Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Of interest to police and trainers

This is an excerpt. Look for issue #164 at http://www.forcesciencenews.com/

New Force Science study results: Prone suspects with hidden hands more dangerous than imagined


The latest study by the Force Science Institute has produced 2 surprising findings of importance to trainers, street officers, and police attorneys:
1. Some suspects lying flat with hands hidden under chest or waist can produce and fire a gun at an approaching officer faster than any human being on earth can react to defend himself;
2. The angle sometimes advocated as the safest for approaching a prone subject appears, in fact, to be potentially the most dangerous.

Discovery Channel Video: http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/daily-planet/march-2010/daily-planet---march-11-2010/#clip275641




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