Why I Hate LE Shouting "POLICE!" and Expecting Immediate Recognition

[BPTactical]

Mongo just pawn in game of life

[hunterhawk]

Uhhh they werent saying Police... they were saying POlice... big difference. They were also throwing out the n word and saying open it... pretty clear they werent cops if you were on the other side of that door... also the police dont use crappy tools to get into houses. And i could go on

[Skip]

So like many of you, I am pretty straight when it comes to the law. The most egregious thing you'll find on me is speeding tickets the last of which was 2010. I do not fear LE or anticipate negative contact.

Here is what I fear...

- I'm sleeping, my family is sleeping (others depend on me)
- Hear loud noises
- Go to investigate loud noises
- Hear "POLICE!" (I'm unincorporated, we don't have police, but maybe they shot "SHERIFFS!")
- ?!??!?!

I have multiple cams recording everything. They may or not provide fast enough info on what is happening. They may have been disabled; in the front one is highly visible and one is not.

At best I have a firearm in my hand and have not fired

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/30/us/so...lle/index.html


At worst I have seconds to decide if the individuals trying to break in are violent criminals or decent guys on the job who got an address wrong or something else is off.

It's obvious this crew was not professional. It's also been obvious to me traveling the country that some LEOs do not sound, or at times act, professional. "POLE-EESE!" is exactly how some LEOs sound in parts of this country.

A very small amount of coordination, planning, and commonly available items (LE marked clothing, fake badges, etc.) and this could be much more professional and fool a lot of people. Of course, that effort would correspond to reward but I don't trust the criminal's ability to correctly evaluate incentives--this is why I carry a gun.

Keep in mind many criminals know more about how LE operates than the avg Joe. They've seen it up close on a regular basis.

[Irving]

Well, seems like the police might designate just one guy to do the shouting, rather than a chorus of afterthoughts.

[Duman]

Mongo..."Yes"-"no"-"Yes"-"No"