I blame the donuts, myself. ;)
RIP officer Hopper.
Posted on 01/02/2011 5:06:10 PM PST by rawhide
A female police officer has been shot dead and another wounded after a dramatic trailer park gun battle in Ohio.
Mother-of-two Suzanne Waughtel Hopper, 40, had driven to the trailer park after reports came in of shots being fired in the Enon Beach area late Saturday morning.
As she examined the area and took photos, the door of a nearby silver trailer opened and a man fired a single shot from a shotgun.
Deputy Hopper was killed instantly by the blast.
The officer who had accompanied there desperately tried to reach her body as a gun battle then ensued at the trailer park just southwest of Springfield and about 50 miles west of Columbus.
Sergeant Dustin White had been interviewing a family whose trailer had been shot at when he heard his partner scream.
Enon Beach resident Angelina Inman said: 'He was itching to get her. He kept radioing in, can he please get her, and he was told no because it wasn't secure. You could see him crying - he wanted to get her, he wanted to get her bad.'
The as-yet unidentified man fired again on police who responded to the 'officer down' call, sparking a furious gun battle as officers returned fire with handguns and automatic weapons.
It was during this firefight that Patrolman Jeremy Blum, 32, was also wounded...
...The shooter, who has not been named until relatives have been notified, was also killed in the gunfight as officers from several different agencies converged on the scene.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Uncalled for on this thread. Big time. Save it for your PDS garbage threads.
I am old school to and do not “like” it either yet I have seen women that are better at police work and military than some men. No I do not like seeing women put in harms way. But it’s their choice.
BTW ...thanks for thinking out loud .....:o)
Stay safe !
She is attractive.
BTW, is their a DAD in the picture?
Or is she another “single mom” trying to do a man’s job?
Don’t tell that to the Sarah Palin cult that religously watches her Alaska show. She’s another obsessive Title IX girl. Poor Todd acts like a girly man so she can wear the pants. As for being wired differently, has Palin ever resisted a dumb comeback? No. Even Levi, her daughter’s shack up buddy gets her attention. Maybe some day Palin will get the sex change she is craving.
“Uncalled for on this thread. Big time. Save it for your PDS garbage threads.”
It’s perfectly appropriate. You just don’t want to see it.
Then again, I’m a conservative and not a progressive Populist as Sarah Palin is.
Neither did the mods.
I don’t know if she’s married,divorced or single. There’s no mention in the story.
She was married six months ago.
Ever notice how many overweight, out of shape deputies (of both sexes( there are?
It’s not my fault they can’t deal with the truth.
I’ll keep saying it.
These “mods” don’t silence me.
FR is beocming more and more like DU with SPEECH CENSORSHIP.
Then write your Opus and spare us the rest...
This is more a matter of police training and procedure. Presumably, they teach something at the police academy before they give them guns and badges - and she was accompanied by a male partner.
The whole operation seemed kind of amateurish. In the video, you will see a male officer without body armor and without cover firing a handgun at the trailer from about 30 feet, when he knows the guy inside has a shotgun. Then he is shot.
This incident will likely become a lesson in police academies around the country under the heading of “Don’t Let This Happen To You.”
I blame the donuts, myself. ;)
RIP officer Hopper.
And how, exactly was there any difference here between a male or female officer? She was ambushed, it could have easily been her partner standing in that spot and shot in the back.
Upper body strength would not have saved her life in this case and I question why it is any worse for a mother to be murdered than a father? We have had too many male police officers murdered in Phoenix who left behind young children... officers of either sex are constantly in harms way.
I’m with you in firm belief of the stupidity of sending out in harms way female police officers (especially mothers). Now her poor kids will be motherless and needlessly so!
There it is.
Rule # 1 - Secure the scene.
Rule # 2 - Identify the threat.
If in doubt, see Rule #1.
RIP Deputy Hopper.
Now, about her partner being out from cover, no body armor and taking a round....See Rule # 1.
It’s a similar situation to having coed troops at war. The “gallant” men may take exceptionally stupid chances to try to save a woman on their side that they wouldn’t for a brother. What should have been sent was an all woman squad all with PMS. Whoever dared to shoot at the first officer would have been downed in two seconds by another officer and the whole place would have been swarmed as by killer bees.
You might want to check out the bottom of post #14... or are you too busy spewing your venom right now??
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