| What can we learn from the tragic deaths
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| | auxiliary officers. While many view
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| of two young volunteer police officers?
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| | close combat training only useful for
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| It is not easy to be emergency services
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| | military personnel, many of the tactics
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| anywhere, but in New York City it takes a
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| | were indeed developed for law
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| special breed.
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| | enforcement activities.
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| In the past few months, lone police
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| | Even in medieval Japan, the samurai who
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| officers have had to deal with
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| | practiced Jujutsu spent much of their
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| shootouts, stabbings, riots, and unruly
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| | time performing law enforcement duties.
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| protesters. While events like these are
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| | They understood not every situation
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| all in the line of duty in New York City,
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| | could be settled with swords when
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| they shockingly routine.
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| | dealing with a hostile population, and
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| What should never be part of the routine
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| | Jujutsu was effective even against an
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| though is the deaths of police officers.
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| | armored opponent.
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| On the evening of March 15, 2007, the
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| | Another great contributor to police close
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| city lost two of its bravest in a hale
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| | combat training was William E.
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| of gunfire.
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| | Fairbairn. A British police officer in
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| That night they proved they had courage,
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| | the Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP),
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| but lacked training.
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| | Fairbairn worked his way up from
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| Buried with full honors, the greatest
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| | patrolmen to commissioner during the
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| tribute to their courage can be improved
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| | city's most violent period.
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| close combat training.
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| | Having fought in over six-hundred street
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| Nobody is exactly sure what David
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| | fights and receiving his black belt in
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| Garvin's motivation was for the brutal
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| | Judo at the Kodokan, Fairbairn went on
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| shooting that started the killing spree,
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| | to write the close combat classic
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| but it is clear he was ready for a
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| | Defendu to help police officers. Meant
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| fight. He was carrying two semiautomatic
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| | for self-defense it concentrated on
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| firearms and over one hundred rounds of
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| | disarming and restraining opponents, but
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| ammunition.
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| | allowed for lethal force when necessary.
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| Unfortunately auxiliary officers Nicholas
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| | The New York City police department has
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| Todd Pekearo, 28, and Eugene Marshalik,
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| | to adapt its auxiliary program or events
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| 19, who were first to respond, were only
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| | like what happened March 15, 2007 will
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| armed with radios. When they ordered
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| | inevitably happen again.
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| Garvin to drop his bag he complied, but
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| | Garvin had already killed one unarmed man
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| then realized they were unarmed and took
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| | by the time he encountered the officers,
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| off.
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| | so in his mind the only option left was
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| The officers gave chase, but Garvin
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| | to fight. If the auxiliary officers had
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| turned on them and shot Marshalik in the
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| | been taught even the most basic of close
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| back of the head and shot Pekearo
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| | combat methods they could have overtaken
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| repeatedly after diving behind a car for
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| | the killer when they first confronted
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| cover. Armed police officers arrived
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| | the criminal.
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| quickly and engaged Garvin who died
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| | The 4,500 brave men and women that serve
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| trying to make a stand in a store. As
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| | as auxiliary police officers in New York
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| with any in the line of duty deaths
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| | City deserve better then to be cut down
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| questions are raised about what could
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| | in the street. Regardless of whether
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| have been done to prevent such a tragedy.
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| | police personnel are volunteer or paid
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| Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly spoke
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| | they must be given the same training
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| well of the fallen officers and promised
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| | because they share the danger.
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| he would reexamine the training for
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