Читать книгу Newhall Shooting - A Tactical Analysis. An inside look at the most tragic and influential police gunfight of the modern era. онлайн

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The American law enforcement community was left severely shaken in the wake of Newhall, and it is axiomatic that Newhall was a watershed event that changed the nature of law enforcement tactics, procedures, equipment, training, and education. However, four decades later, the corporate knowledge on the incident is spotty within law enforcement circles, and while Newhall plays prominently in the training of some law enforcement cadets, many officers complete basic and advanced training without ever being exposed to the shooting and its survival lessons. Even among officers exposed to the Newhall shooting, there is a great inconsistency on the quality of the information they receive. Myths and misunderstandings abound.

More importantly, there is ample evidence to indicate that some of the lessons of Newhall have yet to be fully incorporated into the training and education process for America’s law enforcement officers. Some agencies appear content to declare that they learned the lessons, fixed what needed to be fixed at the time, and have moved on, leaving Newhall behind as a distant memory, irrelevant to today’s law enforcement operations. I submit that there is still a great amount of work to be done on this front, and I hope this book, in some small way, will force agencies and instructors to reevaluate their training mechanisms through the lens of Newhall.