How many of you officers would really trust a female officer in a Bruce Willis type shootout?

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I am just testing the waters Susy Cop, Jenny Cop so do not get P.O. just yet. okay.

shiloh9: being the best shot is not always best but do you have the heart to shoot someone? Will you hesitate. Many of you on this forum apparently work for small agencies or have girlfriends, wives on the force and want to protect their reputation. I have seen very few females who have the grit to hang in there and the one i do find i would not want to bring her home to mama, if you know what i mean.

john;et: the best females officers i have met do look like Bruce Willis in a skirt.

charlyse: sounds like you are one of the few old heads willing to tell the truth. I work for a large department in the Southwest 37 years and have seen a slow deterioration in the quality of the officers they are hiring male and female. As a FTO i have trained about a dozen female officers and all but one made it through the training . It is very difficult to get one terminated and the pressure for them to succeed is there by the administration. Many of them gravitate as quickly as possibly to a detective type desk job or communication, property room, quartermaster. We have about 20 females running our property room and its a ***** to put anything in the property room since they are so picky.

defendan: Is that the best you can do. BS.

copgirl: you sound like a real hard a$$. Okay, worked 16 in Patrol in the tougest minority sections of Houston and involved in three fatal shooting my first three years. I was a FTO and trained about a dozen females and most were worthless. Prior to joining the PD I was drafted in 68 and went through Tigerland Ft. Polk and served as a infantryman with the 101st Airborne Division 11b10 1978/1969. It takes more than a crackshot to make a good street cop sweetie. Its the hard heart that kills not the weapon. Most of you police type women would be more respected if you acted just a little more feminine than a bull dike.

Answer 1

Are you married? They are ruthless.

Answer 2

I was a police officer in Arizona for several years. The best shot I ever knew was a female officer. The gun does not know if you are male or female.


All this coming from a guy talking about "Bruce Willis" type shootouts that don't even occur. Having the grit to shoot someone has nothing to do with gender. You obviously have an opinion you are trying to promote with this question. If you would rather find fault with the experience based answers we are providing instead of actually learn from them then just go away.

Answer 3

I've worked with a number of female partners and NEVER felt that I was at greater risk because of their sex. As a matter of fact, most female officers are better communicators then their male counterparts, and can often get a subjects compliance just by talking to them rather then fighting with them. But, when push comes to shove, I have never had a female partner fail to act quickly and decisively. That said, the girls are just like the guys, you've got both go-getters and slugs from both sexes, but I do think the women are complained about faster and harder when they don't live up to peer expectations.

Answer 4

After getting my butt handed to me when this one lady cop was showing how to do a take down, I do not underestimate women in uniform. In a shoot out I wouldn't mind having a female officer back me up, they have the same training as the men. Unless I knew she was a bad shot then I'd tell her to get on the radio or something, though I would tell anyone that if they were a bad shot. lol

Answer 5

I trust all of the officers in my department to be beside me in a shootout. To qualify at the rang, it is the same for men and women. When it comes down to it, I don't care if it is a man or a woman as long as the have on the same uniform on as I do.

Answer 6

The day you are assigned to a partner begins a special bond of trust. You don't automatically gain trust, You earn it. This relationship will mature each tour of duty and by the experience of each officer making the right decision will affirm the other officers assurance that they can take care of what ever the problem is before them, even if the decision is to shot to protect. Our main objective " TO GO HOME AT THE END OF THE TOUR ".

Answer 7

It has nothing to do with gender. I know males AND females who can't shoot worth crap--and I know people of both genders that are crack shots. Same thing for the attitude and mental capacity involved in a crucial confrontation.

Answer 8

i am a 5th generation retired cop and have seen what the average female officer is capable of doing.in training they get breaks. they do not have to do the same thing as a male cadet.i had a female partner for 5 years.i always felt like i was alone as she was pretty useless.they will talk big in the field but can not defend themselves.they do not belong in the filed because they are not physically able to defend themselves.
now on the other hand i have seen women shott just as good and often better than the men.they are great at shooting targets cause they do not shoot back.we have discussed this subject fro california,new york,michigan.florida and sweeden.they all feel women should not be field officers due to their inability to protect themselves as well as others.you can watch any of the tv shows and see that women can not handle the slightest resistance.
shows are just that,shows.they do not and will not happen so it can not be compared.i will give credit where credit is due in that women are smarter than men in the classroom.my favorite class was the bomb school.we were taught to never touch anything. we were told to keep out hands in our pockets.we were traing on traffic stops during the bomb school.the women were always looking for help where as the men went straight forward.the female officer walked up and stood directly in front of the window, FIRST MISTAKE.she then asked for their id and ins info. she received all this. as she turned her back to leave,SECOND MISTAKE,the people in the car thru out a pipe bomb.shje just smiled and picked it up. this was just a training class.everyone yelled at het to drop it.she again just smiled and walked back to the squad car. at that moment the pipe bomb exploded. it blew about a 1 foot hole in the ground.she did not remember the first thing to do when handling a suspected bomb, this rule was to keep you hands in you pockets.
this officer was so shaken that she later quit saying her nerves were shot do to this. so to answer your question the answer is a sounding,HE- - NO! also to show you exactly what i was saying is the lady below who says she is a range officer,shooting at something that does not shoot back means squat.she is exactly where i said she should be,not in the field.she is in a cozy little building where no one has to depend on her.

Answer 9

I would trust those that would know how to handle a weapon, and would remain calm, and accurate. Of course that's very hard to do for anyone. Gender doesn't have anything to do with the situation. It's the individual, background, and training.

Answer 10

I can tell you one thing male or female, when someone is shooting at you, your first reaction is to defend yourself. I may be female but I DO NOT HESITATE. I would but my skills next to any male officer. Hand to hand males have an advantage, but weaponry makes all the difference.

Answer 11

I love the way your questions always start out asking about female cops professionally and then deteriorate to stuff like "I would not want to bring her home to mama."
In a previous question you called one female officer "rough as a cob" when she challenged what you had to say.
So what it really seems like is, you actually do hate female cops, and just want to use your so-called questions as a way to call them out and then put them down.