Lights used in law enforcement stories.
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while Im technically not an LEO ill post this again:
"This weekend at the bar I work at we had a bit of a problem with 2 people refusing to leave the property after we ejected them from the bar. The police we called and were being dispatched. My partner and I stood blocking the back doors while we waited for the police to arrive. Just as the police car pulled up the men attacked my partner and I, perhaps in a last ditch effot to escape or just pure stupidity. Well anyways my partner an I defended ourselves and had both of the men on the ground by the time the police got out of their car and ran over to us. Once the men were in handcuffs it became obvious that both of them were in need of medical attention. One of the officers took out his streamlight strion and attempted to illiuminate one of the mens wounds but the battery was dead and only gave brief second of light. The cop then said " Oh great, now I have to finish my shift without a decent light!" Since the men needed medical attention and in order to help them we had to assess their wounds I handed the officer my Surefire 6PD. He clicked it on and was blown away by how bright it was. It was deterimed that it was better to call paramedics to deal with one of the men. Once the ambulance arrived both of the officers were playing with my light, illuminating street signs, comparing the throw to a maglite and what not. Of course my light excelled compared to the mag. The officer was reluctant to give it back but eventually did. He asked were he could get one so I pointed him to surefire.com and to CPF. Hopefully he joins up here.
"This weekend at the bar I work at we had a bit of a problem with 2 people refusing to leave the property after we ejected them from the bar. The police we called and were being dispatched. My partner and I stood blocking the back doors while we waited for the police to arrive. Just as the police car pulled up the men attacked my partner and I, perhaps in a last ditch effot to escape or just pure stupidity. Well anyways my partner an I defended ourselves and had both of the men on the ground by the time the police got out of their car and ran over to us. Once the men were in handcuffs it became obvious that both of them were in need of medical attention. One of the officers took out his streamlight strion and attempted to illiuminate one of the mens wounds but the battery was dead and only gave brief second of light. The cop then said " Oh great, now I have to finish my shift without a decent light!" Since the men needed medical attention and in order to help them we had to assess their wounds I handed the officer my Surefire 6PD. He clicked it on and was blown away by how bright it was. It was deterimed that it was better to call paramedics to deal with one of the men. Once the ambulance arrived both of the officers were playing with my light, illuminating street signs, comparing the throw to a maglite and what not. Of course my light excelled compared to the mag. The officer was reluctant to give it back but eventually did. He asked were he could get one so I pointed him to surefire.com and to CPF. Hopefully he joins up here.
swampgator
Enlightened
An officer who shall remain nameless...
In an attempt to prevent a DUI suspect from fleeing (the suspect having previously refused to exit his vehicle and barricaded himself inside), our officer (who is still nameless) used a Magcharger to bust through the driver's side window and placed the automatic shifter into park. Such quick thinking (or lack thereof) prevented serious bodily injury to other members of the department who were situated around the vehicle.
However, it didn't prevent the (nameless) officer from almost severing his right thumb from the knuckle. Countless stitches later, the injury healed. Although the un-named officer still does not have full range of motion. He can, however, always give a good 'thumb's up!'
Oh yeah, the Magcharger was still in good working order when the department's chief purchased everyone Streamlight Stingers in an attempt to prevent future episodes of quick thinking (or lack thereof).
In an attempt to prevent a DUI suspect from fleeing (the suspect having previously refused to exit his vehicle and barricaded himself inside), our officer (who is still nameless) used a Magcharger to bust through the driver's side window and placed the automatic shifter into park. Such quick thinking (or lack thereof) prevented serious bodily injury to other members of the department who were situated around the vehicle.
However, it didn't prevent the (nameless) officer from almost severing his right thumb from the knuckle. Countless stitches later, the injury healed. Although the un-named officer still does not have full range of motion. He can, however, always give a good 'thumb's up!'
Oh yeah, the Magcharger was still in good working order when the department's chief purchased everyone Streamlight Stingers in an attempt to prevent future episodes of quick thinking (or lack thereof).
