VEHICLE COUNTER-AMBUSH TACTICS FOR PATROL

摘要

You don't have to be on a call for someone to ambush you. In early December 2011, a lone police officer sat in his police vehicle after conducting a traffic stop inside the Virginia Tech campus. A male unrelated to the traffic stop walked up to the vehicle and shot the officer as he sat there, killing him. This is yet another example of an officer being ambushed while on duty. Could this officer have done something to give him a chance to survive this ambush? In last month's The Winning Edge article I discussed how to anticipate and respond to ambushes when arriving on calls in an urban environment. In this related article, I will discuss how to handle ambushes while in your car, including tactics that could have helped this Virginia Tech officer.