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The reason that some of the data is not in the link I supplied is that many times these interesting videos are
found by me on a website which I can't link to due to existing forum rules. So some of the details of incidents
are reported there, but I can't post the link. Usually the same video can be found in http://www.youtube.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, which
has the same video, but not the rest of the text story.
Also, when I am researching the best link to post for a thread, I usually read multiple accounts, look at multiple
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- Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:24 am
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: NC:Polite LEO missed 5 times,then shoots BG 5 times.
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- Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:50 pm
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: NC:Polite LEO missed 5 times,then shoots BG 5 times.
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NC:Polite LEO missed 5 times,then shoots BG 5 times.
http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-story-man-se ... 2646.story
The above is almost a 10 minute long video, but full of suspense and then action.
The Guilford County, North Carolina LEO is questioning a man out walking at 400 AM.
The man was a 57 year old bank robber who had been living at a halfway house, but walked away.
It's unclear the time he had been gone from the halfway house, but he already had a gun.
The LEO, Corporal Mecham, seems to be a little too much of a nice guy to the BG.
He doesn't pat the man down. The LEO doesn't draw his own gun or try to cuff the suspect, even after
his time in the cruiser, on the radio, had revealed to him that the suspect had an NCIC hit (National Crime
Information Computer, or something like that).
Although some of the encounter is offscreen, the BG draws 1st, fires 2 shots at the officer, who is backing
away, but trips on the pavement. At some point the BG fires 3 more rounds. All 5 of his rounds miss the LEO.
Cpl Mecham then returns fire and drops the suspect with 5 rounds in him, but the man still has his gun and is
not showing his gun hand, although he is on the ground. Backup LEO's arrive and assist Cpl Mecham.
There is no mention made in the story of what handguns each was using.
I'm glad Cpl Mecham was OK, but it seems to me that he should have exerted control over this suspect much earlier
in the game.
I post dashcams like this to give forum members in general some exposure to actual shooting incidents, but
more specifically to our forum members who are LEO's, just in case they don't see these at their own agency trainings.
Excaliber, gigag04, jbirds1210, Kythas, speedsix, anyone - Care to comment on this LEO's handling of the situation?
TIA / SIA
The above is almost a 10 minute long video, but full of suspense and then action.
The Guilford County, North Carolina LEO is questioning a man out walking at 400 AM.
The man was a 57 year old bank robber who had been living at a halfway house, but walked away.
It's unclear the time he had been gone from the halfway house, but he already had a gun.
The LEO, Corporal Mecham, seems to be a little too much of a nice guy to the BG.
He doesn't pat the man down. The LEO doesn't draw his own gun or try to cuff the suspect, even after
his time in the cruiser, on the radio, had revealed to him that the suspect had an NCIC hit (National Crime
Information Computer, or something like that).
Although some of the encounter is offscreen, the BG draws 1st, fires 2 shots at the officer, who is backing
away, but trips on the pavement. At some point the BG fires 3 more rounds. All 5 of his rounds miss the LEO.
Cpl Mecham then returns fire and drops the suspect with 5 rounds in him, but the man still has his gun and is
not showing his gun hand, although he is on the ground. Backup LEO's arrive and assist Cpl Mecham.
There is no mention made in the story of what handguns each was using.
I'm glad Cpl Mecham was OK, but it seems to me that he should have exerted control over this suspect much earlier
in the game.
I post dashcams like this to give forum members in general some exposure to actual shooting incidents, but
more specifically to our forum members who are LEO's, just in case they don't see these at their own agency trainings.
Excaliber, gigag04, jbirds1210, Kythas, speedsix, anyone - Care to comment on this LEO's handling of the situation?
TIA / SIA