Reporter & "Activists" do shoot/don't shoot scenarios

policerevolvercollector · #1 04-26-2015, 12:42 AM

I found the comments from all involved very interesting.

It might be a very good thing if more politicians and media folks did these exercises......

Here is a related story from Atlanta:

Civil rights activist participates in police shooting simulation | www.wsbtv.com

Civil rights activist sits down with officers involved in... | www.wsbtv.com

I hope that there is a level of honesty ....and dare I say it?....sincerity that makes it past the media hype.

Charles

ironhead7544 · #2 04-26-2015, 07:48 AM

When you have 1/4 second to make a decision, things look a bit different.

S&W Fan · #3 04-26-2015, 10:23 AM

A good friend, retired leo, has a simulator system that he's offering to the general public to come in and go through "armed citizen" scenarios (there are police scenarios as well). It's a great system, there's a camera on the participant and in the playback mode after the scenario ends the system shows a clock and that camera.

He's offering it up to anyone legally able to possess a firearm and is working with area instructors to bring in their students.

I've taken two friends to it-one with no firearm experience (tv reporter by the way from a long distinguished Navy family), the other with limited. They both couldn't get over how fast things can go bad or shot someone that ended up not posing a threat. Great learning experience.

manyguns · #4 04-26-2015, 05:18 PM

The dose of reality certainly helps in every ones relationship with LEOs. Having to do it exactly right every split second in bad situations is a rough job description.
The main point, just comply with cops, and your opportunity for problems are massively reduced. Is that really that hard? They have to deal with jerks pretty much every day. Just try not to be one of those jerks.

policerevolvercollector · #5 04-26-2015, 07:30 PM

It was really refreshing to hear the activist in the Atlanta story actually say that he realized the police were not his or his son's etc. "enemy".

policerevolvercollector · #6 04-26-2015, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by S&W Fan

A good friend, retired leo, has a simulator system that he's offering to the general public to come in and go through "armed citizen" scenarios (there are police scenarios as well). It's a great system, there's a camera on the participant and in the playback mode after the scenario ends the system shows a clock and that camera.

He's offering it up to anyone legally able to possess a firearm and is working with area instructors to bring in their students.

I've taken two friends to it-one with no firearm experience (tv reporter by the way from a long distinguished Navy family), the other with limited. They both couldn't get over how fast things can go bad or shot someone that ended up not posing a threat. Great learning experience.

Thanks for doing this!!!

Cyrano · #7 04-26-2015, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by S&W Fan

A good friend, retired leo, has a simulator system that he's offering to the general public to come in and go through "armed citizen" scenarios (there are police scenarios as well). It's a great system, there's a camera on the participant and in the playback mode after the scenario ends the system shows a clock and that camera.

He's offering it up to anyone legally able to possess a firearm and is working with area instructors to bring in their students.

I've taken two friends to it-one with no firearm experience (tv reporter by the way from a long distinguished Navy family), the other with limited. They both couldn't get over how fast things can go bad or shot someone that ended up not posing a threat. Great learning experience.

Wow!! Wish we had something like that in El Paso. I'd be there every day trying to acquire some skills that I sure don't have now.