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Angelo Demuerte · March 5, 2014, 05:48 PM

OP, you asked about other tactics.

There is a one 1 on 1 tactic taught where you gain control of th subject's wrist and lock it and pull it forward extending his arm from his shoulder, using body mechanics and momentum to bring the subject into the ground. At this point the wrist lock turns into an arm bar or chicken wing and the subject's neck is stepped on by the closest knee. This tactic starts at the front of subject and ends at the side of the subject.

There is another taught tactic where you snap a handcuff on one of the subject's wrist as soon as possible and use the handcuffs as a lever on the wrist to guide the subject into a different position.

Regardless what other tactics could have been used, ask yourself, whose actions were more dangerous to the other? Were the officer's actions more dangerous to the subject or were the subject's actions more dangerous to the officer? When asking yourself that, take into account only their actions and nothing else, not who you think is at fault or whether or not it could have been prevented.

The reason we have a lot of opinions in conversations like these is because we generally don't have all the facts.

March 5, 2014, 05:48 PM	#39
Angelo Demuerte Member Join Date: February 5, 2009 Posts: 31	OP, you asked about other tactics. There is a one 1 on 1 tactic taught where you gain control of th subject's wrist and lock it and pull it forward extending his arm from his shoulder, using body mechanics and momentum to bring the subject into the ground. At this point the wrist lock turns into an arm bar or chicken wing and the subject's neck is stepped on by the closest knee. This tactic starts at the front of subject and ends at the side of the subject. There is another taught tactic where you snap a handcuff on one of the subject's wrist as soon as possible and use the handcuffs as a lever on the wrist to guide the subject into a different position. Regardless what other tactics could have been used, ask yourself, whose actions were more dangerous to the other? Were the officer's actions more dangerous to the subject or were the subject's actions more dangerous to the officer? When asking yourself that, take into account only their actions and nothing else, not who you think is at fault or whether or not it could have been prevented. The reason we have a lot of opinions in conversations like these is because we generally don't have all the facts.