Three not so little words, part of the security professional/s procedure for deciding how to respond to and deal -- safely -- with environmental hazards such as floods, fires, earthquakes as well as various types of man-made hazards as theft, assault, robbery or other criminal attacks: Assess, Plan, Act.
Just three words, but it is amazing how many police officers and security professionals, forget how to do this properly when responding to emergencies and end up facing assault or excessive use of force charges -- or getting injured or killed themselves.
And the rest of us are no better as every day men, women, and children frequently suffer disastrous consequences as a result of not implementing this strategy when making critical decisions when dealing -- safely -- with potentially dangerous situations or individuals.
Just the other day in Vancouver B.C., Canada a jewelery store owner responded to being robbed by chasing the robbers out on the street and spraying them with bear spray. They reacted to this by shooting at him.
Luckily, they missed him, but what if the stray bullets had struck somebody sitting in nearby vehicles, or somebody walking along the sidewalk?
It was an irresponsible, potentially tragic act on the part of the. You can't really say that he did not Assess, Plan and Act, but his response to being robbed clearly was not well thought out.
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