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New LAPD flashlights are too small to be used as weapons (Disarm Police /Empower Criminals update)
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| March 31, 2007
Posted on 03/31/2007 1:15:09 PM PDT by Stoat
New LAPD flashlights are too small to be used as weapons LOS ANGELES The L-A-P-D has decided that smaller is better when it comes to flashlights.Police Chief William Bratton is scheduled to unveil new flashlights today that are brighter than the ones they use now, but too small to be used as a weapon. The idea for the new ten-inch torch was conceived just days after news cameras broadcast images of L-A-P-D officers beating a car-theft suspect with a two-pound, two-foot long standard issue flashlight. Bratton banned the large flashlights after the 2004 beating and called for manufacturers to create a smaller, brighter flashlight. A-C-L-U Southern California director Ramona Ripston praised the L-A-P-D for the equipment change. She says it's an "important step in the right direction." |
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: ca; california; criminal; criminals; flashlight; flashlights; la; lapd; losangeles; pelican; police
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To: Stoat
I'm all in favor of giving the police a flashlight that can be used to both club perps, and can give off a brief, but "dazzling" bright light different from its main light.
The idea is to have a second switch connected to a strong capacitor in the flashlight, so when the officer meets up with a perp at night, he can momentarily blind him with a flash to the face. Having the perp suddenly losing their night vision can give an officer a big advantage, especially if the perp is armed.
To: Nathan Zachary
"$199 for a $5 mini-mag light. Figures. "
You aren't keeping up with flashlight advancements, my little pocket flashlight that uses a single AA battery goes for $70.00.
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posted on
03/31/2007 2:50:13 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((America, love it ,or at least give up your home citizenship before accepting ours too.))
To: SoldierMedic
The left doesn't care if police are beat up. They want criminals to get away with crime.
To: ansel12
I only paid $2.95 for mine, and it's a refillable lighter as well... I've got one in the truck glovie that throws out 10,000 bcp (good for deer) that plugs into the lighter only paid $9.95 for that one.
Tell you what- I'll sell you my $2.95 one for $30. I can get more for your friends, you can sell them for $70.
To: SoldierMedic
....a two-pound, two-foot long....flashlightI keep one of those flashlights under the front seat of my car. There's lots of crazy people on the road these days.
The ol' MagLight knuckle-knocker is always within reach -- with a good excuse (more light on the subject!)--
...Awaiting anyone who reaches into the vehicle without being invited...
It's a "We the People".... thing-a-ma-bob
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posted on
03/31/2007 3:19:24 PM PDT
by
Wings-n-Wind
(The answers remain available; Wisdom is obtained by asking all the right questions!)
To: Nathan Zachary
"I only paid $2.95 for mine, and it's a refillable lighter as well..."
Sounds like you really know your gear.
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posted on
03/31/2007 3:45:40 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((America, love it ,or at least give up your home citizenship before accepting ours too.))
To: Leisler
That would be great for chasing down a fleeing suspect.Just drive the large hook into the base of the skull,he'll slow right down.
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posted on
03/31/2007 3:48:59 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(Every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains.)
To: Popocatapetl
"The idea is to have a second switch connected to a strong capacitor in the flashlight, so when the officer meets up with a perp at night, he can momentarily blind him with a flash to the face"
For the civilians, a small, super bright, tactical flashlight, and a good knife can accomplish a lot in an unplanned nighttime encounter.
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posted on
03/31/2007 3:50:04 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((America, love it ,or at least give up your home citizenship before accepting ours too.))
To: neverhillorat
"Rudy is behind this.(sorry, but I wanted to be the first to balame him)"Let me go on record now as saying I've never balamed Rudy.
BTW, how DO you "balame" someone?
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posted on
03/31/2007 4:02:19 PM PDT
by
Redbob
To: MediaMole
There was a local cop known as "Motorola Man" for his creative use of the department-issued radio. You just know what that MX300 was really for when you saw the finger holes along the rubber ducky.
< }B^)
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posted on
03/31/2007 4:11:50 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
(This tagline on sabbatical.)
To: SoldierMedic
"New LAPD flashlights are too small to be used as weapons"
Nuts. It's size won't keep it from being used as a weapon, although any video of it being used as such won't look as bad as if it were larger.
To: Stoat
To: SoldierMedic
As if the police were not allowed to have weapons?
There will come a day when the PC left will call for cops to patrol without guns.
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posted on
03/31/2007 4:40:57 PM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
To: M203M4
What the heck, give this one to Barney Fife.
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posted on
03/31/2007 4:47:19 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(God Bless America)
To: misterrob
Bart: Wow! Can I see your club?
Lou: It's called a baton, son.
Bart: Oh. What's it for?
Lou: We club people with it.
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posted on
03/31/2007 4:49:03 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Hunter-Thompson '08)
To: Redbob
Ate youre agee, youe don`te knowe howe toe balame someonee? Youre noe Conservativee!
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posted on
03/31/2007 5:07:50 PM PDT
by
neverhillorat
(HILLORAT WINS, WE ALL LOSE)
To: monkapotamus
FANTASTIC weapon! I need about four of those in the house and at least one or two in the stoatmobile :-)
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posted on
03/31/2007 7:34:02 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
So don't these cops carry batons?Yeah but if it's nighttime and you have it in hand already one doesn't want to waste time transitioning
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posted on
03/31/2007 10:04:53 PM PDT
by
Horatio Gates
(Oleoresin capsicum: WOT Protestor tested. Cop approved.)
To: SGCOS
hahaha...costs more than the best Streamlight.
wonder what its CARBON FOOTPRINT is
To: txroadkill
not only is the taser much more effective, it's 100 times more fun to use.Amen brother. Doesn't leave marks, well not big ones
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posted on
03/31/2007 10:09:18 PM PDT
by
Horatio Gates
(Oleoresin capsicum: WOT Protestor tested. Cop approved.)
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