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Dial H For Hero

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3. Hm....would it make a difference, though? Putting aside that law enforcement officials almost

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:31 AM

Sep 2020

universally use holsters which make such a drop a virtual impossibility, suppose that while chasing a suspect a gun did drop from the officer's jacket, and the suspect grabs it.

What should the officer do?

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Sheriff's Dept. alleges Dijon Kizzee picked up gun before deputies fired 19 shots [View all] Dial H For Hero Sep 2020 OP

wouldn;t police body cameras verify this? If so, where are videos? beachbumbob Sep 2020 #1

a gun that dropped from a jacket as he fell to the ground. 2naSalit Sep 2020 #2

Hm....would it make a difference, though? Putting aside that law enforcement officials almost Dial H For Hero Sep 2020 #3

It sounds like a "throw down"... 2naSalit Sep 2020 #4

That would of course be an entirely different matter, granted. Dial H For Hero Sep 2020 #5