Thirty years ago, Dave Smith - who was assigned to the Arizona Department of Public Safety's Training Division - created the character of J. D. "Buck" Savage, a caricature of a inept, unsafe, but nevertheless rather egoistical police officer. Still a popular part of police training, "Buck's" pompous officer safety videos demonstrate exactly the wrong way of doing things.
In the following video. "Buck" totally misses numerous indications that the damsel in distress he is assisting is not what she seems.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QO_nfw8hWc
Buck does get one thing right: Bad guy's cars break down, too.
Bad guys also go camping.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/29/us-crime-bear-idUSTRE70S0TL20110129
ReplyDeleteMy husband, an LE-turned-volunteer, spoke with one of these 3 last summer. He was a LE Ranger for 30 years, and his creep-o-meter, along with several other collegues, was over the top, even before his encounter with the guy. We get lots of odd ball questions where I work, but we all need to trust our instincts. If it smells like dead fish, it's probably dead fish.
One time I had a report of a broken down vehicle on the Blue Ridge Parkway that turned out to contain three armed escaped convicts. I ended up holding them at gun point for hours waiting for backup.
ReplyDeleteRemember you never know who you might be talking to out there.