Bag 'Em and Gag 'Em
Takes the fight right out of them. Surprises them and shuts them up, very disorienting, unable to effectively resist, safer for the officer, and keeps them out of the camera. Had this done to me in Special Forces, don't see a problem.
And, as an interesting sidenote, one of the SF missions is CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue). Back during the Cold War, we would likely rescue a downed pilot 300 plus miles inside occupied territory. We would then insert them into the "pipeline" with the underground to get them back to friendly lines. It was SOP to bag and gag the pilot until we could verify his identity. Back then, a very slow process. Team equipment included a finger print kit and a camera. We would use the Fingerprint Identification System and send the data back by burst communication. We could also take photo's and a physical copy of the fingerprints for pick up by aircraft.
Surprise Air Force! Believe me, I don't enjoy this, LOL.
If he was really lucky, he would get an "E" ticket ride of his life on an MC-130E with the Fulton STAR recovery system
CIA Pilatus Porter. We would suspend a package on a line strung between two poles and the Pilatus would use a hook to snag the line and the attached package. I trained with the CIA using this technique. The Pilatus would snag the line which was only about 15 feet above ground level.
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Takes the fight right out of them. Surprises them and shuts them up, very disorienting, unable to effectively resist, safer for the officer, and keeps them out of the camera. Had this done to me in Special Forces, don't see a problem.
And, as an interesting sidenote, one of the SF missions is CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue). Back during the Cold War, we would likely rescue a downed pilot 300 plus miles inside occupied territory. We would then insert them into the "pipeline" with the underground to get them back to friendly lines. It was SOP to bag and gag the pilot until we could verify his identity. Back then, a very slow process. Team equipment included a finger print kit and a camera. We would use the Fingerprint Identification System and send the data back by burst communication. We could also take photo's and a physical copy of the fingerprints for pick up by aircraft.
Surprise Air Force! Believe me, I don't enjoy this, LOL.
If he was really lucky, he would get an "E" ticket ride of his life on an MC-130E with the Fulton STAR recovery system
CIA Pilatus Porter. We would suspend a package on a line strung between two poles and the Pilatus would use a hook to snag the line and the attached package. I trained with the CIA using this technique. The Pilatus would snag the line which was only about 15 feet above ground level.
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