Comments on: Shooting in Atlanta

Shooting in Atlanta

cali — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:44:53 -0800

Cop shoots from patrol car. Beautiful and fascinating photos taken by an on-duty police officer in southwest Atlanta. Thumbnails are cropped, click to see full photo. (via things)

By: mmahaffie

mmahaffie — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:48:25 -0800

Beautiful, cali, and a great link to share, but I was a little worried when clicking by the word "shoot." I'm glad to have seen that you were talking about shooting photographs.

By: three blind mice

three blind mice — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:00:28 -0800

enforcing this law in SW Atlanta can't leave much time for taking photographs.

By: BoringPostcards

BoringPostcards — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:00:42 -0800

AWESOME. I love pics like this. Southwest Atlanta has a lot of strange, lonely, burned-out looking places. I like this guy's visual sense. Can anyone here tell us what "O.C. certification" is?

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:03:20 -0800

Can anyone here tell us what "O.C. certification" is? Cops get sprayed with pepper spray (or "Oleoresin Capsicum") so they know what it does to someone in case they have to use it. They also get zapped with tasers for the same reason.

By: greasy_skillet

greasy_skillet — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:07:01 -0800

Thanks.

By: dglynn

dglynn — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:07:04 -0800

Rounds on my person, not including back-up. 47 hollow points.

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:09:17 -0800

Really lovely and still, well composed. Also nice as a cops as human beings too reminder. Thanks.

By: The Dryyyyy Cracker

The Dryyyyy Cracker — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:13:02 -0800

Cops get sprayed with pepper spray (or "Oleoresin Capsicum") so they know what it does to someone in case they have to use it. They also get zapped with tasers for the same reason. Really??? What if a cop with an undetected heart condition died/had a heart attack during this portion of their training? Wouldn't that be a legal nightmare for the police department? /honestly just wondering //nice post

By: BoringPostcards

BoringPostcards — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:13:55 -0800

I suspected it was something like that, cmonkey. Thanks for the info. (and *ouch*...)

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:16:57 -0800

Wow. Great stuff. Hopefully his employer will be cool about it.. I hear this is how Jenna Jameson trains.

By: TedW

TedW — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:21:22 -0800

Dryyyy Cracker: my brother-in-law went through reserve officer training a few years ago and had to undergo this sort of thing, in addition to a lot of physical fitness testing; this seems to be pretty common in modern police departments; the stereotypical overweight, out of shape, cigar-chomping deputy is a thing of the past in most places. It is really no different than any other physically demanding job; think firefighter or pro athlete. I suspect a good physical and liability waiver are also part of the process.

By: me3dia

me3dia — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:52:10 -0800

I love the handcuffs photo. Nice post.

By: sklero

sklero — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:02:19 -0800

Really good stuff.

By: fletchmuy

fletchmuy — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:20:08 -0800

This one is awesome. Thanks for the post!

By: dobbs

dobbs — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:24:31 -0800

I love the photos. Don't know how I feel about an on-duty cop shooting them. Tasered cops.

By: jsavimbi

jsavimbi — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:27:11 -0800

I went through NBC training in the gas chamber, only with CS (tear) gas. I don't think I was ever more frightend by anything else I ever did. Ok, maybe getting a UFIA by the doctor is worse, but still, it ranks up there.

By: carter

carter — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:50:36 -0800

Excellent, thanks cali!

By: MLIS

MLIS — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:55:00 -0800

Great link, cali, thx. What if a cop with an undetected heart condition died/had a heart attack during this portion of their training? Wouldn't that be a legal nightmare for the police department? During the hiring process there are thorough medical exams that have been known to catch mitral-valve abnormalities - conditions that were previously undetected. Some departments allow a police officer to "opt-out" of being sprayed with the OC- the officer just can not carry the OC.

By: kjh

kjh — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:57:37 -0800

Superlative post.

By: The Dryyyyy Cracker

The Dryyyyy Cracker — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:18:38 -0800

Thanks for the info, MLIS and TedW.

By: taz

taz — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:05:03 -0800

Great post, cali, thanks! (my favorites: 1, 2)

By: cmyk

cmyk — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:15:30 -0800

Love this. Thanks, Cali!

By: shoepal

shoepal — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 22:42:56 -0800

cali, you rule! V. Cool. Thanks!