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Old 08-09-2011, 12:10 PM
Frizzman Frizzman is offline
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In the 1970's when I started out as a patrolman, another officer on the department I was on was taken hostage during a traffic stop. His captor took him and his patrol unit and wound up being pursued by other patrol units. The guy went down a dead end road and was trapped. He killed the officer and himself in the car with shots to the head. That left a big impression. Whenever I rode with another officer I made sure he understood that I didn't want to ever be taken away and I asked him to start shooting if needed to stop it. They other guys always agreed to the same promise from me...I'd rather die resisting than be executed by some monster. As it has already been said, the hostage taker may be bluffing or a lousy shot or be using an unreliable weapon or lousy ball ammo. Plus, EMT's and trauma centers are pretty good these days. I'd rather take my chances with that than a contact shot to the head...
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