Christopher Sandoval
Topic: S.W.A.T.
EQ: What makes a S.W.A.T. officer different than a police officer?


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Presentation Rough Draft

I dont know for the visual yet.
1. "What do you guys know about SWAT?" (Maybe 30 seconds to a minute)
2. Inform them I'm going to tell a story about a former SWAT sniper that I know.
3. Ask if they understand what I'm going to do.
4. Tell following story.... but full version
-Van parked in McDonalds parking lot and pedestrians ask if driver is okay.
-Driver says "Get away I have a bomb"
-They call cops
-Cop says, "Hey whats going on?" driver responds, "Get away I'll kill everyone here, I have a bomb.
- Patrol calls for SWAT
- SWAT decides if the suspect or vehicle become mobile, people will possibly be bombed
- After hours of negotiations the driver gets irritated
-SWAT tells him if tries to dirve he will be shot
- Suspect turns on car and attepmts to drive
- Sniper makes split second decision, and shoots him twice, killing him immediately
- Van and suspect were not armed, niether was there a bomb
(this may take me 2-3 minutes)
5. Why do you think the sniper shot the man? (30 seconds)
6. The SWAT sniper made a split second decision to shoot, using a high tech weapon, ending the dangerous situation
7. Patrol was niether trained or equipped for such a situation
8. SWAT makes life or death decisions every day, that are highly controversil to people
10. It takes a unique and mentally tough person to be a member of SWAT
11. "Any questions?"
12. "Any complaints?"

1 comment:

  1. Very complete...check for understanding should be at end about what you've taught..."how does SWAT differ from ordinary patrol?" The story is really disturbing...do you have a story where people really would have died if the sniper hadn't acted quickly? All I could think was, "I bet that man was mentally ill! Wasn't there some other way to verify that he was lying?"

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