No reports of injuries and the suspect was obviously brought under control. Good resolution. Another violent boater removed from the water before endangering others and a drug charge for good measure.
The article reads like the Martin County Sheriff made the arrest or at least transported so big thanks to that department.
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An unruly boater [...]
Looks like this incident occurred in fresh water well inland, but it’s a great example of persistence and keeping up the pursuit even if you’re platform can’t match the speed of the suspect. Shoreside units, helicopters, and now even UAVs can all be called to bear.
When confronted with resistance while trying to embark, the involved [...]
The eye gouge. Haven’t been hit with that one yet.
This is another example from our state and local partners how a routine call can quickly deteriorate. Four officers were needed to get the suspect under control, and even then he was able to assault and injure two of them.
Good move arresting the cheering [...]
I was reading some articles today and I realized that this was a topic that I should post on. Also, I use this picture to illustrate the severity of the issue. Some people need to see images like this to understand the threat. These pictures are of a police officer who was injured by an [...]
About 4 years ago I got to go through the Tony Blauer S.P.E.A.R. course. For me personally, I think it’s one of the simplest and most effective officer safety tools available. I think that it would be proactive to utilize many of the tools of this system into our current techniques. Here is a short [...]
