Great take down

[Creeker]

...It incorporates spell check into anything you type...

It has helped me out tremendously (including that word that I spelled tremoundsly) with typing and spelling

The Google toolbar spellcheck apparently does a better job... ;)

[Samuel]

Getting there...

The defendant had previously struck a police squad car. I appered to me that the defendant had intentionally done this, because the defendant had deviated arcross three lanes of traffic and onto the shoulder of the road and then struck the squad. In my opinion this ilistrated the fact that he was trying to injure or kill someone if I allowed the defendant to keep running.

Deputy District Attorney: Officer, isn't also true that prior to the suspect ramming the squad car with the Tractor/Trailer, he was involved in 3 major collisions with other vehicles and had caused several more accidents? (Yes) Officer, isn't also true that after ramming the squad car, he attempted to ram 2 more occupied marked patrol vehicles, causing them to make evasive maneuvers, and attempted to run over another officer who was laying spike strips? (Yes)

I did not believe at the time of the incident that it was accidental. I then had to assume that the defendant perpousfully rammed the squad, which in itself could be concidered deadly force.

DDA: Officer, isn't also true that the suspect had originally carjacked the owner of the tractor/trailer at gunpoint and pushed him out of the moving tractor? (Yes) Prior to the suspect robbing the owner of his tractor/trailer, did you also see him attempt to carjack a family in a blue mini-van by shattering the driver's window with his gun, pointing it at the head of the driver, and attempting to pull the driver's door open? (Yes)

Sir, I did not intend to kill the defendant. I was trying to stop the threat that your client imposed. The only way I could do this was with a descisive action at a moments notice. I did not intend to leave his family husbandless or fatherless.

DDA: Officer, moments before your vehicle collided with the running suspect, did you see that he was carrying a blue steel semi-automatic handgun in his hand? (Yes) Was a fully loaded and operational .40 handgun later recovered from the middle of the street next to where you apprehended the suspect? (Yes) So officer, to recap, you made a split second decision to use your car to neutralize the threat of an armed and dangerous carjacking suspect who had led the police on an hour long pursuit. The same suspect who had robbed the owner of the tractor/trailer at gunpoint, had caused serious bodily injury to innocent motorists and had attempted to intentionally run over and/or crash into uniformed police officers and marked police vehicles with a recklessly driven Twenty Ton tractor trailer. The same suspect who, had he been allowed to escape, would have posed an imminent threat to the safety of the public and law enforcement personnel? (Yes)

That's kinda what I meant by "literary license"... ;) :D

[BigFan5o]

Oh, ok.....now I get it!!!! I think they should do more training such as this in my explorer program, I think I will bring that up to my advisor. Thanks Samuel, your insight into this situation has opened my eyes.

Hockey, I will take everything you said and apply it, thank you.

[Samuel]

Oh, ok.....now I get it!!!! I think they should do more training such as this in my explorer program, I think I will bring that up to my advisor.

Personally, I don't think you need that type of training as an explorer. If/when you become sworn, you Will get that type of training (hopefully). IMO, the most fun or exciting training you guys should get is the events at explorer competitions. That stuff, however, isn't realistic - I highly doubt you, as an explorer, will get to call out commands on a felony stop, be part of a team looking to neutralize an active shooter, administering FSTs, interviewing/arresting subjects/suspects, etc in real life.

If you want to be useful and realistic, get training on how to do the basic, mundane stuff that LEOs do on a daily basis - writing reports/filling out forms, using the radio/MDT/computer, familiarizing yourself with your service area (navigating), etc. The more of an asset you can be to an LEO or your station, the more your presence will mostly likely be tolerated or might even be welcomed... ;)

[BigFan5o]

Personally, I don't think you need that type of training as an explorer. If/when you become sworn, you Will get that type of training (hopefully). IMO, the most fun or exciting training you guys should get is the events at explorer competitions. That stuff, however, isn't realistic - I highly doubt you, as an explorer, will get to call out commands on a felony stop, be part of a team looking to neutralize an active shooter, administering FSTs, interviewing/arresting subjects/suspects, etc in real life.

If you want to be useful and realistic, get training on how to do the basic, mundane stuff that LEOs do on a daily basis - writing reports/filling out forms, using the radio/MDT/computer, familiarizing yourself with your service area (navigating), etc. The more of an asset you can be to an LEO or your station, the more your presence will mostly likely be tolerated or might even be welcomed... ;)

I agree with you Samuel that an explorer must learn the "basics" before they get to do all the "fun" stuff. I will NEVER get to call out commands on a felony stop as an explorer and HOPE I don't ever have to do one in the field, but if I do have to I will bet they will teach me to the fullest in the academy. I am familiar with the MDT and computer in the squad (after 4 years of ride-alongs, with EVERY one of the officer making you type the information into the MDT). EVERYONE can ALWAYS improve on their report writing, and I KNOW I could use EXTRA training :D:rolleyes:.

We are usually welcome, there are only a few officers in the department that don't like the explorers and that is because they got the "too excited" explorers, the ones that ask 1,000,000,000 questions on a ride-along and don't let the officer hear the radio when their call number is called.

But, WE (explorers) do like doing the "fun" stuff, and I think that a "report writing" competition would be boring to the explorers. I know that in our last competition, they made us write reports on EACH event that we participated in, and we received the points based on the incident and the report. I liked that format.

[Taxx]

Sorry about the bad quality.

You should be....next time fly your chopper lower and use the wide angle lens with 20 megapixels. Some FLIR and thermal imaging might be nice, too. Geez, no more video from you if that's the best you can do..:D

[Chevymouse277]

lmao thats funny when i saw the car comming i was like....uh oh..suspect+car=OWNED :D