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Originally Posted by cal_guy
If the passenger side police officer moved to the back of his SUV he would have placed an obstacle in front of himself and forced Powell to either make a hard turn and slowing him down, or walk parallel to the SUV. In both cases the officers would have more time and better opportunities to withdraw or defend themselves. If anyone actually googles Dennis Tueller rather than Tueller drills than you would know that he was trying to emphasis using obstacles and movements to reduce the effectiveness of a straight line attack .
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So now the officer is defending themselves against this guy and not defending the public. If this guy turned and ran, what do the police do? Stand behind another car? I really don't see a solution for a very difficult situation. Maybe stun guns or things like that, but they are used at a range where the knife is dangerous to the police. I actually didn't watch the video, I didn't feel like watching someone get killed.
Tueller was the guy who determined the time it takes for an armed attacker to reach a shooter, creating the 'danger zone'. If you think instead he is most well known for using obstacles as cover, that is somewhat silly. Of course, in order to minimize the ability of a armed attacker racing over to you, use cover, or distance, or have your weapon already drawn.