I have a few law enforcement friends in my county and state police. One of the MAJOR things they learn in rookie school is how felony stop commands can become a nightmare if the verbal commands aren’t clear (and to be honest simple). For example, they had an instructor act out the command of the rookie.. to a T. From my understanding, it became hilarious because one command would be “raise your arms to the sky” and the next would be “show me your hands”. Thus, a contradiction. They then were trained to keep it simple and focus on the end result: being that the suspect was cuffed ASAP and disabling his or her ability to reach into (or appear to reach into) a shoe, belt, etc... The easiest command in this situation would have been to reach for the sky, keep reaching and get on your knees, keep arms reaching and lie flat. The person’s arm would have been in view.
Cops often give conflicting orders often at Level 10 intensity and at the top of their lungs.
My thought is, lay on the floor face down with hands extended wall above your head palms up and don’t move until you’re cuffed.
Keep arms reaching and lie flat? That would be like saying “If you fall you’d better fall on your face!”. Contradictory.