We all need to be ready...officer shooting.

[C. Cash]

Whether police officers or no, we all need to be ready one for these murdering twerps. So, my immediate reaction is that he should have left much more space between his an the perps vehicle, to have more time to react, but probably would have done similar to what he did with the adrenaline. What lessons do you take away from this? I would be loathe to take someones life, but I would have loved to have been in that garage with a 12 gauge double stoked with mag buckshot. http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_uri ... cE-FgOpqLU

[Griff]

More info: http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2 ... er-Pursuit

Shooter was later shot and killed.

[KirkD]

Thank the Lord that the officer survived with all those multiple gunshot wounds. I'm glad that justice was served on the perpetrator. Now that that video is on the web, others may use the same tactic. The question is, for other LEO's, what would the best course of action be? Since the other fellow is already out, shooting and advancing closer, I wonder if the best course of action is to get the windshield between the LEO and the shooter by reversing and swinging the front end to keep the windshield between them as the LEO get's some distance. The shooter would probably get back in the car and make a run for it. If he tried the same thing the second time, it might be wise to come in wide and ram the drivers side door as he exists but even better if one could hang back and wait for more cruisers to arrive. Three or four LEO's pouring lead into the perp is better than one.

[C. Cash]

Yeah it is a crapshoot as that guy was out so quick....forwards, backwards could have lead to either success or failure. There was really no time to think, but in hindsight he should have stayed well back to have more reaction time. That is the one thing that hits me....that close, he no longer had the space to do one blessed thing. At the point the officer was at, my gut reaction would be to floor it and hope for the best. But again, so little time.

[Griff]

Kirk,

That jumpin out quick as you can is not a new tactic on the part of perps. It's been workin' for years. We trained for just such eventualities. Several tactics are a good defense for that. I'd tell what they are... but then...

[C. Cash]

Understood Griff. Maybe good for some of us to see in order to think what we should and should not do in such situations. I hope that officer made a complete recovery. The fact that he was only hit by a ricochette shows that he had an angel on his shoulder.

[Griff]

Understood Griff. Maybe good for some of us to see in order to think what we should and should not do in such situations. I hope that officer made a complete recovery. The fact that he was only hit by a ricochette shows that he had an angel on his shoulder.

Uncommon good sense really dictates that there are a couple good tactics. Both defensive AND offensive!

[Dave James]

Not enough info from the video to really say what or how, we shows those type of vid's for years at roll call to reinforce no such thing as a standard traffic stop, the job has just gotten harder as the years have gone by, me personally if the cruiser was still in gear I would have pinned the bastard between it and the Volvo.

[C. Cash]

Yeah that is what I was going for in my post above....floor it and pin him to the car. Better to have stayed well back in the first place, but easy for me to Monday Morning quaterback. I think for most of us with a seatbelt on, a cross draw holster with a thumb break would be fairly fast to get into action. When I wear on my right side the seatbelt seems to interfere with getting at my pistol.