Responding to a ambush while in your car.

[Riggsshield]

I want to start this thread for two reasons. One is to ask how you would respond to a ambush style attack, while you are seated in your car. The second reason is to show you a shield I developed after a friend and fellow officer was ambushed and shot twice while shooting radar in his vehicle.

[Riggsshield]

My friend did survive and is back on patrol.

[DX Shooter]

OPSEC!

[benjamin101677]

I want to start this thread for two reasons. One is to ask how you would respond to a ambush style attack, while you are seated in your car. The second reason is to show you a shield I developed after a friend and fellow officer was ambushed and shot twice while shooting radar in his vehicle.

So your question is for us, were sitting in our patrol cars and then all of the sudden come under fire? I don't know if there is a really good answer as there are so many variables that could occur here. Years ago taught on FTO to when parking always position patrol car so that you can drive away quickly is needed and or if you talking to somebody while stopped in your patrol car keep the vehicle in drive so if needed you can drive out of the situation.

I am curious to see the shield that your developed.

[P5Ret]

While I am curious and admire your intention, coming under fire while in the car the last thing I am going to think about is deploying some type of shield.

[Ron-Solo]

OpSec

[NineteenElev3n]

Definitely OpSec!

[TRICKSTER]

Well according to some here, we are now, or will soon be, riding around in Bearcats so it really isn't an issue.

[Riggsshield]

Benjamin101677

That is exactly what happened to my friend. He was not able to drive away so he laid down to take cover. This caused a problem because he could not draw his gun laying down. The subject was shooting a full auto 9mm and driving toward him. He had to sit up in the line of fire to draw his gun and return fire. When he did he was hit twice but still returned fire and stop the subject from shooting.

[Riggsshield]

I developed a shield that mounts to the door panel and can be pulled off it's mount with one hand. The motion is the same motion you would use to cover your face with your hand. Which would be a normal reaction in this case. The shield is Level IIIa so it can stop almost all pistol rounds.

[Riggsshield]

Go check out photo on Facebook at Riggsshield.

[Riggsshield]

The cover photo on the sites is a photo of his patrol car.

[Edwood]

Your website on this page says its "Level III", not Level IIIa, FYI.

http://riggsshield.com/About_Us.php

From seeing your vids, there is a trauma plate built in? Looks really rigid from the test shots.

[Riggsshield]

Thanks I will fix that it is level IIIa

[Riggsshield]

It is UL level 3. I cleared that up on the webb site Thanks for pointing that out.