Rdbruin

re: LAPD statement on Oscars incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock

Posted by Rdbruin on 3/28/22 at 9:32 am

If the victim of a misdemeanor crime like PC 242 - Battery does not want prosecution, cops walk away 100 out of 100 times. PC 243(e)(1) - Domestic Battery and PC 273.5(a) Corporal injury on spouse or co inhabitant are different and are covered under the domestic violence laws. Even then the misdemeanor 243e1 does not always result in an arrest but has to be documented.

So to summarize; you're wrong.

re: Mid size SUV Mazda CX-9 vs Chevy Traverse

Posted by Rdbruin on 3/6/22 at 4:39 pm

Wife drives a 2018 cx 9. Plenty of trunk with the back seats folded down. The way the trunk is setup the seats go down to trunk level without folding into the floor. Can fit 7 adults fine. I'm 6'2 200 lbs and fit fine in the third row, is tight but for drives to dinner, movies, less than 2 or 3 hours is good.

She was recently rear ended at like 45 mph. No injuries to her or our kids. Car took the impact like a champ.

Interior is very nice. We have the one below top model. Didn't get the top due to the leather color is limited to one type.

Joy to drive and is very nimble. It will spin tires on take off due to torque and geared for initial acceleration.

re: FDR was an awful president and MacArthur was an awful general.

Posted by Rdbruin on 10/27/21 at 8:54 pm

100% MacArthur was all about himself. He killed more Americans with his seperate island hopping strat. Imagine if he worked with the Navy and Marines instead of draining resources.

re: Has anyone ever had a real run in with the mob?

Posted by Rdbruin on 10/20/21 at 2:35 pm

Yes, it's been hard to get around with cement shoes but I make it work.

re: Game Thread: Hawaii 10, UCLA 44 | Final

Posted by Rdbruin on 8/28/21 at 4:39 pm

Yes

Tiger Rant

re: Trevor Bauer, on leave amid assault probe, was subject of previous protection order

Posted by Rdbruin on 8/14/21 at 12:37 pm

Depends on how the penal code is written. In California that's not a criminal threat.

re: Derek Chauvin trial - GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES. Update: His sentencing is today

Posted by Rdbruin on 4/5/21 at 4:51 pm

It's called a hobble and it's level of force is dependent on department policy

re: C17 steep tactical descent and touch and go practice at KMLU today

Posted by Rdbruin on 4/1/21 at 8:49 pm

When I rejoined my company in Mosul, we stopped at Basra, Baghdad, and AL Assad I believe prior to. All combat landings.
That was the most miserable fight of my life.

re: OT Cops: Are You Taught Restraint/Proportionality at the Academy?

Posted by Rdbruin on 7/6/16 at 11:29 pm

Military Police for 8 years. No Civilian LEO experience as of now.

Yes, there is use of force continuum that all US Police Officers and Military Police are trained in.
Here is a link so you can read up on it. LINK

You can jump around on that ladder depending on what is needed at that moment; he pulls a gun and you jump straight from verbal to deadly force. He puts said gun down and you jump back to verbal or somewhere in between depending on the needs.

As for engaging a suspect with your weapon, everything I was ever taught was center mass and if you have to pull the trigger you make sure your target is down. You never shoot a couple times or so.

As far as the unloading of the bullets in a magazine, studies have found the vast majority of shots fired in a police shooting miss, and most officers shoot because of something called sympathetic fire, ie someone else is shooting so they shoot too.

Officers are also dealing with muscle memory and adrenaline when they shoot their weapon. So most officers are usually unaware of how many rounds are going down range and just want to make sure the threat is eliminated, even if a guy is on the ground, he still has the capability to pull out a weapon and waste someone, you should look up some combat stories about that. Trying to train officers to limit the amount of bullets used etc is not smart training. Better to train them to avoid that part, which is generally what they do, but weapons will be used eventually.

Look at the number of officer involved shootings in the US and the number of officer interactions with civilians and you will be shocked at how few officer shootings there really are. They just get most of the attention especially because they generally end up with a fatality.

Hope this helped.

:EDIT: Also as far as body cameras, I have a good amount of close friends who are law enforcement and those cameras are not attached very well. Usually either with a clip or with a pin and pinned into the uniform. However in a scuffle if its hit there is a chance it can come off, but if they were on at the start of a situation slim chance the officers remove them in the middle of a situation, very obvious and not always easy to do. The ones that attach to the belt usually stay on better, but I don't know with ones BRPD uses?

re: Orange County, Cali recommendations

Posted by Rdbruin on 2/13/16 at 9:42 am

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OC is huge, you'll just have to pick a spot.

