Behind the Badge - Law Enforcement Community

Why are ACAB fucklettes like this? Just because it has weewoos and shiny lights doesn’t mean it’s a police cruiser.  Oh wait, I remember hearing their reasoning before…

…”Anyone who works with cops or in a uniform is a fascist!”  

Hi friends!  If you are or were a first responder (law enforcement, dispatch, fire, EMS, SAR etc) and you’d like a group to come decompress, share memes and get support, we have a closed group on facebook you can join called Degenerate First Responders.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/186376975341788/

Trooper First Class Walter Greene of the Connecticut State Police, Connecticut, passed away on the 31st of May 2018. The trooper passed away as a result of illness caused by his involvement in the search and rescue operations occurring at the World Trade Center following 9/11.

From the ODMP-”Trooper First Class Walter Greene died from illnesses he contracted while inhaling toxic materials as he participated in the rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Trooper Greene and his canine, along with other members of the Connecticut State Police’s search and rescue team, had responded to the World Trade Center immediately following the attacks to search for possible survivors. Trooper Greene was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Connecticut State Police for 28 years.On the morning of September 11th, 2001, seventy-two officers from a total of eight local, state, and federal agencies were killed when terrorist hijackers working for the al Qaeda terrorist network, headed by Osama bin Laden, crashed four hijacked planes into the World Trade Center towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. After the impact of the first plane into the World Trade Center’s North Tower, putting the safety of others before their own, law enforcement officers along with fire and EMS personnel, rushed to the burning Twin Towers of the World Trade Center to aid the victims and lead them to safety. Due to their quick actions, it is estimated that over 25,000 people were saved. As the evacuation continued, the South Tower unexpectedly collapsed as a result of the intense fire caused by the impact. The North Tower collapsed a short time later. Seventy-one law enforcement officers, 343 members of the New York City Fire Department and over 2,800 civilians were killed at the World Trade Center site. A third hijacked plane crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania when the passengers attempted to re-take control of the plane. One law enforcement officer, who was a passenger on the plane, was killed in that crash. The fourth hijacked plane was crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, killing almost 200 military and civilian personnel. No law enforcement officers were killed at the Pentagon on 9/11. The terrorist attacks resulted in the declaration of war against the Taliban regime, the illegal rulers of Afghanistan, and the al Qaeda terrorist network which also was based in Afghanistan. On September 9th, 2005, all of the public safety officers killed on September 11th, 2001, were posthumously awarded the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor by President George W. Bush. The contamination in the air at the World Trade Center site caused many rescue personnel to become extremely ill and eventually led to the death of several rescue workers. On May 1st, 2011 members of the United States military conducted a raid on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and killed Osama bin Laden.”

It doesn’t work outside of the movies. Every time a police officer fires his weapon, in self defense or defense of others, people ask why he or she did not shoot the suspects arms/legs.

The brachial artery in your upper arm is a good size, so a shot that severs this, and/or any shot to your upper thigh/groin area, which is highly vascularized, can have you bleeding out very quickly. So those are out.

So you have a suspect who you have reasonable belief is a threat, who may well be charging at you, may well be armed and may well be under the influence. And you have to aim at shin, foot, hand or forearm. Fast moving, small targets. Even the best competetive shooters, who rack up thousands more hours at the range than LEOs, would struggle to repeatedly place an accurate shot.

Best case scenario: officer manages to get one or more rounds placed in these small targets. If the lower legs, suspect still has hands free to pull or use a weapon. If on PCP or meth or suffering from psychosis, they may not even seem to notice the injuries. There is footage everywhere of people who have severe gsw injuries still fighting and attempting harm.

Most likely scenario: officer, under extreme stress and likely fearing for their life, misses this tiny approved target.

Worst case scenario: officer misses tiny target and strikes innocent passer-by or child. Shootings are often in built up areas, inside homes or on busy streets.

Suspect also causes injury or death to officers present, as he/she at this point is either uninjured or able to act despite the wounds.

Many police departments have threat simulations that the public can try - media reporters have often done so. Without fail, the reporters “shoot” long before the simulator allows or a cop would act.

Go to a firing range and use a target the size of your forearm, at various distances. Now imagine that arm is moving around, the hand is gripping a weapon and the target is running towards you intending harm.

No-one is saying there are never bad shoots, never bad cops, never bad decisions.

But if you cry out about non-lethal shooting, make sure you understand what it is you are asking for. I’m tired of seeing this argument.

Tl;dr Cops shoot center mass, to stop a threat, to avoid innocent deaths and to make sure it is they who go home to their families, not a folded flag.