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i was at the store the other night this cop pulls up and was checking out my motorcycle he pulls out the most awesome flash light ever was i think a 3 or 4 d maglite with the incan bulb 
the cop was a older guy so i guess he just use to them :thumbsdow 
i believe the battery's where getting dead as it wasint very bright
the cop was a older guy so i guess he just use to them :thumbsdow i believe the battery's where getting dead as it wasint very bright
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Robocop
Mammoth Killer
years past I had chased a suspect into a large house and at the time I had no back up officers with me. I did not enter the large home alone as I had no idea as to how many persons were inside. I was forced to keep running between the front and back doors to prevent the suspect from running out the back door as I was on the front.
I had my main duty light (Commander Surefire) and my TW4 back-up on my belt. I also had several other lights in my duty bag and begin placing lights all around the house. I had some in the wood line and some wedged in tree limbs as well as a few pointing into various windows. While I was alone it seemed the bad guy must have thought I had 10 other officers with me. The house was lit up like a runway at night and it did look like a small army was waiting. I now got on the car loud speaker and told the guy he was surrounded and I was going to enter with several other officers if he did not come out.
Well he finally did exit the home with his hands raised high screaming "dont shoot me dont shoot me" I cuffed him quickly and set about collecting all my lights. The look on his face was priceless as well as the look on the faces of my back up officers who arrived just in time to see the light show.
True story and something only a few flashaholics can really appreciate.
I had my main duty light (Commander Surefire) and my TW4 back-up on my belt. I also had several other lights in my duty bag and begin placing lights all around the house. I had some in the wood line and some wedged in tree limbs as well as a few pointing into various windows. While I was alone it seemed the bad guy must have thought I had 10 other officers with me. The house was lit up like a runway at night and it did look like a small army was waiting. I now got on the car loud speaker and told the guy he was surrounded and I was going to enter with several other officers if he did not come out.
Well he finally did exit the home with his hands raised high screaming "dont shoot me dont shoot me" I cuffed him quickly and set about collecting all my lights. The look on his face was priceless as well as the look on the faces of my back up officers who arrived just in time to see the light show.
True story and something only a few flashaholics can really appreciate.
glockboy
Flashlight Enthusiast
Strauss
Flashlight Enthusiast
Man, thats got to be one of the best cop stories ever!!! :thumbsup:
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KeyGrip
Flashlight Enthusiast
I gotta say, Robocop, that is the most brilliant piece of police work I've ever heard of. It's easy to wait for the cavalry and go busting into the poor sap's house risking a confrontation, but to trick him into coming out voluntarily in a situation under your control is excellence. Good choice.
Russianesq
Enlightened
what lights did u place around the house Robo
Robocop
Mammoth Killer
It has been a few years back so this is from memory however I do know I had my Surefire Commander as well as my TW4 to begin with. In my bag I also had a LitFuse modded ARC-LS as well as a Pelican PM6 and a standard issue 2-D cell Mag. I also had two rechargeable handheld search lights floating around in my trunk and while not charged in some time they did still work and were also used.
I think I had a few other smaller lights but again it has been some time back and it is something my co-workers still laugh at with me. In my first few years on duty I would have rushed right inside after the guy and not thought twice. After years of watching others get hurt and even a few funerals I have learned slow is smooth and to always think before you leap. This situation was something I was really proud of and it did feel so good to laugh at the criminal after he found he had been tricked...haha tricked by a flashaholic with nothing more than a team of lights.
I think I had a few other smaller lights but again it has been some time back and it is something my co-workers still laugh at with me. In my first few years on duty I would have rushed right inside after the guy and not thought twice. After years of watching others get hurt and even a few funerals I have learned slow is smooth and to always think before you leap. This situation was something I was really proud of and it did feel so good to laugh at the criminal after he found he had been tricked...haha tricked by a flashaholic with nothing more than a team of lights.
Robocop.... Wow! That is one of the greatest LEO stories I've ever heard. It's even better than the one about the rural officer who chased an armed suspect into a wheat field. They both took cover on the ground. And stayed that way. Finally, the officer shouted at the suspect that they should settle this like real men. He proposed that at the count of 3, they both stand up and just shoot it out.
The officer always ended the story by saying, "And you know; the damn fool actually stood up."
