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Ga. PD launches 'Shoot to Incapacitate' program
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (through Police 1) ^ | 5/7/2021 | Brad Schrade

Posted on 05/09/2021 5:36:06 AM PDT by No.6

(excerpt) The training is part of a new program launched by the West Georgia agency meant to address some of these questions. The program, called "Shoot to Incapacitate," is challenging decades of police orthodoxy around use of deadly force. Instead of teaching officers to always aim for available center mass of the body — usually the chest, upper torso and head — the training is giving them another option if they must fire their weapons in the line of duty.

The course is the first of its kind in Georgia and could well be a first in the nation. It is teaching officers that in some instances where they are authorized to use deadly force, they have the option to aim for the pelvic region, abdomen, legs and arms of a person posing a threat. The idea is that a gunshot to these areas, while still potentially deadly, could stop the threat while increasing the chance that the wounds will not be fatal.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: banglist; biden; firearms; georgia; police
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To: No.6
How many police shoot-outs involve multiple officers emptying their 17 round service pistols at a suspect, with few if any hits?

Now make them aim for an arm?

21 posted on 05/09/2021 6:04:08 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: No.6

The problem is that police officers do not do too much shooting! In general, they are not that good at it.
What can be done by some Olympic contender or Hollywood movie star, is impossible under the stress of street confrontation.


22 posted on 05/09/2021 6:05:41 AM PDT by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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To: No.6

An increase in police funerals is the likely outcome.


23 posted on 05/09/2021 6:05:50 AM PDT by lastchance
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To: No.6

“Ga. PD launches ‘Shoot to Incapacitate’ program”

Sure. they should be able to shoot the gun out of a prerp’s hand like they did in the old Western movies...BWhahahahaha


24 posted on 05/09/2021 6:05:58 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti)
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To: chuckee

“Buttock” is too risky. Aim for the “piggy that goes wee wee wee to the market”


25 posted on 05/09/2021 6:12:31 AM PDT by albie
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To: Vision

And lawyers salivate.


EXACTLY!


26 posted on 05/09/2021 6:12:37 AM PDT by Loud Mime (A living and breathing Constitution empowers evil; living and breathing Commandments do was well. )
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To: No.6
Oh, this sounds great! < s >

I always thought that a gut-shot (a shot to the abdomen) was one of the most painful and deadly shots that you could make. One of those shots that you make on a bad guy just to watch him die in pain ...

27 posted on 05/09/2021 6:13:28 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: Vinnie

Lash LaRue could jerk the gun right out of the bad guy’s hand with his bullwhip.


28 posted on 05/09/2021 6:14:18 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: No.6

Now with this training, if an officer shoots and rather than wound a suspect, killing him instead, he can expect automatic murder charges for what amounts to being a poor shot under extreme circumstances.


29 posted on 05/09/2021 6:15:30 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: No.6

I see a real problem with this.

1) A LEO shoots an suspect. The action is a justifiable use of force and it terminates the illegal action of the suspect, but the suspect lives. The suspect hires a ambulance chaser and sues in civil court for loss of income, pain and suffering and wins millions, even though the “source of income” is criminal activity Eventually the municipality is bankrupted.

2) Same scenario as above, but the suspect dies. A POS like Keith Ellison files criminal charges and convicts the LEO for manslaughter.

The “qualified immunity” defense is being attacked by liberals now.

3) Rather than take the shot, the LEO does nothing, for some of the reasons listed above.


30 posted on 05/09/2021 6:15:48 AM PDT by Glennb51
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To: No.6
There is a less-than-lethal device to subdue perps - a police baton.

Many of these perps who end up shot would have learned a lot from a wooden shampoo years prior. Instead they go from television land to cold reality in a fraction of a second.

31 posted on 05/09/2021 6:15:58 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: No.6

Aim for the groin. Solves several problems all at once and it will incapacitate.


32 posted on 05/09/2021 6:16:44 AM PDT by Chainmail (Remember - that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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To: Vinnie

I think this strategy is more effective if the bullets are silver. Need to up LEO budgets accordingly.


33 posted on 05/09/2021 6:20:40 AM PDT by organicchemist (Without the second amendment, the first amendment is just talk)
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To: No.6

Instead of a thug getting killed, he’ll probably be permanently crippled, and will still sue the police and individual officers.

The policy will also result in more cops being killed, and more cops will just decide that letting the thugs go is the best option.


34 posted on 05/09/2021 6:20:55 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: T.B. Yoits

[[[[[[is a less-than-lethal device to subdue perps - a police baton.
Many of these perps who end up shot would have learned a lot from a wooden shampoo years prior. Instead they go from television land to cold reality in a fraction of a second.]]]]

The old “Hickory Shampoo”. My grandfather was an NYPD beat cop back in the 20’s and 30’s. He said usually a little clout to the knees got perps moving along in the direction you needed. But today, things are vastly different.


35 posted on 05/09/2021 6:23:40 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Socialism- Institutionalized Deprivation)
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To: mewzilla
Bet federal law enforcement agencies won’t be following suit.

Soon that will be the only kind.

Some Dems have already floated the idea of a national police force (like the USSR but they didn't say that). No more local cops. Don't call me Dim no more ...

36 posted on 05/09/2021 6:25:11 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: No.6
Idiocy. In that instance in Columbus, Ohio, if the officer has 'shot to incapacitate' the other girl would be dead or seriously injured.

At the end of the day, the issue isn't police using deadly force when deadly force is justified. It's when they use deadly force when it is not. If the life and safety of the officer or the life and safety of bystanders is at risk from an armed suspect then deadly force can and should be used. It's when officers use deadly force in other circumstances that causes problems.

37 posted on 05/09/2021 6:28:45 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Salman

I wish the men and women who’ve been keeping their boots on the necks of their fellow Americans at the behest of their state and local governments would keep that in mind.


38 posted on 05/09/2021 6:30:00 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: No.6

Will the CDC consider the use of teaching doctors how to leech and diagnose the humors?

“Center of mass” doctrine exists for a reason. If someone isn’t presenting an immediate threat, you’re not supposed to shoot them. All this does is introduce stupidity in over a century of law.


39 posted on 05/09/2021 6:32:16 AM PDT by Bogey78O
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To: No.6

I’ll bet that this policy is being pushed by the same booger-eating morons who are pushing the lie that math and logic are racist.

Mark


40 posted on 05/09/2021 6:33:36 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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