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- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Bad tactical position ( was Psychology in Defense)
- Message-ID: <01GR9J73I2IW0065TO@VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 15:07:31 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Mankato State University
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- In article <199211171656.AA28753@cherokee.advtech.uswest.com>, kdlin@advtech.uswest.com (David Lin) writes:
- # In article <1992Nov16.112309.1032@email.tuwien.ac.at> holger@vmars.tuwien.ac.at (Holger Reusch (Dipl. Gerhard + Joe)) writes:
- # #...
- # #IMHO, the best course of action is to leave a suspect a clear
- # #possibility to escape. If I found somebody inside my flat, I'd
- # #yell "GET OUT HERE OR I SHOOT YOU! OUT NOW!", instead of
- # #"FREEZE!" or something similar.
- #
- # One more question on this one. If I do offer the bad guy an option
- # to leave and he does leave, what should I tell the cops after all
- # is over? Should I tell them the whole truth including that I've offered
- # the bad guy an option to leave?
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- Yes, absolutely tell the officers everything. You don't want to be in a
- position where they find out the real story later (like from the suspect if
- they arrest him/her) and see that you did were deceptive. Doesn't look good in
- open court either...
-
- Eric Huber
- Mankato State University
- Law Enforcement Program
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