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thank you
here officers have been told to
investigate a suspicious circumstance at
night in a warehouse and React to what
they find
at first glance this officer's distance
from the suspect looks safe enough but
an attacker can easily cover this
distance faster than the officer can
draw their gun
remember when you close the distance
between yourself and a suspect do so
only by purposeful decision
in fact at close distances your only
realistic option for controlling a
suspect is empty hand control
yet when officers are asked how they
would control a knife attacker they
usually say by shooting him forgetting
that they may not have time in reality
here still unrehearsed is what happens
when officers assume they can
automatically use deadly force against a
knifer
they stand their ground and try to draw
or try to draw and disengage
simultaneously
or even worse try to draw fall down and
shoot and they lose
because time and distance work for the
offender and against the officer
with the reactionary gap of about one
foot or less it's impossible for you to
react quickly enough to even touch your
holstered sidearm once the attack begins
at about five feet the average officer
can't even get his sidearm unholstered
unless your sidearm or baton is already
out you'll have to rely on physical
control at less than five feet
at about 10 feet you might get your
sidearm out but you probably won't get a
shot off a Suspect with a knife can
close seven paces and deliver deadly
force in about 1.5 seconds
for the average officer to deliver two
rounds against an attacker who starts
moving at 10 feet the sidearm must
already be drawn and ready to shoot
at about 15 feet your chances are a
little better
if you're alert anticipate danger and
are skilled with your equipment
but to deliver two rounds Center Mass
your hand would already have to be on
your sidearm when the attack begins
tests with hundreds of officers revealed
that in most cases a minimum reactionary
gap of 21 feet is required to react and
deliver at least two rounds and have
enough time to move out of the
attacker's path
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