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by Puddlepirate309 » Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:30 pm
Like the poster above said, the situation is going to dictate. What is the objective? How much of risk is he presenting not only to your team but to the overall mission?
What are your ROE/Use of Force rules? Is there a deadly threat to anyone if the speed of your assault is impeded?
In an LE warrant service scenario, is this the guy you are looking for? If so, order him to the ground with consequences and if he doesn't go, hold cover on him while you wait for less lethal. On the other end, in a military WMD scenario anyone preventing forward movement of the team toward securing the objective is risking hundreds or thousands of lives, so anyone slowing down the team from securing the weapon is just going to be shot and blown by.
The generic drill I have taught in the past is this; #1 (Point) Gives very aggressive verbal commands while moving towards the subject. This accomplishes two things - it gets his attention and effectively "calls out" the contact to the rest of the team. The subject is actively resisting verbal commands by remaining in the way of your team, so under the Use of Force in most places, strikes, takedowns and some less-lethal (OC/Tasers) are authorized. Transitioning to less lethal takes too long unless you have it ready in the stack - it slows down your momentum and point needs to keep a gun up for lethal threats.
So #1 continues to move on the subject with #2 right on top of him. As soon as he gets close enough, #1 uses a stunning technique (I prefer a muzzle strike to the sternum or palm splash to the face/upper chest) followed by a stiff arm to the near shoulder pocket. The bad guy is either going to pull that side back/be shoved sideways, or push back against the strike. If he pulls back, #1 blows by and covers long. If he pushes toward the strike, grab a handful and pull aggressively towards the team, then blow by and cover long. Now he may try to fight/wrestle, in which case #2 needs to be ready to blow by and pick up point while #3 helps #1 take the subject under control. Last but not not least, the subject may try to grab hold of/control/take #1's weapon, in which case the subject has just made a very bad choice and escalated the situation up to a point where deadly force is authorized.
#2 take control, #3 now become #2 and the stack moves forward. Depending on your ROE and the threat the subject can be hard-pointed (cuffed to a structure like a radiator or pipe), moved into a cleared room and covered (You lose two guys but needed a detainee/casualty collection point anyway) or passed off to the perimeter team.
WHAT you do isn't nearly important as BEING ABLE to do it without holding officer's call in the p-way while you dirt dive it like John Madden.