VEHICLES IN COMBAT

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VEHICLES IN COMBAT

• Bill Strudel
• IALFEI NATIONAL 2007

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Just another day in Texas
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AK 47 v Crown Vic - totalled
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Rounds all directed at driver
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Officer Tim Green

• Rock Hill PD, South Carolina
• March 18
• Flagged down about 23P
• Witness points out suspect vehicle
• Before he could blue light

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Sig 40 12 rounds
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1 mile later attacks again 40 cal
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Pulls into gas mart AR 1540 round mag
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Jumps out a final time with AR

• Rifles on scene end the battle
• Officers had fired 17 rounds in two engagements
  that hit the Blazer
• Suspect was not injured until the rifles arrived

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The only injury to Off. Green
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Oakleys save eye injury
Eye protection is not a bad idea, even on the
street!
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From the FBI study on Officer Assaults

• Most prevalent assault location HIGHWAY/ROADWAY
  OR ALLEY
• When in a vehicle, according to half the
  offenders, handguns were carried directly on
  their persons rather than hidden in a vehicle.

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From the FBI study on Officer Assaults

• Motives -
• Escape arrest 38
• Kill victim officer 19
• Scare officer 14
• Wound/Immobilize 09

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Officer Killed Summary 2003

• 14 TRAFFIC STOPS AND PURSUITS
• 52 Total
• I counted 22 where shooting took place around a
  vehicle

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HEAD AND SHOULDERS

• PROTECT YER PUNKIN HAID

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YOU MUST EXPOSE ONE!
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WHAT COVER IS A CAR?
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

• Newhall, California
• April 5, 1970, 2336
• Two Two-Officer Units from CHP
• Vs. Two suspects
• A total of 40 shots were fired
• 15 misses for the police

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Norco, Ca Bank Robbery

• May 9, 1980
• A group of bank robbers confront one deputy
  leaving the bank
• 200 rounds fired, 47 hitting the police car, and
  5 hitting the deputy
• Deputy sends the van driver to his maker

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Norco, Ca Bank Robbery

• The remaining suspects hijack a truck with side
  mounted toolboxes
• During the pursuit, 33 police vehicles were
  damaged
• 7 additional officers were shot
• 1 officer was killed in an ambush

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Miami FBI

• April 11, 1986, 0920
• 2 suspects vs. 8 agents
• Platt fires 43 rounds killing two, wounding four
• Ed Mireles saves the day

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North Hollywood Bank Robbery

• February 28, 1997, 0917
• On viewed by early shift officers
• Suspects empted a 100 round drum before leaving
  the bank interior
• 7 Citizens injured 2 shot
• 11 Officers injured 9 shot

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North Hollywood Bank Robbery

• 8 police units damaged 2 totaled
• Suspects fired over 1,100 rounds
• Officers fired over 500
• Three hundred fifty officers from five agencies
  were on the scene

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NORMAL PRESENTATION 16 HRS

• Classroom and range periods build on lessons
  learned on each outing.
• Classes flow based on the ideas and wishes of the
  participants
• Most every group especially likes the windshield
  shooting

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WHAT YOU NEED
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ALL YOU NEED IS

• Tires that can hold air at least temporarily
• Several cans of fix-a-flat
• Glass in the windows of at least one
• A good sedan windshield
• And hopefully a vehicle you can push

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A marked unit
Must be able to take a hit!
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New cars are doomed
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Enough talkin almost

• PRIMARY SAFETY RULES
• CEASE FIRE!
• EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

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When it is safe

• Check yourself and other officers for leaks
• Put in a fresh magazine pick up the old one if
  you have time
• Call it in and request needed assistance
• Remember!
• Location, location, location

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