LEO Question

[Gun-runner]

Reaching in a car is pretty stupid. It's alot easier to say "Please turn off your vehicle".

 

[Meeko]

Reaching in a car is pretty stupid. It's alot easier to say "Please turn off your vehicle".

In a perfect world....YES However what do you do if the subject does not comply???? That is the world of LE, nothing is exactly cut and dry. Way to many variations to cover everything in a split secound decision. Trying to keep the vehicle contained in that location instead of a high speed chase reaching in the vehicle was the lesser of two evils.

 

[27145]

Reaching in a car is pretty stupid. It's alot easier to say "Please turn off your vehicle".

Hitting the gas pedal and accelerating with a cop half inside your car is pretty stupid. Am I horrible? I am glad the cop is ok and the perp is dead.


There have been plenty of posts articulating what happened here, for you to throw that in is egregious.

 

[Gun-runner]

Hitting the gas pedal and accelerating with a cop half inside your car is pretty stupid. Am I horrible? I am glad the cop is ok and the perp is dead.


There have been plenty of posts articulating what happened here, for you to throw that in is egregious.

Where in the original post was this articulated?? Please feel free to cut and paste where necessary...

The original post:

Have a question for you law enforcement folks.

This is something I've been thinking about for a long time but never asked.

Here goes.....

Why is it that during a traffic stop, an officer reaches into the car to turn it off or take it out of gear that lethal force is authorized to stop the driver if he/she doesn't stop?

If the officer would not have reached in to begin with, he wouldn't be in immediate danger. Seems to me he intentionally put himself in harms way and because of that, someone got shot.

Could the officer not retreat to his car and resume the chase? Or is public safety a consideration?

I personally have a hard time with the decision to take a life just because I reached in to take the keys. Seems like a stupid idea to me.

Don't misunderstand. I understand what you fine folks do and I respect you. And I am not a cop and have never been in that situation.

Also, I completely understand that there are many variables to the question I ask.

Thanks in advance.

Where was I being egregious????

 

[Kanewpadle]

I also think it's stupid. Kind of like intentionally standing in front of a bullet.

However, in the heat of the moment, knowing it's my duty to apprehend and protect, I would probably do the same.