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Very interesting news cast here last night in San Diego. First I watched this scene in LA with the cops shooting this guy. Then the next story was a chase that happened here in San Diego yesterday. The guy wrecked the car and jumped out and ran. One police car tried to hit the guy, barely missing as the guy jumped out of the way. Then another police car lined the guy up, accelerated into him and sent him flying about 10-15 feet. Just very interesting to see both clips played back to back.

I missed the local news this morning, I'll see if it shows up at noon. Weird things happen when adrenaline gets running free during a pursuit. In Oxnard, about ten years ago, there was a guy who shot up the local unemployment office. He was armed with, among other weapons, a medium caliber rifle. One of the officers who pursued him was killed, and when the guy was finally cornered, the officer who took him out forgot all his training and experience and just rushed the guy. In post-incident interviews, the officer said the only thing going through his mind was, "I want him dead". It was an emotion he'd never experienced before, and it was so alien to him that he ultimately couldn't come to terms with it and quit the job.

A little closer to the San Diego experience was an incident I was at in Burbank where an officer requested help. Help showed up loudly and quickly, lead by one officer who slammed on the brakes, bailed out of the car and ran toward the struggle, followed slowly by his car (which he had failed to put in "park"). Fortunately he managed to get to the other officer and the suspect and drag them out of the way before his vehicle got there. It was pretty damn serious at the time, but later about all you could do was laugh.