Sheepdog Tip of the Day, During Combat tip 30
The idea of sensory overload is to stun the suspect so that officers can apprehend him without having to use deadly force. Problems arise, however, when a suspect is inadvertently inoculated to the flash bang. Occasionally, SWAT officers tell me that their flash bangs failed to work on a suspect. When I ask how many were used, they say something like, "Well, we used a dozen as we searched room to room before we finally found the suspect." While circumstances might have necessitated them to use flash bangs in every room, by the time they got to where the suspect was really hiding, he had been warned, emotionally prepared, and inoculated against the effect.
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Combat
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