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sparx wrote:

Diode wrote:Where did "FREEZE" come fro manyway? Was it Manix or Rockford Files. Starsky & Hutch maybe..... Doesn't matter it was Hollywood I am willing to bet. I'l lbe yelling something I hope they understand me. :)

I think it may have even pre-dated them... Maxwell Smart maybe? Oh, wait a minute... he just spoofed what was already out there I think. Cannon? Nah, he might have said that, but it was probably just in reference to saving his leftovers. Couldn't have been 5-0... that was "book'em Dano!" Hmmm.

txinvestigator wrote:

sparx wrote:

1TallTXn wrote:One thing my instructor stressed was to be LOUD and CLEAR in the demands to the BG. and don't be vulgar. his reasoning was that when the witnesses come forward in your trial for killing the guy it would sound better to have said "FREEZE OR I *WILL* SHOOT!" vs "FREEZE YOU MFer OR I'LL SHOOT YOUR rear!"

I've also heard that using the word "STOP!" is much more effective than the word "FREEZE!". (I wouldn't know from first-hand experience though, so feel free to take it for what it's worth.)

Texas has a very large Mexican non-English speaking population. Stop is well understood and Universal. Freeze is not.

sparx wrote:

evil_smurf wrote:Our instructor went over this part with us very well. Example:

Instructor: "Bad guy is coming at you and demands your money. He pulls a knife out on you. You respond by saying very loudly "Get the $*&% out of here or I'll blow your %*$%)$( head off!" Legal or not legal?"

Us: Legal!

Instructor: Correct!

At that point I think I would have already drawn, so by the time I said anything they would already know I'm armed. Hopefully looking down the barrel of a gun would do more to stop the threat from advancing than any words I could say.