LEO May Need Help?

[Itstjs]

Scenario:

Your driving home from work, you see a couple LEOs chasing after a person, theyre falling behind in their foot chase, you happen to be just a little ahead of the person in your vehicle.
What do you do?

A.) Pull your car infront of the person and order them to the ground at Gun Point.
B.) Pull your car infront of the person, and order them to the ground with no weapon drawn.
C.) Ignore the person running from the Police and go about your business
D.) -Enter your text here-

Second Scenario:

You happen to be comming home from the store and are on the expressway [or local road] you see a police cruiser on the side of the road, and what apprears to be an LEO laying on the ground getting beaten by several men.
No other sirens are heard, youre unsure if other LEOs are on the way.

What do you do?

A.) Pull over and start attacking the criminals
B.) Pull over and draw your weapon and order the men to the ground
C.) Pull over and observe [ie called 911 already and inform them of the situation]
D.) Continue to drive home with 911 on the phone

Some scenarios I thought of today while watching "Street Patrol" and "Cops"
Ive seen similar situations on my way home from work. I work as an armed security officer, carry exactly the same stuff LEOs carry [minus the stun gun], and I have assisted in two arrests where an officer was alone with one or more individuals. Things went well, except one or more of the people were being a little combative.
Help was appreciated, hands were shaken and I went about my way....
What would you do?

 

[FLhunter3]

Scenario 1, I keep driving home. Its not that often that a BG gets away on a foot chase these days. If there are no dogs or helicopters then it is probably some dirtbag that doesnt want to get caught with his weed, not worth me getting involved as it is not my job to be a LEO.

Scenario 2, im jumping out of my car with weapon drawn as fast as I possibly can and firing on them if needed. I know LEOs dont sit well in the public eye anymore, but I still respect (most) of them. I would do this even if it wasnt a cop. I dont care if its a drug dealer down there, nobody should get jumped like that, its just brutal and cowardly.

Anyways thats my .02! Not my job to assist with LEOs unless they request, but I wont drive by and not help a downed officer EVER!

 

[Treo]

I'd go buy a lottery ticket becauase the odds of either happening are about a million to one.

Be sure to flash your CCW badge as you jump out of the car

 

[S&WM&P40]

Scenario:

Your driving home from work, you see a couple LEOs chasing after a person, theyre falling behind in their foot chase, you happen to be just a little ahead of the person in your vehicle.
What do you do?

A.) Pull your car infront of the person and order them to the ground at Gun Point.
B.) Pull your car infront of the person, and order them to the ground with no weapon drawn.
C.) Ignore the person running from the Police and go about your business
D.) -Enter your text here-

Second Scenario:

You happen to be comming home from the store and are on the expressway [or local road] you see a police cruiser on the side of the road, and what apprears to be an LEO laying on the ground getting beaten by several men.
No other sirens are heard, youre unsure if other LEOs are on the way.

What do you do?

A.) Pull over and start attacking the criminals
B.) Pull over and draw your weapon and order the men to the ground
C.) Pull over and observe [ie called 911 already and inform them of the situation]
D.) Continue to drive home with 911 on the phone

Some scenarios I thought of today while watching "Street Patrol" and "Cops"
Ive seen similar situations on my way home from work. I work as an armed security officer, carry exactly the same stuff LEOs carry [minus the stun gun], and I have assisted in two arrests where an officer was alone with one or more individuals. Things went well, except one or more of the people were being a little combative.
Help was appreciated, hands were shaken and I went about my way....
What would you do?

I would pull over and yell "Now you know how Rodney King felt." Then I would film it and sell it to all the news outlets. Become rich and famous at the same time lol, I would then milk all the interviews that followed.

In all seriousness if you did shoot at the men attacking the LEO and missed and hit the cop, your life would be over. Police have been beating, shooting, tasering citizens for years, I would look at like poetic justice. If you removed your firearm from the holster 80-1 says you would be shot by responding police officers. Unless you happend to have your CCW badge on a gold chain, then you could yell "King Kongs got nothing on me" (what flim is that from lol) as you charge in guns a blazing.

