I think that Officer Joshua Hilling did a pretty phenomenal job here of both stopping the threat (and protecting himself from a deadly force knife attack) AND showing remarkable restraint in how he gave the perp (who is facing murder charges in another attack) every chance in the world to comply. This is great Active Self Protection.
Original video and news story of this Officer Involved Shooting available here: https://get-asp.com/q2jg
What does this knife attack teach us about protecting ourselves against deadly force?
1. You must know the range of your force multiplier and the range of various force multipliers that might be used against you. Knives are short-range, fast moving force multipliers. Firearms are extremely long-range, fast moving force multipliers. One of the best things that Officer Hilling did here is gain distance and keep himself out of range of another knife attack!
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