Where's Ben Fields when you need him....http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=581_1446436696
I hope you see how ridiculous your statement is.
Would you guys (the ones who think he shouldn't have been canned) ask him to please be more careful in the future, lol? Just wondering you would go forward.
Here are some techniques you can employ next time to remove a student who is passively resisting. Now that you have been shown these techniques, I expect you to use these.
You feel confident that his actions resulted from lack of training?
It's a possibility. may have been taught a couple in the academy, not sure how long ago that was, he may be due a refresher. But I think his career is certainly salvageable barring no other issues that training should be considered
So you'd say he may have not only forgotten the techniques, but also that there's a need for them?
when you ask if there is a need for them.. what do you mean? How would you propose getting someone to leave when they don't want to? maybe I misunderstood the question
This:Why not just pat him on the back and tell him he did a good job, then?
In many situations, there are opportunities to improve. After every swat call there is a debrief/critique because there is usually something to improve on next time. In this case I think there is ample room for improvement, a better way to do it. Doesn't always mean what they did rises to suspension or termination.
Do you find it believable that he may have forgotten even the need to use technique?
This:Why not just pat him on the back and tell him he did a good job?
Good question actually. Sometimes officers go to what is most successful for them in the past. I was taught various techniques during the academy but on the street generally went with a handful that I either was good at or worked in similar situations. Had I found these not working it might be that I hadn't used the others in so long I had forgotten about them. I think in this case he likely intended to pick her up out of the chair. His thinking on techniques may not have come into play for many reasons, one may be that he was successful with this technique in the past on a student, I don't know. I don't think his original intent was what we saw. and in hindsight, he may, if asked say "I should have done X or Y or Z
Is it possible he said fuck it to the technique?
I'd pat him on the back. He did what needed to be done.
There are always opportunities to improve and people - not just cops - should take them. That's why surgeons make presentations to their peers about surgeries that didn't go according to plan; that's why software engineers have post-mortems after a software crash; that's why military pilots have debriefs after training exercises and dogfights. Nobody is suggesting that every mistake rises to a suspension or a termination.Nobody is suggesting that every incident is suspect. Nobody is saying that cops should lose their jobs if they're anything short of perfect. What people are saying is that the pervasive culture of lax discipline and cop practically getting away with murder must come to and end. You may say these sort of things don't happen or that they are the exception and not the rule, but the facts say otherwise.
I do think you've been listening to Nobody very closely, because that's often exactly what he says. Also, what facts indicate cops are "practically getting away with murder"?
You'd probably suck his dick, too, but that's beside the point.
And you'd probably still be negotiating with the little terrorist.
I just read about this on the Police State thread, over at Politics and I thought I should post so TheUgly could see this: Officer Lisa Mearkle tasered an unarmed man and kept ordering him to the ground and demanding he show his hands despite the fact that he was lying flats and his hands were showing. She then shot him, continuing to yell at him to show his hands as he died. She was charged with criminal homicide but was acquited of all charges. Here's the story and the video: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/shock-video-cop-executes-man-lying-face-complying/According to an interview, she's planning on returning to her department to "serve" the citizens of her community.
