This is a video from August of 2011. A while back but shows the harsh reality of policing in the USA. Lots of guns in the streets

THERE IS BLOOD AND OTHER GORY FOOTAGE IN PARTS OF THIS VIDEO. WATCH AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION.

Background info

CALL: A 911 call came in to dispatch about a shooting. A manhad killed his 1yr old daughter and his mother in-law.

ON SCENE INFO: Police respond. Officer Slocum and Officer McFarland respond. Slocum is an FTO and McFarland is a recruit on his field training.

Upon arriving, there is an officer involved shooting where SLocum is shot in the head. The man then kills himself and sets fire to the house

For those of you who will say that the response is to long please realize police did not know whether the shooter was dead or waiting for more officers to arrive. In my opinion, the recruit did an amazing job for not having any experience in the field. Finally, there are helicopters called in to fight the fire. VERY rare as helicopters in So-Cal are usually only used in brush fires.

Officer Slocum later retired due to medical and personal reasons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRhBs4cDWyk

Edited November 8, 201213 yr by Beckugan1

Wow, I will watch at risk,but watch.

I get choked up seeing officers like him injured, especially since he was only just a FTO. He handled him self surprisingly well for being heavily damaged and brand new to the force. Shame a lunatic had to take away such a great officer just to kill him self. For people that state they want to get into law enforcement, watch videos like these and actually think before just signing up, anymore it's getting more and more dangerous and think that this could be you, and if you do take that leap, be safe.

I get choked up seeing officers like him injured, especially since he was only just a FTO. He handled him self surprisingly well for being heavily damaged and brand new to the force. Shame a lunatic had to take away such a great officer just to kill him self. For people that state they want to get into law enforcement, watch videos like these and actually think before just signing up, anymore it's getting more and more dangerous and think that this could be you, and if you do take that leap, be safe.

Yeah, fortunately the officer made a full recovery. The recruit that attempted to keep control did a pretty good job. Especially when he politely asked people to step back and when they didnt react he used a more forceful tone.

Also, I am planning on joining the force in So-Cal in a few years and am definitely cautious. Heck, Im thinking about the SDPD but who knows what itll be like in a few years with the cartel violence starting to spill over. Yikes

Edited October 30, 201213 yr by Beckugan1

Yeah, fortunately the officer made a full recovery. The recruit that attempted to keep control did a pretty good job. Especially when he politely asked people to step back and when they didnt react he used a more forceful tone.

Also, I am planning on joining the force in So-Cal in a few years and am definitely cautious. Heck, Im thinking about the SDPD but who knows what itll be like in a few years with the cartel violence starting to spill over. Yikes

If you do, good luck on your journey and whatever you do be safe! As for the Cartel Violence, I'm planning on joining the Border Patrol soon, so I'll see it first hand, now that's gonna be freaky/scary at times.

If you do, good luck on your journey and whatever you do be safe! As for the Cartel Violence, I'm planning on joining the Border Patrol soon, so I'll see it first hand, now that's gonna be freaky/scary at times.

Yeah. I am sure you have heard about some of the stuff that goes on there. As a kid, I always used to imagine myself in different departments(OCSD, SDPD, LAPD, AST, CBP...) but for some reason the whole open desert thing never fit in. Plus that would be scary being by yourself out there.

Best of luck and whatever you do STAY SAFE.

Link is broken.

Link broken !!!

I watched this video and it made me very upset. I did read some of the comments of cops haters and it pissed me off. I was so mad but then i thought about it. These people who talk a bunch of BS about cops would never last a day in the shoes of cops.

Link fixed and @ajthomas89, I know, it is ridiculous

Terrifying video to watch.Thanks for sharing this. I hope I never get into a situation like that. I can't imagine the feeling when you see a fellow officer get shot in front of you.

Oh, man. The title scared me. For a second, I thought three cops were killed.

Anyway, I remember this video, stuff was intense. Good thing the cop survived.

I had stumbled upon this video a while back, and I really did get choked up about it. Although my aspirations to join a police force were never really THAT high, this video really turned me off.

Here are the officers talking about the August 2011 incident in May 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYMnpqq3Kzk