It isn't black/white and you're talking like a Basic Trainee who just got out of his first CQC class, ie you're revealing just how green you are concerning these situations. There's a reason you train to help minimize this sort of thing, but even exceptionally strong locks and holds can be broken. Nothing quite like watching someone sacrifice an elbow or shoulder joint to keep fighting/fleeing...
Also: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.co...that-can-kill/
Pinning people while prone has resulted in tons of issues. I'm not entirely sympathetic to perpetrators that get harmed in these positions since many are scummy turds... but even "proper" pressure on concrete or similar ground can result in breathing issues, broken bones, etc. So some police forces have tried moving away from it entirely or give official caution to officers trying to use it. Training may be entirely to blame and not for lack of it, but for an adaptation of ROE that puts the officer at increased risk to cater to the fears of brutalizing the populace.
https://www.policeone.com/use-of-for...-for-suspects/
Daelak, you probably should just bow out of this one.
These are great links because they show how much reform and training needs to go into law enforcement. You have the die-hard defenders like Dextroden, Two Nine Marine, who literally don't give a shit if a cop has enough training, if it's even the right perpetrator, they will always defend the actions of the police officer even when their own department goes against them. You can't reason with them, however you can reason with studies regarding apprehension and proper-use. These should be used as new guidelines.
Your second link actually points to the notably non-lethality of prone positioning. I for one would like to see European policing protocols used more in the US, but that would mean increasing the restrictions so not every swinging dick in the US can have access to a firearm for those strategies to work.
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Useful training meaning more frequent training intervals throughout the year.
Not the forum, I am talking about your stance that no matter what, police departments and other LEO agencies protect police officers after excessive force, that is wildly untrue.
You are the one that de-railed the thread by taking a sentence from another reply to another poster into this.
I'm not talking about you, I am talking about police departments that have condemned their fellow officers after they used excessive force; it happens all the time. You were saying that all LEOs and their agencies always protect police officers, no matter how egregious their excessive force was.
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From all this I see Daelek is an extreme moron with almost no basis in reality. The perp was never fully on his stomach, the civilian got him on his knees and he kind of turned to the side NOT flat on stomach. The entire time the cop was saying give me your hands, so the guy was actively able to reach for his hidden weapon the whole time and the cop was trying to stop it. He was never under control fully for him to even get the cuffs out period. You were not there did not experience what the cop did and you HAVE no experience in anything close to this matter. Please take your ridiculous opinions elsewhere and learn that which you speak. It is painfully obvious you are full of hot air and have no clue what you are saying.
Reform/training? Depends on the force in question. Big city forces tend to have less and less violence training and more and more emphasis on avoiding escalation by no prone restraint, running from gun fire, no guns period, etc etc.
Training needs to be appropriate and even the forces that do solid training on restraining and so forth are going to be hesitant putting out they're upping their range practice, CQC, etc. This all gets lumped into "militarization" complaints and you get a grab bag of mismatched cops and forces. I'm fine with additional training, this case may or may not have gone differently with more assertive prone restraint, but as I already said he may be VERY well trained... and thus trained in such a way that caused this situation to worsen.
To be fair to both Dex and Two, you ARE sugar coating the impact of solid training for sake of argument too much. That's why I said you sound like a Basic Trainee. "More training" doesn't just equate to better solutions or situations.You have the die-hard defenders like Dextroden, Two Nine Marine, who literally don't give a shit if a cop has enough training, if it's even the right perpetrator, they will always defend the actions of the police officer even when their own department goes against them. You can't reason with them, however you can reason with studies regarding apprehension and proper-use. These should be used as new guidelines.
The second link specifically comes from a very pro-police website, which is why I picked it. I was illustrating the schism of thought on just the simple concept of prone restraint. Very pro-police folks attack the notion of fatality (not injury mind you) whereas anti-police folks focus less on deaths and more on widespread injury and increased risks, notably when used on non-perpetrators due to overzealous cops.Your second link actually points to the notably non-lethality of prone positioning. I for one would like to see European policing protocols used more in the US, but that would mean increasing the restrictions so not every swinging dick in the US can have access to a firearm for those strategies to work.
It isn't black/white and that impacts the training cops get, abundant or not.