 

[Austin]

Scenario 1, I keep driving home. Its not that often that a BG gets away on a foot chase these days. If there are no dogs or helicopters then it is probably some dirtbag that doesnt want to get caught with his weed, not worth me getting involved as it is not my job to be a LEO.

Scenario 2, im jumping out of my car with weapon drawn as fast as I possibly can and firing on them if needed. I know LEOs dont sit well in the public eye anymore, but I still respect (most) of them. I would do this even if it wasnt a cop. I dont care if its a drug dealer down there, nobody should get jumped like that, its just brutal and cowardly.

Anyways thats my .02! Not my job to assist with LEOs unless they request, but I wont drive by and not help a downed officer EVER!

Im with ya on this

 

[Glock Fan]

I'd go buy a lottery ticket becauase the odds of either happening are about a million to one.

Be sure to flash your CCW badge as you jump out of the car

No need to flash the CCW badge, "Paul Blart" is an armed security officer, so would have the tin on his chest. :sarcastic: Now if Paul is off-duty, then the CCW badge may be needed. :laugh:



gf

 

[Treo]

Be sure you have the appropriate sheep dog background music playing on your 8 track
YouTube - Legolas- I Need A Hero

 

[FLhunter3]

No need to flash the CCW badge, "Paul Blart" is an armed security officer, so would have the tin on his chest. :sarcastic: Now if Paul is off-duty, then the CCW badge may be needed. :laugh:



gf

HAHAHAHA That is hilarious

 

[tcox4freedom]

Not my job to assist with LEOs unless they request, but I wont drive by and not help a downed officer EVER!

Pretty much sums it up for me.

HOWEVER! An "armed" civilian jumping into a "fray" that involves LEOs is something that needs to be done VERY carefully; lest you be seen as another BG. (Taking your gun out to "help" an officer is a very good way to get SHOT by either the BGs or responding officers.)


Bottom Line?
I may help; but, my gun stays holstered unless it is ABSOUTELY needed.

 

[FLhunter3]

Pretty much sums it up for me.

HOWEVER! An "armed" civilian jumping into a "fray" that involves LEOs is something that needs to be done VERY carefully; lest you be seen as another BG. (Taking your gun out to "help" an officer is a very good way to get SHOT by either the BGs or responding officers.)


Bottom Line?
I may help; but, my gun stays holstered unless it is ABSOUTELY needed.

I agree 100%. My assumption is that if these guys are capable and brazen enough to take out a LEO, they should have NO problem with me. Knowing that it is my assumption that the gun would probably be needed.

I dont like these kind of scenario questions so much. Just one of those things that screws you no matter what you do.

 

[Deanimator]

Scenario 1: I don't interfere with an ongoing police matter which doesn't concern me. It's the job of the police to enforce the law, not mine.

Scenario 2: It depends upon where I am. If I'm here in Ohio, I will seriously consider helping the police if they look like they're in trouble and are not prevailing. If I'm in Chicago visiting relatives, I avoid ALL contact with the Chicago PD. I CANNOT assume that a Chicago cop involved in a violent encounter is not the unlawful aggressor. I don't have any idea what they're doing, don't want to know and am not getting involved.

 

[golocx4]

This happened to me about 10 years ago.
Haven't been on the job for 15 years.
Summer Sunday evening about 8pm.
Unarmed coming from daughters house after a bar-b-que.
Driving across a rural bridge that had a County Sheriffs car stopped in the middle with lights on.
I observe the officer talking to what later turned out to be a jumper.
I drive by slowly and just as I am passing them I can see that things are not going well.
Guy is screaming at officer.
From rear view mirror I see the Officer and subject locked in combat.
What now seems like acting on instinct
Throw truck into park, exit truck and start running towards the fray.
Take my right hand and place on Hip to............grab my a cell phone.
Thats when it hit me, Hey, moron, you're not a cop anymore.
Helped the guy anyway restrain the wacko until he was cuffed.
Officer said thanks. I got in truck and drove home.