I meant the guns being pointed at me bit. That's not for my safety but I do understand it.WildBill wrote:IMO, this is as much for your safety as it is and for the officer.CoffeeNut wrote:Definitely understand that aspect since officer safety is paramount especially when responding to a shots fired type of call. Frankly I'd just be happy to be alive so I wouldn't mind a little waittexanjoker wrote:CoffeeNut wrote:Thanks Keith! I figured it was as simple as that but it hadn't crossed my mind until the other day and since then I couldn't really come up with an answer.Keith B wrote: The advice is to tell 911 'My name is XXXX. I am at XXXXX location. I just had to shoot a man (woman) that tried to rob me at gunpoint. Please send police and an ambulance.' That is all you need to say. Have your gun put away when they arrive. If the scene is not safe, move from there, but tell the police where you are and when they arrive they can go back to the other scene.
Have your gun put away and be prepared to be taken into custody at gun point. You will be disarmed and they will then sort it out after the scene is safe. This will take a while.
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- Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:56 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
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- Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:21 am
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Definitely understand that aspect since officer safety is paramount especially when responding to a shots fired type of call. Frankly I'd just be happy to be alive so I wouldn't mind a little waittexanjoker wrote:CoffeeNut wrote:Thanks Keith! I figured it was as simple as that but it hadn't crossed my mind until the other day and since then I couldn't really come up with an answer.Keith B wrote: The advice is to tell 911 'My name is XXXX. I am at XXXXX location. I just had to shoot a man (woman) that tried to rob me at gunpoint. Please send police and an ambulance.' That is all you need to say. Have your gun put away when they arrive. If the scene is not safe, move from there, but tell the police where you are and when they arrive they can go back to the other scene.
Have your gun put away and be prepared to be taken into custody at gun point. You will be disarmed and they will then sort it out after the scene is safe. This will take a while.
- Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:19 am
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WildBill wrote:This was covered in my CHL class. The [small] difference was the instructor said to request ambulance first, and then the police. He also said to request an ambulance, even if you think the person is dead. Since you are not a doctor you can not declare a person dead. Also you may have noticed that KeithB said "man", not boy, child, scumbag, etc.
I didn't get any ambulance instruction in my class which is why I found myself wondering about it after seeing that video on here the other day where the Sergeant hit the guy (fatally) but was still able to move for a bit.
- Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:37 am
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Thanks Keith! I figured it was as simple as that but it hadn't crossed my mind until the other day and since then I couldn't really come up with an answer.Keith B wrote: The advice is to tell 911 'My name is XXXX. I am at XXXXX location. I just had to shoot a man (woman) that tried to rob me at gunpoint. Please send police and an ambulance.' That is all you need to say. Have your gun put away when they arrive. If the scene is not safe, move from there, but tell the police where you are and when they arrive they can go back to the other scene.
- Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:29 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
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Requesting an ambulance?
This is something that wasn't covered in my CHL class and I haven't seen it on here. What I do know is that my CHL instructor was insistent on saying as little as possible to 911 in the event that we had to use our weapon. She stated that we should "state your name, that you have been the victim of a crime and require immediate assistance at such and such location - then hang up".
Hypothetically speaking I just popped a guy for trying to rob me at gunpoint. He's bleeding out on the sidewalk while I'm on with 911. Should I tell 911 that I need an ambulance? Should I tell 911 that there have been injuries and let them decide what to send out?
Basically is there any requirement to request an ambulance for the injured party? I'm not sure I'm comfortable kicking rocks while someone dies in front of me regardless of what they just tried to do (if I've been able to secure the scene anyway) however I also don't want my asking for an ambulance being seen as some sort of guilt for having to do what was necessary to save my life.
Hypothetically speaking I just popped a guy for trying to rob me at gunpoint. He's bleeding out on the sidewalk while I'm on with 911. Should I tell 911 that I need an ambulance? Should I tell 911 that there have been injuries and let them decide what to send out?
Basically is there any requirement to request an ambulance for the injured party? I'm not sure I'm comfortable kicking rocks while someone dies in front of me regardless of what they just tried to do (if I've been able to secure the scene anyway) however I also don't want my asking for an ambulance being seen as some sort of guilt for having to do what was necessary to save my life.