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To: goldstategop

I have been in the military, a police officer, a fire fighter and an EMT. I am 5' 7" tall and weigh 175 pounds. I have fought men 3 times my size and won and I have had to have help fighting a 5 foot 95 pound female on LSD...and everything in between. I have seen large men get their butts kicked by skinny teenagers. It boils down to training, sure there are a lot of women who really need to be at home sweeping the floors that are in jobs where the use of force is required daily...however, there are some men in that category also. I have had two women partners that I would put up against most men and feel comfortable letting my paycheck ride on the fight! If it were a man my size that day in Atlanta who had his weapon lifted we would be calling for more security and better training in prisoner control and transport techniques but because it was a woman who was on duty that we think that it was her fault because we are gender biased. I used to be the same way, until I realized the value of good training. Maybe she wasn't trained correctly. did anyone think of that!


64 posted on 03/21/2005 3:24:59 PM PST by arrogantduck (advocate for the ignorant)
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To: arrogantduck
O.K. I stand corrected on this one (I told you about this site so you could back me up not argue with me, just kidding) On the surface it's easy to say get a big cop to guard the violent criminals but it really does go back to training. When my daughter was little she was in a karate class, her teacher was barley 5ft tall but she had a side job as a bouncer at a club. I guarentee with her black belt she had no trouble keeping trouble makers in line.
66 posted on 03/21/2005 5:27:33 PM PST by alienken (Bumper sticker idea- We have God in heaven & a Texan in the whitehouse,LIFE IS GOOD!!)
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