On Feb 15, 1998 03:21pm, CHARLES HUNTER wrote to RICH GRIEBEL:
RG>>Situation happened to me.  I was blissfully doing the pre-tests for a DUI
  >>truckdriver when three Troopers and on County Deputy did a felony stop
  >>ton a
  >>Vanbehind my patrol vehicle.
RG>>I'm used to being on the "behind" end, not the "front end".  Luckily, I
RG>>Ihad
  >>large truck to get cover behind.
RG>>Turned out to be the owner of the vehicle, he recovered it himself a
RG>>Tweek or
  >>soafter the theft report was filed, and neglected to notify the PD he
  >>sfiled
  >>thereport with.
 CH> Exactly the type of situation I was referring to.  But in this case, if
 CH> no special circumstances (age, senility, etc.) intervene there is no
 CH> problem using normal procedure and explaining why it was used after you
 CH> determined he was the real owner.  But what about the 70 year old
 CH> grandma and grandpa (who maybe shouldn't even be on the road) who
 CH> doesn't understand why all of this armed force is being used and why he
 CH> was pulled over.......................and who goes into a cardiac event
 CH> because of the excitement?  How do you head that off while maintaining
 CH> officer safety?
Unfortunately, all the training in the world won't prepare any officer for 
this
type of situation.  Thats where a certain amount of common sense comes into
play, enough to reasonably guarantee the officers safety, enough to keep the
suspects attention and reasonably guarantee their safety.
Guess it all comes down to the amount of common sense, translated to reading
people from a distance to determine their threat level.
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