Lessons learned on spree killers

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Lessons learned on spree killers

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 | Guns |

The manager of South East Area Law Enforcement has some thoughts, of which the most relevant are:

Because active shooters seem so intent on killing, it’s often difficult to convince first responders that “this bad guy is one of the easiest man-with-gun encounters they will ever have,” Borsch observes. “Most officers have already faced worse opponents from a personal safety standpoint than these creeps.”
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Once into the scene, to further gain confidence in advancing aggressively toward the suspect, officers need to understand the nature of these killers. Unlike conventional criminal predators, who often have no reluctance about attacking police, active shooters tend to be “cowardly,” Borsch says.

“They choose unarmed, defenseless innocents for a reason: They have no wish to encounter someone who can hurt them. They are personally risk- and pain-avoidant. The tracking history of these murderers has proved them to be unlikely to be aggressive with police. If pressed, they are more likely to kill themselves.” In his research, he has found no evidence of any LEO in the U.S. yet being wounded or killed in an active-shooting incident where mass murder was intended or accomplished.”

In the New York immigration center shooting police arrived within two minutes of the call, but didn’t enter the building for an hour. In this case it probably wouldn’t have made a difference, but in others it would.

Hat tip to half of the people on my blogroll.

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