High Exposure

Tier 1 rifles are produced by companies with top of the line QA/QC with quality in-spec parts and are known for reliability.

LaRue is having a smoking sale on a rifle kit. It comes with everything you need to build a high quality "Tier 1" rifle except the lower receiver. http://www.larue.com/larue-ultimate-ar-15-upper-kit?mc_cid=b28aced1b2&mc_eid=d86a48472f

Excellent! You will continue to be pleased with it the more you use it.

Heavy, expensive, and you can't roll it down. A lot of good police work is accomplished with windows rolled down so you can hear things and talk to people. People cry militarization when we buy rifles, put lights in our guns, or have our armor outside our shirts. Imagine if we had bulletproof cars that created a "wall" between cops and the public we serve?

It definitely changes things.

This has happened a couple times not too long ago in Sayreville during a night time traffic stop on Main Street. I've also been shot at once (4-5 shots) while getting into my personal car outside HQ while leaving shift about 4 years ago. Heard the pop-wiz-snap as the rounds went over my head. Bad feeling.

No need to apologize to me. I don't know what the hell happened that night. I wasn't there. Just because I am not in a rush to nail this guy to a cross doesn't mean I have decided that no one had done anything wrong. I'm just being patient and waiting for real info and actual facts and not relying solely on emotion to color my decision.

This is the best thing you can do for a Cop that you feels deserves recognition. It goes in their file and helps with everything from promotions to special assignments.

RTFM I say it all the time.

Agreed. But they are 1/3 as bright and 2/3 the cost of an X300U. I don't think the juice is worth the squeeze for me and my needs as I have no problem carrying my pistol with an X300U full time - either a G23/19, G22, or G35.

I was looking at getting one of these. So far I have held off. I have never been an early adopter of new gear preferring to wait until 1st Gen issues are identified and fixed. In this instance it seems to have paid off. I have heard that there have been some teething issues. On the bright side, Surefire's customer service has been excellent for those I know that have been experiencing issues.

Reliability is a big part of value. If I buy one light at $250 that never fails, it's a better value than buying a $130 lights that only last a few months or a year and has to be replaced with another $130 or $250 light.

1) How do you know he has 3 complaints? Do you have access to his IA file? 2) I have had complaints filed against me and I am currently being sued. It is part of the job. Show me a cop with no complaints and no lawsuits and I will show you a slug in a uniform who is a do-nothing house mouse. In any event, it doesn't change anything. Answer this - If he didn't have any complaints and was the PD's MVP 10 years running does that make what happened more acceptable to you?

In about 3/4 of an hour today's weather is going to be loud.

Best value is not the same as lowest price. You need to find the best value in the gear you are getting for the money you are spending.

Yes

Is it April 1st already? Jeebus what a dumb idea.

He's the first Somali Officer at that agency and a Muslim. So what? If he was going to go on a jihad-rampage, why did he stop after one? Stop trying to make this incident fit a narrative. Be patient. When it is available, make a reasonable and informed decision based on available evidence and facts, not fear. Also realize that your non-experienced opinion doesn't trump constitutional law. Your opinion, and mine, is good enough to BS about the topic at the bar over a pint or two, it's important enough to put someone in jail. You know, do like we tell the Antis and other liberals to do.

Police dashcams have to be set up to protect the privacy of the citizenry and to not run afoul of state wiretapping laws - including the recording of employees. There will be triggers that determine when the camera starts recording. For example: an impact indicating an MVA, when you go over a certain speed, when you activate your lights, when you hit a button on the camera or portable mic... etc... And what would those be? This black cop just up and decided to ruin his life by purposefully shooting a random white woman? He got so sick of the BLM crap he decided to make a stat for the other side?

Many of those things don't matter and some of them are patently wrong when you actually read what the Use of Force laws are and apply them. Since when is silence an admission of guilt. Police officers are allowed to remain silent just like anyone else. What's the first thing a lawyer will tell you if you get in trouble - even if you know you are innocent of any wrongdoing. I bet its something along the lines of "Shut your fool mouth". I read a story of a lawyer that had a trophy fish on the wall in his office. ON the plaque underneath was inscribed "If I would have just kept my mouth shut, I wouldn't bee in this office." What does the availability of video and audio have to do with this? Why does the lack of it point to a coverup or bad actions? Newsflash - it doesn't. Who cares who made the 911 call? I have arrested plenty of people that called 911 - even over their protests of "But I called you!" The lack of a weapon at the scene isn't an automatic "bad shoot". Use of force has to be reasonable at the time it was used when considered by the force users peers. It ultimately doesn't have to be correct. Hearing a bang that you interpret as a gunshot or other threat indicator and then having someone running at you with an object in their hand in the dark can very well be complete and total justification to shoot a perceived threat. What you think are absolutes are really just your feelings. Use of force law is clear with years of court rulings supporting it. Just because you fear it won't go the way you want it too doesn't mean it should. Again, I am not defending or condemning this particular shooting. I am pointing out thought processes based on fantasy, emotion, and bad info instead of facts or evidence - which we don't have - and laws.

Good to hear you were there and know exactly what the officer experienced. You should call the investigators and tell them to wrap it up. /sarcasm Seriously. Wait until all the facts are in before casting judgement. We constantly cry foul that the media is biased, inflammatory, and fake when they print things that go against what we believe. This is the same media. Why are they suddenly so accurate? Because you want them to be right? I am NOT defending this shoot. I am also NOT passing judgment on the reasonableness of this cops actions at the time he made his force decision.

"Not necessarily." Is the answer to both of your questions above.

There are million justifiable reasons why the dash cam didn't record anything. There are million unjustifiable reasons why the dash cam didn't record anything. There isn't nearly enough info out there about this case to make any kind of reasoned supposition. This whole relying on immediate video footage is becoming a huge problem. Especially when being judged by folks that: A) have no idea how the cameras work, what activates them, etc... and B) Have no idea what policy states regarding cameras - hint, a lot of them say something to the effect of "when feasible activate before. If not, save you life then turn it on." C) Have no experience regarding constitutional use of force and how it pertains to police work other that what they picked up on the last episode of Blue Bloods Before the facts of the case are even investigated, this guy is being crucified simply because his camera didn't capture anything. That is wrong. This may very well be a very tragic yet ultimately justified shooting (I would never call this a "good shoot", but it may be "in policy" or justified under use of force). Or This may very well be a complete and total shitshow and his guy should be brought to trial. Or This could be something in the middle. The only ones who have an inkling of this are the investigators and witnesses. Until more info comes out it is useless, and just plain wrong, to guess what happened that day.