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“Shoot before you think you need to. If you shoot, empty your clip. If you wait to shoot it’ll be too late. Most cops are killed before they fire a shot. Go home to your family alive; worry about court later.”
These are the messages police and cadets hear when being trained.
“Shoot before you think you need to. If you shoot, empty your clip. If you wait to shoot it’ll be too late. Most cops are killed before they fire a shot. Go home to your family alive; worry about court later.”
These are the messages police and cadets hear when being trained.
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Training takes place in the academy, in the field, and when the police contract out private vendor use-of-force experts who help cops develop the “proper mindset for survival.”
These trainers are often ex-military spec ops, Or police veteran zealots.
Training takes place in the academy, in the field, and when the police contract out private vendor use-of-force experts who help cops develop the “proper mindset for survival.”
These trainers are often ex-military spec ops, Or police veteran zealots.
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This training - whether labeled warrior, survival, or standard - embeds deep into POs psyches. They’re culturally hard-wired to be hyper-vigilant about threats while seeking and manufacturing danger. It cultivates viewing the public as dangerous and needing to be punished.
This training - whether labeled warrior, survival, or standard - embeds deep into POs psyches. They’re culturally hard-wired to be hyper-vigilant about threats while seeking and manufacturing danger. It cultivates viewing the public as dangerous and needing to be punished.
Police Assessments of "high-Risk" and "lethal-Threat" - as evidenced by statistics on police killings - are disproportionally attributed to people of color.
