[El Gato]

Yeah, I have to agree. An LEO in a courtroom has a duty to be able to restrain the perp or anyone else who tries to disrupt the court. (The judge should also have a firearm IMO). But the deputy has the main responsibility to be able to draw the weapon and restrain the perp before the perp can take the weapon away. A woman in this situation whould be more wary, sit farther away from the perp, take into account size and strength. I don't mind her being a woman, she should have had her weapon out and the perp shot dead in the middle of his first stride out of the chair.

Your scenario doesn't match this situation at all. They were not even *in* the courtroom when her gun was taken and she was shot. To me it sounds like a procedural and/or issued equipment problem, having little or nothing to do with the sex of the deputy involved.

[Bonaparte]

"...having little or nothing to do with the sex of the deputy involved."

In general, who will stand the best chance in a hand-to-hand contest against a big, violent male -- a man or a woman?

[KC_for_Freedom]

Your scenario doesn't match this situation at all. They were not even *in* the courtroom when her gun was taken and she was shot. To me it sounds like a procedural and/or issued equipment problem, having little or nothing to do with the sex of the deputy involved.

Yeah, I based it on a courtroom scenario before we got additional details. In the actual situation it appears the deputy had to be in close contact with the guy and did she have to also be alone? At any rate there are procedures that could have been followed that would have had a different ending. Usually when something like this happens, there are at least three violations of safety. (1) Alone (2) with weapon, (3) Judge overlooking a smuggled weapon last week which would have justified extra caution. That about does it.