near to, ready to protect at all costs.
Yeah it's a weird one. On the one hand, you can see how a lot of people would have done the same as her. On the other, a series of reasonable beliefs on her part led to an unacceptable outcome.
If there's a place where her actions went wrong, it would be firing without having a clear sight picture or even being able to see the "shooter". From her interview in the report, it seems like she was laying down cover fire for her partner. In an LE context, not sure that generalized cover fire has many valid uses. (It's easy to imagine situations where laying down cover fire without fully understanding the situation would lead to shooting innocent people, hostages, bystanders, etc.)