Whoa... what a day. Today we had what is called a DT Scenario (DT as in defensive tactics) It played out as follows you are dispatched as a single officer to some mock apartments where you need to take into custody a person who is less than cooperative.
No problem right, ya only you arrive and the guy is dressed in a padded suit and you are not allowed to strike him in the head or neck. Oh ya and I left out the part that he either out weighs you by 100 lbs, or he is a DT instructor with some pretty wicked skills. The goal, get him down and cuff him up.
What a gut check. I ended up being one of the last people to go in our class, so I had to wait around while I watched all of these bruised, battered, in some cases bloodied recruits stumble out of the rooms. I was up next when the aid car arrived for one recruit inside (he is okay, just a case of azthma) but that for some odd reason made me just a tad bit more nervous. Waiting around for my turn was like being six on Christmas Eve, okay bad analogy as there was nothing joyful about this experience.
In true Jason fashion, I seemed to think I could ust talk the guy into submission, but after a few minutes of that the inevitable happened and I had to go hands on. We restled around a little bit, I got in a few punches, we went to the ground, he threw me off him, we danced around the room, I threw a few Thai kicks, he retreated, I followed, and then as if I was in 7th grade and sneaking up behind my buddy I went for the old knee to the thigh. Evidetially, I hit the right spot and he dropped to the ground, at which point I pounced, and got him cuffed up. Certainly sounds a lot easier in the blogesphere than it was in real living color. There were a couple of times during my cuffing where they had to stop the scene, as in the heat of the moment I seemed to think I could make his arm bend in a way the human body is not designed for. So rather than have me break it we stopped and made sure I was heading in the right direction.
I must say I am not the least bit sad to say that this day on my schedule has come and gone...
See ya next time.
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