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04-27-2007, 11:37

TR, you have hit the nail on the head.

Since Sunday was a day of some "firsts" for me, I'll share with you another one I was told. For the first time ever in a classroom, I heard the phrase "shoot to wound". This was from the instructor who is a long time friend and retired SF MSG and retired APD Lieutenant. I could tell in his voice that he didn't like to say it but put it out there as another possible solution to stopping an individual. I told him afterwards that I didn't think in a moment of stress that I could actually think of something different than center of mass and/or the head. He agreed and told me that he had wished the law would have given us more protection. Especially so, because we are not associated with a department anymore. One other interesting Caveat was that on top of carrying our badges, retired ID, and H.B. 218 ID, we are to announce "Police Officer" when drawing our weapon. I cannot wait to read the first court case on this one.

Now I have a question for our Counselors here: If there is a shooting under H.B. 218, does this allow any of the Feds to get involved in any part of the case, hypothetically speaking?

04-27-2007, 11:37	#11
MAB32 Guest Posts: n/a	TR, you have hit the nail on the head. Since Sunday was a day of some "firsts" for me, I'll share with you another one I was told. For the first time ever in a classroom, I heard the phrase "shoot to wound". This was from the instructor who is a long time friend and retired SF MSG and retired APD Lieutenant. I could tell in his voice that he didn't like to say it but put it out there as another possible solution to stopping an individual. I told him afterwards that I didn't think in a moment of stress that I could actually think of something different than center of mass and/or the head. He agreed and told me that he had wished the law would have given us more protection. Especially so, because we are not associated with a department anymore. One other interesting Caveat was that on top of carrying our badges, retired ID, and H.B. 218 ID, we are to announce "Police Officer" when drawing our weapon. I cannot wait to read the first court case on this one. Now I have a question for our Counselors here: If there is a shooting under H.B. 218, does this allow any of the Feds to get involved in any part of the case, hypothetically speaking?