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Title: Armed citizens rally around wounded cop to provide cover
Post by: BobR on January 25, 2023, 09:42:56 PM
It isn't CA. NJ or NY. Reno PD gets assist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlNMbAFdg9I&t=2s


bob
Title: Re: Armed citizens rally around wounded cop to provide cover
Post by: gunsmith on January 25, 2023, 11:36:09 PM
 wow! that was not in the local news at all!! sky vally drive is a nice quiet spot on top of a hill.
 when I was "living" in the back of my truck I would often park my truck up there to have a nice safe quiet place to sleep.

  this is amazing to me, about  2005 or so, reno cops were known for being aggressive with ccw people - i think that's changed now!!
  zero coverage of this locally!!
Title: Re: Armed citizens rally around wounded cop to provide cover
Post by: DaveyC on January 26, 2023, 12:25:54 AM
Question: Officer 2tm spent quite a bit of time asking for a tourniquet, yet he had an apparently unused rifle sling hanging from his AR. Why not use that?
Title: Re: Armed citizens rally around wounded cop to provide cover
Post by: BobR on January 26, 2023, 01:21:01 AM
Quote from: DaveyC on January 26, 2023, 12:25:54 AM
Question: Officer 2tm spent quite a bit of time asking for a tourniquet, yet he had an apparently unused rifle sling hanging from his AR. Why not use that?

I noticed that also, maybe their improvised tourniquet technique runs.out after belt. CAT? Belt? Now what, start yelling.

bob
Title: Re: Armed citizens rally around wounded cop to provide cover
Post by: Devonai on January 26, 2023, 02:42:01 PM
Maybe he didn't want to take his primary weapon out of the fight for the time it would take to detach it.
Title: Re: Armed citizens rally around wounded cop to provide cover
Post by: cordex on January 26, 2023, 03:06:27 PM
Quote from: Devonai on January 26, 2023, 02:42:01 PM
Maybe he didn't want to take his primary weapon out of the fight for the time it would take to detach it.
Yeah.  In retrospect I bet he had a knife ...
Title: Re: Armed citizens rally around wounded cop to provide cover
Post by: Fly320s on January 26, 2023, 05:19:55 PM
Quote from: DaveyC on January 26, 2023, 12:25:54 AM
Question: Officer 2tm spent quite a bit of time asking for a tourniquet, yet he had an apparently unused rifle sling hanging from his AR. Why not use that?

Because a sling is not a tourniquet.  It is better than nothing, but without a windlass to really crank it down it is not effective at stopping arterial blood flow.
I've noticed that many PDs are issuing TQs to officers now.  That is a good, but simple solution.

A better idea would have been to move the wounded officer to cover and work on him behind cover; the perps aren't going anywhere.  Of course, that is all hindsight/Monday quarterback crap.
Title: Re: Armed citizens rally around wounded cop to provide cover
Post by: DaveyC on January 26, 2023, 08:41:28 PM
"Because a sling is not a tourniquet.  It is better than nothing, but without a windlass to really crank it down it is not effective at stopping arterial blood flow."

It becomes quite clear, quite early on in the footage, that they need to improvise as nobody has a tourniquet to hand. Officer 2 is clearly not using the sling attached to his rifle, hence my question.