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Originally Posted by kevsrcode
That's what I'm talkin about!!!! We had a long and drawn out, uh... discussion at one of our debriefs after training. Basically, we had a guy with a gun barricaded on a bus with hostages. About thirty minutes into it, the bad guy simulates accidentally shooting a hostage. The hostage is on the phone with the negotiators saying it was an accident (the hostage was trying to get the HT's gun). Over the next 2 and 1/2 hours, the bad guy gives up three hostages. Then, three hours into, we discover that the bad guy took the bus because his ex is the bus driver, and that he had killed her current boyfriend prior to taking the bus. At this point, the sniper calls the CP and asks for clearance to take the HT, saying he felt it was an active shooter situation. My thoughts are 1) no shots fired in 2.5 hours and 2) why is a sniper asking for clearance, if he sees a life threatening situation he should act on it. How would you guys have handled it?
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All "green lights" are given after the sniper informs our TOC(tactical operations center). We will also ask the other "long gun" if he sees what the other sniper saw or is seeing. Simulation of someone getting shot does not grant the permission to take action upon the HT for our team. Nice to have another man in black on the thread.