The officer always ended the story by saying, "And you know; the damn fool actually stood up."
Robocop
Mammoth Killer
Well it was a spur of the moment decision and at first I was only trying to use one or two lights on the back of the house to keep him from running out the back door while I was in the front of the house. Well I had so many lights at my disposal and after I was finished it simply looked like the house was surrounded....I got carried away a little...hehe
On the way to the jail the guy was mumbling to himself in the back seat and he kept saying "who the hell has that many lights anyway"....all the time I was thinking man if he only knew how many I had at home he would be suprised.
On the way to the jail the guy was mumbling to himself in the back seat and he kept saying "who the hell has that many lights anyway"....all the time I was thinking man if he only knew how many I had at home he would be suprised.
Spence
Enlightened
In 1972 I went into a business attic after a burglar on PCP (Angel Dust) which was new on the streets and gave the users super human strength.
This attic was in the old building's rafters, with a false ceiling to the pharmacy, 20 feet below. I was alone at one end of the attic, my partner at the other. I carried a 5 cell "Kel-Lite" at the time which looked like a very early predecessor to the Mag-Lite. Although it was a 5 cell incan, it wasn't nearly as bright as today's descendants. Well, the crazed suspect lurched at me from behind a brick pillar and there in the rafters, the fight was on. Mind you, it was darker than a well digger's *** and I had to hold on to the wooden cross members with one hand and my flashlight in the other. I gotta tell you, I was scared three ways from Saturday night...of falling, of getting severely injured or worse by this animal, and of losing him altogether. Suddenly the beam of my light gleamed off an 8 inch hunting knife in his free hand, and that amped the situation up a notch. That "Kel-Lite" was like a steel pipe with a big turbo style head and I swung it with everything I had, putting "monkey bumps" all over his head until I accidentally missed with one blow and smashed the back of his knuckles holding onto the rafters. He yelped like a spanked hound and downward he fell, through the false ceiling and another 15 feet onto a Dr.Scholl's foot care display rack. He broke a leg, a hip, an arm, and separated a shoulder along with a smattering of contusions, abrasions and the aforementioned "monkey bumps". I made my way down into the store and took him into custody, then waited for the ambulance. Working the morning watch (graveyard as some call it) in downtown Los Angeles was frequently good for burglary arrests. Ten years later I was on the SWAT team conducting a very similar caper, only I was the one who fell two stories and broke my back. That was oh so many years ago, and I often reflect on those years and what I would have given for a couple of the fabulous flashlights we (I) have today.
This attic was in the old building's rafters, with a false ceiling to the pharmacy, 20 feet below. I was alone at one end of the attic, my partner at the other. I carried a 5 cell "Kel-Lite" at the time which looked like a very early predecessor to the Mag-Lite. Although it was a 5 cell incan, it wasn't nearly as bright as today's descendants. Well, the crazed suspect lurched at me from behind a brick pillar and there in the rafters, the fight was on. Mind you, it was darker than a well digger's *** and I had to hold on to the wooden cross members with one hand and my flashlight in the other. I gotta tell you, I was scared three ways from Saturday night...of falling, of getting severely injured or worse by this animal, and of losing him altogether. Suddenly the beam of my light gleamed off an 8 inch hunting knife in his free hand, and that amped the situation up a notch. That "Kel-Lite" was like a steel pipe with a big turbo style head and I swung it with everything I had, putting "monkey bumps" all over his head until I accidentally missed with one blow and smashed the back of his knuckles holding onto the rafters. He yelped like a spanked hound and downward he fell, through the false ceiling and another 15 feet onto a Dr.Scholl's foot care display rack. He broke a leg, a hip, an arm, and separated a shoulder along with a smattering of contusions, abrasions and the aforementioned "monkey bumps". I made my way down into the store and took him into custody, then waited for the ambulance. Working the morning watch (graveyard as some call it) in downtown Los Angeles was frequently good for burglary arrests. Ten years later I was on the SWAT team conducting a very similar caper, only I was the one who fell two stories and broke my back. That was oh so many years ago, and I often reflect on those years and what I would have given for a couple of the fabulous flashlights we (I) have today.
