Writing a screenplay and need to know how the police would handle this in real life?

[harmonica]

There are three bad guys and they have one hostage at gunpoint. They demand a helicopter. Once the helicopter, lands the two gunmen without hostages get on board. The last gunman holding the hostage breaks free and runs towards the cops. The last gunman then turns and runs for the chopper but the cops shoot him in the back just as he tries to get on board.

The last two gunmen then immediately surrender and are arrested. Would the police shoot a gunmen in the back as he was trying to escape? The pilot of the chopper is a hostage so does that make the situation different? What would really happen? Thanks.

[pac201]

There are three bad guys and they have one hostage at gunpoint. They demand a helicopter. Once the helicopter, lands the two gunmen without hostages get on board. The last gunman holding the hostage breaks free and runs towards the cops. The last gunman then turns and runs for the chopper but the cops shoot him in the back just as he tries to get on board.

The last two gunmen then immediately surrender and are arrested. Would the police shoot a gunmen in the back as he was trying to escape? The pilot of the chopper is a hostage so does that make the situation different? What would really happen? Thanks.

he would be shot as he ran at the cops...

[Nole795]

By putting in the belief that the police would allow a person to be taken hostage by flying the helicopter for the suspects then you have already suspended reality, so whatever you go with wont make much of a difference for 'real life' concept...

[retdetsgt]

By putting in the belief that the police would allow a person to be taken hostage by flying the helicopter for the suspects then you have already suspended reality, so whatever you go with wont make much of a difference for 'real life' concept...

+1. We never let people escape a hostage situation. It's bad enough if they're in one place, much worse once they become mobile.

[harmonica]

By putting in the belief that the police would allow a person to be taken hostage by flying the helicopter for the suspects then you have already suspended reality, so whatever you go with wont make much of a difference for 'real life' concept...

So if a hostage taker with a gun demands a chopper, and the police don't give him one, what happens then? Are the police suppose to say no, and gamble with the hostage's life like that?

[retdetsgt]

So if a hostage taker with a gun demands a chopper, and the police don't give him one, what happens then? Are the police suppose to say no, and gamble with the hostage's life like that?

Just about every hostage taker has a gun. Otherwise, we'd just walk in and kick their @ss.

That's why we have hostage negotiators. And I'm not about to get into how they work, but when was the last time you knew of police letting a hostage taker leave a scene? I mean in real life, not the movies.

[mythoss]

And I'm not about to get into how they work, but when was the last time you knew of police letting a hostage taker leave a scene? I mean in real life, not the movies.

Aw, don't crush the poor guy's dreams.

Truth is if you want to make your screenplay "real," then it's going to be boring. Unless you write a movie about the inner politics of a department, that could be brutally exciting.

[Nole795]

Lets say it is your family that is held hostage. The police say that they will allow him to leave in a chopper with your family to an unknown place. How would you feel about that plan?

As RDS mentioned, negotiators would be called in to play. Unfortunately this site will not go into police tactics for obvious reasons.

Good luck on your script.

[harmonica]

What if the hostage taker absolutely refused a negotiator? What if he said he will kill the hostage if a negotiator appears? And that they have 30 minutes to get a chopper landed or she dies?

[Samuel]

What if the hostage taker absolutely refused a negotiator? What if he said he will kill the hostage if a negotiator appears? And that they have 30 minutes to get a chopper landed or she dies?

JESUS H CHRIST! Stop asking questions already and JUST WRITE THE FREAKING SCRIPT HOWEVER YOU WANT!!

[Samuel]

IMO the OP is now trolling....

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[GoDirectly2Jail]

This whole post is an example of why the forum rules should be expanded to include 'no help for homework, OR help with your script, screenplay, short story or novel.

[retdetsgt]

What if the hostage taker absolutely refused a negotiator? What if he said he will kill the hostage if a negotiator appears? And that they have 30 minutes to get a chopper landed or she dies?

What if he threatens to call in space aliens?

Don't you think they ALWAYS threaten to kill the hostage? What other threat would they possibly make? If he kills the hostage, he has no bargaining chip and we kill him. There is no way on God's green earth we are ever going to let anyone leave a scene with or without a hostage. And there are no exceptions for good reasons. We're not going to get into the why's of any of it because you don't need to know that to write a story.

[Plazoo]

Just about every hostage taker has a gun. Otherwise, we'd just walk in and kick their @ss.

That's why we have hostage negotiators. And I'm not about to get into how they work, but when was the last time you knew of police letting a hostage taker leave a scene? I mean in real life, not the movies.

The Munich Olympics. Helicoptors provided and everything....and we all know how that one turned out. But then...they didn't actually leave the scene.

[retdetsgt]

The Munich Olympics. Helicoptors provided and everything....and we all know how that one turned out. But then...they didn't actually leave the scene.

We've learned from our mistakes as well as our successes..... That's how ALL our procedures have come about.