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To: R_Kangel

“..... LOL ..... I think your questions should be directed towards the abuse of power rather than the effective training of response units.”

You also need to watch the sources of that power, and the equipment used to exercise it. A soldier is a very different tool than a cop is. They think differently, and they act differently.

To quote a movie “You don’t put on a condom unless you’re going to #$@!”

And you don’t give police military training unless you need your police to act like soldiers.


63 posted on 01/22/2014 6:08:44 PM PST by LevinFan
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To: LevinFan
"And you don’t give police military training unless you need your police to act like soldiers....."

.... Yes .... precisely .... because on occasion they do have to act like soldiers just as soldiers on occasion have to act like tactical officers.

.... After the initial first operations in Iraq .... the military realized that the training given to our troops was still stuck in the open battleground warfare mode and left them inadequately prepare for urban warfare. Subsequently our troops were then given that training ... much of which was garnered from the training and experience of our urban tactical units as well as special ops unit training.

65 posted on 01/22/2014 7:53:27 PM PST by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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