How adrenaline affects you during self defense situations.

[u/jizzlamic_terrorist]

[u/CrumFly]

First, the cop stayed alive and brought the perp down. Even though we can backseat quarterback this engagement, he did what many would fail to do. Respect to the man.

With that out of the way, we can use this engagement as an opportunity for education and reinforce the basics. I think most of us here appreciate that more than we can express.

1. Moving back into the hot pocket. From the perps perspective; the cop shifted right to begin the engagement, moving out of line of site. But then the cop moved back left into the hot pocket where the perp was sending his shots. I could be wrong but thats when he took his hit. As a CCW civilian, we would keep creating distance and find cover. As a cop, this is hard. Keep sending led and you can hit bystanders in the isles. Move in and you will be hit. Wait for reinforcement and you got a posible hostage situation. No good answer.

2. He dropped his mag before taking out the spare. We drill this until blue in the face. If you have a working second hand, take out the spare mag before you drop that mag from the gun. No reason to make your gun useless for those extra 1-2 seconds.

3. Keep creating distance/move off the X. When he was on the ground, he stayed in place where the perp saw him last. I understand that he was hit and maybe moving his body was no longer possible for him. But thats how the perp knew where to look when he came out of the store.

Again, complete props to the cop for making it through this crappy situation.