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VMI77 wrote:

carlson1 wrote:Bad folks in every bunch. LEO's are no exception, especially if they have the attitude of killing everyone they stop. No traffic stop is routine and they should be ready for anything that might take place, but exiting the patrol car with the attitude of I am going to kill you is extreme.

All most makes you not want to teach children that the police are their friends. I am an ex State LEO in my other life and my youngest son is a LEO in an East Texas town. I ride out with him ever 45 days. I have never seen the attitude that has been shown here in this thread from any of those fine young men in that department.

I am PRO Police, but it makes me have second thoughts.

I think you're misinterpreting his statement. I thought the phrase came originally from Col. Jeff Cooper, but after a little research all I can find for attribution, besides the Marine officer named by others here (and this phrase precedes the war in Iraq), is that it's one of the Marine "Rules for Gun Fighting."

All it intends is that with any encounter you assess the tactical situation and decide beforehand what you will do if the encounter goes south. This is good advice for anyone, armed or not....especially perhaps if unarmed...but I see it as essential to survival for any LEO stopping strangers in vehicles. If you practice it becomes habitual and will greatly increases your odds of survival when suddenly confronted with the unexpected. It has absolutely nothing to do with any desire or intent to kill anyone.