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I agree that it would be nice to know what (if any) training is in place for when LEOs run into a citizen defending themselves. But in fairness to the article linked in the linked post, I think the writer assumes his active shooter scenario is that way because there is no resistance. See this bullet point in his list of stats and stuff:
"They strike “stunned, defenseless innocents via surprise ambush. On a level playing field, the typical active killer would be a no-contest against anyone reasonably capable of defending themselves.”"
As such, I'm guessing that if someone there was capable of defending themselves, the writer feels there probably wouldn't be a massacre to respond to. If there was someone there to do so and it was, the situation wouldn't realy fit into the typical "active shooter" category. Be it due to the goblin dying before police arrive, or because a good guy simply had the shooter pinned down (a la Trolley Square).
If the latter, and assuming someone called to tell the police two people were shooting at each other, the response should be different from a massacre either way. Not only because it might be an average person shooting back in self-defense, but for all the responders know, it could involve two bad guys or a bad guy and some other LEO (again, like Trolley Square).
That said, surely most police forces train on what to do if they approach a gunfight which may involve a plainclothes officer of some sort, no? In theory, this shouldn't be much different than dealing with an armed citizen. Much like a cop, the armed good guy would likely lower his weapon and identify himself; as opposed to turning his weapon on the officer and/or shooting more random people then himself in the head.
May 25, 2008, 8:13:00 PM
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