CA_Libertarian
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This is something that happened to a friend of mine when we were working for a security company. This friend is a graduate of the POST academy in Alameda County, but for some reason decided he didn't want to be a LEO (something about not wanting to spend his first year working lockup). To protect his identity, I'll refer to him as "Bob."
While doing a routine patrol at an apartment building, Bob found a door to one an onsite commercial building unlocked. The employees had a bad habit of leaving the door unlocked, so this wasn't too much of a red flag. Once inside, Bob turned a corner and found a guy hunched next to a badly battered vending maching. The guy had his hands behind his back.
Seeing the battered vending machine, Bob assumed the guy had a weapon, and ordered him to stop and show his hands. The guy pulled out a crow bar, and said, something to the effect of, 'I'm getting out of here and you're not going to stop me," then started moving towards Bob. Bob drew his firearm and pointed it at the guy, who immediately stopped and laid down on the floor as instructed.
Now, the funny part of this story: the location where this occurred is literally right across the street from this city's police department HQ. So, there's cops driving by like every 5 minutes. Not sure what this guy was thinking, but at least he was bright enough to know when he was beat.
The guy was charged with commercial burglary, vandalism, drug charges, and some other smaller charges. It also turns out the guy had a warrent already for felony probation violation for assault with a deadly weapon against a LEO.
This is something that happened to a friend of mine when we were working for a security company. This friend is a graduate of the POST academy in Alameda County, but for some reason decided he didn't want to be a LEO (something about not wanting to spend his first year working lockup). To protect his identity, I'll refer to him as "Bob."
While doing a routine patrol at an apartment building, Bob found a door to one an onsite commercial building unlocked. The employees had a bad habit of leaving the door unlocked, so this wasn't too much of a red flag. Once inside, Bob turned a corner and found a guy hunched next to a badly battered vending maching. The guy had his hands behind his back.
Seeing the battered vending machine, Bob assumed the guy had a weapon, and ordered him to stop and show his hands. The guy pulled out a crow bar, and said, something to the effect of, 'I'm getting out of here and you're not going to stop me," then started moving towards Bob. Bob drew his firearm and pointed it at the guy, who immediately stopped and laid down on the floor as instructed.
Now, the funny part of this story: the location where this occurred is literally right across the street from this city's police department HQ. So, there's cops driving by like every 5 minutes. Not sure what this guy was thinking, but at least he was bright enough to know when he was beat.
The guy was charged with commercial burglary, vandalism, drug charges, and some other smaller charges. It also turns out the guy had a warrent already for felony probation violation for assault with a deadly weapon against a LEO.