In my ccw training, I was told about this. Under high stress, your brain tunes out everything except the threat in front of you.
That this female cop was THAT stressed in this encounter, indicates she is not suited to be a cop.
Maybe yes. Maybe no. We aren’t privy to what briefings she received at the beginning of her shift. Perhaps something said there tied into this case and caused her to be more apprehensive. Was there another individual who fit some of the same descriptions who was a serious threat? I don’t know.
I’ve heard a number of folks say she just really screwed up. She may have.
I am still dumbfounded at the number of people who do no follow officer’s directions. They turn their back on the officers. They return to the vehicle. They turn quickly. They seem to be playing a game. “I’ll just see if I can scare the hold carp out of this officer. If I turn my back and then turn around, that might do the trick. What a great idea...”
Folks, follow directions. Consider the cop to be a wing-nut if you like, but don’t give them an excuse.
Maybe this guy didn’t. I haven’t seen the video.
This article is so lefty and so anxious to grind the ax I can’t judge anything based on it.
I suppose the concept could be true, I think we’ve probably all turned down the radio in the car in order to see better, for example.
“...indicates she is not suited to be a cop.”
Affirmative action hire. Doesn’t always pan out. Look at our president.
I honestly believe this is also a product of scenario based training. I am betting at some point she had a training scenario where a role player gets to his vehicle and retrieves a gun. There are several famous dash cam videos of that happening and police being shot.
Hand-gun class I took in the early to mid 1980's ($150.00, then) given by a mix of F.B.I. Local Sheriff's, etc.
They told us about a very long day-light to nite-time steak-out of a suspect, room they entered was first lite-up (just enough, not to have to turn a light on) by the outside street-light. Shooting started just after entry, night vision was gone (via combination everybody shooting {three shooters total, two cops & one bad guy}) and then between the two cops (arguing / fighting) who was going to turn on the lights, because they thought they could hear the suspect breathing.
Purpose of the story was to DEMONSTRATE, just how a HIGH STRESS encounter, can play on your brain / thought process.
After somebody turned on the lights, the suspect was long DEAD, hence no breathing sounds from the suspect. Between the two cops; neither one knows for sure, who turned on the lights.
The above is the very short Cliff-notes version, but true. Total time in the above situation was like 10 or 20 min's, based on the call to headquarters, (no cell-phones then) hey we see the guy, we're going in, to calling in an officer(s) involved shooting.