I noticed last night that after leaving a convenience store, as I'm getting into my car, I look back inside one last time to make sure nobody was waiting for me to leave before doing something wrong. I don't know when I started adding this final survey of the premises, but I like that it seems to be automatic.C-dub wrote:If I have to or need to go inside I look around to see who else is inside as soon as I enter before walking around. Too many bad things happen at these places.
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- Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:40 am
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- Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:09 pm
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Re: Good Shoot: CHL shoots robber on gas station video.
lol
Just remember the cameras are running. . .
Just remember the cameras are running. . .
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:38 pm
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: Good Shoot: CHL shoots robber on gas station video.
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Re: Good Shoot: CHL shoots robber on gas station video.
Glad this turned out OK for the victim. . . I hate being approached while pumping gas. It normally only happens to me along an Interstate or near downtown, but once it happened in Keller and it caught me completely off guard. . . the guy came up from the railroad tracks near 377 and was beside me before I processed everything.
I refused him a ride or money, and he went to dig through the trash by the convenience store door (I was on the street-side of the pumps) about 7 yards away. He yelled some offensive "compliments" at my wife as she was washing the windows and I encouraged him to "chill out" and kept my eye on him. He tried to step to the side one length so that I couldn't see him through the pump, but I shifted. He did it again and I again adapted so that he was in my vision. I wasn't staring him down, but I made it clear I could see him.
He looked healthy and in his mid to late 30's. . . athletic frame and about 5'10" with a short haircut (parted) and a messenger bag over his shoulder. I had a revolver in an ankle holster and, not knowing what might be in his bag (which he was intermittently rummaging through), decided that if he approached me again, I would loudly command him to stop and I would draw.
Gas stations present a lot of vulnerabilities: blind spots, lots of traffic, distractions (messing with credit card machine, pump, nozzle, etc.). . . and it's fairly routine, so it's easy to turn off your alert and go into auto-mode.
Good reminder to stay alert and vigilant.
I refused him a ride or money, and he went to dig through the trash by the convenience store door (I was on the street-side of the pumps) about 7 yards away. He yelled some offensive "compliments" at my wife as she was washing the windows and I encouraged him to "chill out" and kept my eye on him. He tried to step to the side one length so that I couldn't see him through the pump, but I shifted. He did it again and I again adapted so that he was in my vision. I wasn't staring him down, but I made it clear I could see him.
He looked healthy and in his mid to late 30's. . . athletic frame and about 5'10" with a short haircut (parted) and a messenger bag over his shoulder. I had a revolver in an ankle holster and, not knowing what might be in his bag (which he was intermittently rummaging through), decided that if he approached me again, I would loudly command him to stop and I would draw.
Gas stations present a lot of vulnerabilities: blind spots, lots of traffic, distractions (messing with credit card machine, pump, nozzle, etc.). . . and it's fairly routine, so it's easy to turn off your alert and go into auto-mode.
Good reminder to stay alert and vigilant.