10/03/2025
Here we have two still shots. One Pre OIS and one Post OIS. Notice the time captured by the BWC. The OIS involves the passenger side LEO. Key aspects of this.
1 - All the LEOs knew the only occupant in the car was armed. His handgun was clearly visible, holstered on his right hip.
2 - The occupant was verbally aggressive and refusing to comply with the officer’s commands.
3 - The occupant made statements related to “dying” and told the LEO “Today is the day buddy.”
4 - The driver was able to draw his handgun, work the slide and get rounds off out the driver’s side window before the passenger side LEO could stop the threat.
I post this to share the fact that human performance research suggests that in a complex environment, the average officer takes 2 seconds to perceive the threat, make a decision, engage the muscles and complete a movement pattern. In this case “draw and fire”.
These officers did the best they could based on their training. Point being, if you’re an average officer like me, posting up on a vehicle like this, knowing there is a high likelihood we are going to not gain compliance, means you are giving the driver a tactical advantage.
Even if the officer is at low ready it can still take almost a second to get your weapon online and fire. On average the driver has already fired up to 4 rounds before your first round.
This is all based on officer performance research as old as 2011 and a new as 2025.
ASK YOURSELF “Are my tactics based on real world events supported by human performance science?” If you can’t answer that question, then you have an illusion of performance that will alway make you a winner so long as the suspect doesn’t test it.
Again, we are not here to judge the officers. They did their best based on their training.
