“Remember - these cops are standing and guns still holstered.”
What about knife man? Does he have a folding knife in his pocket at the start of the drill? Is he pumping gas at the beginning of the drill?
And the FBI says that is someone shoots a BG in the heart, the BG will still have at least 10 seconds of useful consciousness in which to shoot back. Much more if you just nick an artery.
You cut someone’s femoral artery, they will die. But if they live long enough to put 10 rounds of 9mm in you, your odds of collecting social security go down too.
Caught by surprise, most CCW folks will need 3-5 seconds to get a gun out. Maybe more. After all, it is concealed and you will probably have carried for 10+ years without ever needing to draw in self-defense. You just won’t be very good at it. The same applies, but even more so, for using a knife in self-defense.
There’s a lot of what if’s in this scenario.
Fact is, almost every time this drill happens - guy with the gun is DRT because they think that 20 or 21 feet is enough space.
Most determined attackers can close that gap in less than 2 seconds.
There’s a youtube video with a GA Tech student with a knife and multiple cops around him. They did the right thing but you know this training was on their mind when this event happened.