I can't fault the Dallas officer's decision to give up the car - I wasn't there and she may have had no good alternative. That part is a judgment call.texanjoker wrote:leos can be victims like everybody else. lapd made a good training video about a female officer that pulled out
her gun vs giving up her car, she was badly shot. my thought is they can have my empty car, that is why i have insurance. if my family is present then i will reevaluate based on suspects demeanor.
I'm familiar with the LAPD case, and if I recall correctly the BG's shot the officer in the heart as soon as they confronted her. She then returned accurate fire with the gun she carried on her person and fatally wounded at least one BG, despite her near fatal wound which she survived only because of heroic efforts by paramedics and surgeons.
There may have been some good reason for the Dallas officer not carrying her badge and gun on her person at that particular time, but this practice is atypical of situationally aware officers and very typical of officers who refuse to carry their guns off duty because they're not being paid for those hours and they don't need to because nothing bad ever happens to them.
Regardless of prior circumstances, when she was confronted, her decision not to carry her gun gave her no viable option for engaging the suspect or even for defending her life if the BG decided to shoot her for the heck of it, despite the fact that she had a high level of training and was authorized to carry a weapon. This, to me, is what looks like the stupid part.