one of the most important skills that we
have to have as self defenders is
knowing when to transition from verbal
skills to use deadly force hi everyone
this is John with today's active
self-protection lesson out of Iowa this
is bad camera of an officer-involved
shooting there that is going to teach us
important lessons about the importance
of our verbal skills trying to
de-escalate conflict also the importance
of working together with partners if we
have them in our vicinity and finally
when we need to change from using verbal
skills to our deadly force tools we have
audio in the body cams on this one and
it's very important to hear how the
officers interacted with this man so
let's listen in and we'll come back at
the end and learn some lessons is he
back there she's in the house now okay
hey put the gun down put the gun down
you put the gun down put the gun down
what's your name sir sir what's your
name no I don't I'm from Williams
Burke's here I don't know who you are
Connie we're here at gun point he's got
the shotgun in his hands outside the
house can you tell me your name sir no I
don't want to do that lay down on the
ground lay on the ground please well I'm
not going to do that to you
I don't want to do that sir let's just
calm down okay this is just for our
protection all right okay why don't you
come over here to the front of the house
and we'll talk about it you got the gun
again we need to talk to you sir we need
to talk to you all right hey we need to
figure this out we need to figure out
what's going on I don't want to do that
don't point that in my direction don't
shoot I will kill you you point that at
me again don't shoot into the next house
yeah
put it down
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she came around with a pointer right at
me okay when you put pressure on the
wound I'm gonna go get gloves 1033 1033
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lots to learn here from this one in the
first one you see this officer here as
he comes up on this guy and you can see
him he's got a shotgun in his hand right
there on right next to the magazine well
and you see that that officer has to get
a shot on target if he needed to there
now knowing how to get your rifle up and
on target and then assess and make
deadly force decisions it's probably the
most important thing that any self
defender has to do whether officer or
not I do love here that the officer got
behind this vehicle now of course is the
back of the car cover like the engine
block is know but it is concealment
that's a good thing and he does have
that that C pillar in the back of the
car there to give him a little bit of
cover which is better than nothing
now the officer here asked to pursue the
guy because a guy goes out of his sight
with a gun and we know he's a threat if
you're not a police officer you probably
wouldn't do that but as an officer you
notice he keeps that rifle up so that he
can use it if he needs to
while he's telling that guy what to do
and you can see there just passed his
magazine well that this guy here has got
a shotgun in his hands but he's kind of
waving it around he's not really
pointing it in a menacing way and if you
were listening on the body cam he's
trying to commit suicide by cop he or he
is trying to say you know go ahead and
shoot me and the officer saying I don't
want to do that but he has to think
about himself and about his fellow
officers and about everybody else who's
in this vicinity as well I do love that
the officer you saw in the body cam he
started talking about hey watch the back
stop but pay attention right here that
guy raised his shotgun up at the officer
and the officer said oh don't point it
at me again or I will shoot you
you got to know when it's time to stop
talking and actually use your firearm
and the officer here didn't seem to do
that I don't want to give him too much
of a hard time he did the you know an
okay thing here that the guy didn't
shoot at him but boy did he put himself
at risk if the guy decided to actually
pull the trigger in that instance and
because he wasn't ready - he didn't now
the second officer on the other hand he
sees what's going on here didn't have a
shot here on this first one but when he
goes around the other side you see he
had almost the exact same problem he
comes up and the guy starts pointing a
shotgun at him second officer didn't
wait at all and he didn't have any
reason to wait when the guy points a
shotgun at you you only have seconds to
decide what you need to do he decided to
take the shot and he put a
face full of buckshot on that guy will
probably not face probably center chest
now finally I really do want to think
about the officer going back for his med
kid this is why I tell you you got to
have first aid skills not only skills
but your equipment on you I get it that
the officer here is gonna go and put his
rifle away in the back of his truck this
is why you need a great two-point sling
a good two point sling you can tighten
that sucker up real good
keep it sucked into your chest or you
can run it around to the back and keep
it on usage you didn't have that worry
if you had your med kit on your person
your significant medical kit and I
really think certainly every officer
should have one but I think that that
even a CCW holder I carry a medical kit
on me every day and you got to know
where it is and how to use it so these
officers were in a really tough
situation I don't want to give him a
hard time at all that first officer had
justification to use his rifle if he
wanted to
in that moment though he was given that
guy every chance he could second officer
used his shotgun very effectively to end
the threat and then let's keep our
first-aid kit on our person and our
skills up to par and our equipment so
that we can use it immediately so that
we can save lives if we need to
while we cover our ass
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