Depends on how long he is there but yeah, traveling during rush hour traffic is a pain so figure out where you want to be for a day and do something there.

If you want small time pier action go to San Clemente Beach for the day, visit the train station and the mission in San Juan, get lunch at Pedro's Tacos for a San Clemente staple or eat at the Fisherman's on the pier for something more sea foody. Check out the famous Rainbow Sandals (on my third pair in 15 years) For dinner I suggest Carbonara Trattoria. Took my MIL and SIL there for dinner a while back and was really really good.

Moving up the coast Laguna Beach is nice for beach or art. You can do time at the Montage, and there are art galleries all over you can walk to. I recommend Whalen's gallery. He focuses on sea animals and such even if you're not an art fan its pretty cool. For lunch Sapphire has the best burger hands down, used to meet my wife for lunch here all the time when she worked in Laguna. Dinner I recommend Selanne's place right across the street from Surf and Sand Resort on PCH. Really good food and laid back upscale place.

Obviously Newport Beach/Costa Mesa is Crystal Cove and South Coast Plaza, Balboa etc. Too many great restaurants, but Javier's(Mexican), Mastro's(Newport place is Seafood/Costa Mesa is Steak), Bandera(Steak/American)on and on. Gulliver's by John Wayne Airport is a Prime Rib, creamed corn, and creamed spinach kind of place. Really massive cuts of Prime Rib.

Irvine is the Spectrum and the Irvine Regional Park with the OC Zoo and lake. They have many many places to eat, Javier's and Wood Ranch Grill for your two more upscale places. Also the Irvine Improv for a good night of comedy.

Huntington Beach Main Street is awesome, both night and day. For dinner I only recommend one place, Cucina Alessá (make reservations)then stroll down Main street for some gelato, before hitting a bar or two.

If you're in Anaheim, you have Disneyland of course, as well as Downtown Disney and such. I recommend some time spent at the Packing district for great food and great beer, many different small eateries and bars inside an old packing warehouse.

Santa Anna, Chapter One for breakfast, way too hipster of a feel, but the food is awesome.

Give me a specific place you're going to be and I can give you a more detailed run down.

re: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths

Posted by Rdbruin on 12/3/15 at 8:38 pm

Don't know if anyone realises but Japan's Edge crime (ie knife attacks) are 32 times ours. Whatever weapon a criminal can get their hands on.

re: UCLA basketball???

Posted by Rdbruin on 11/24/15 at 9:56 pm

We hired Steve Alford after firing Howland...before that we whiffed on PG recruiting and alienated most of the AAU schools thanks to Howland, which is the real reason Howland was canned, not because he sucked at coaching, but because he could no longer recruit to UCLA effectively after losing the Adidas AAU cirucit. This team doesn't play very good defense, sorry I mean this team doesn't play any defense, and our guards have a high propensity to turn the ball over. In the game last night we turned it over 19 times. So far this season that is about average. I fully expect the team to improve this year, but I don't think Steve Alford is the answer. He has I think two more years at least before he gets canned, and a stellar recruiting class coming in next season, so we shall see.

re: Check out UCLA's helmets this weekend

Posted by Rdbruin on 11/13/15 at 9:28 am

The frog skeleton is a recognized symbol of fallen US Navy SEALs. UCLA was allowed to use it.

Since Mora has started coaching at UCLA they either train with the SEALs or do one of the SEAL events, like the Murph Challenge. Not really long standing but I guess consistent with Mora? The Uniforms are a new black one supposed to "honor and imitate" the Navy Seals blacked out look....so should be interesting.

UCLA is a walking MASH Unit

Posted by Rdbruin on 10/23/15 at 7:29 am

Injuries for UCLA this season - stolen from another board...

-starting Running Back Paul Perkins
-backup Running Back Nate Starks
-backup Running Back Steven Manfro

-starting Left Tackle Connor McDermott
-backup Left Tackle Simon Goines

-starting Guard/backup Center Scott Quessenberry

-(backup Guard Tevita Halalilo )

-starting slot receiver/backup safety Mossi Johnson

-starting Wide Receiver Devin Fuller

-starting Defensive Tackle Eddie Vanderdoes

-starting Olb Deon Hollins

-starting Olb Myles Jack

-starting MLB Isaako Savaiinea

-starting Cornerback Fabian Moreau

and MLB Jayon Brown is battling a back injury but played vs CAL last night.

UGH

re: Cal 24 vs UCLA 40 4th quarter

Posted by Rdbruin on 10/23/15 at 7:27 am

UCLA was good in the 70s, very good in the 80s, average for most of the 90s with the 98 and 99 seasons being very good, and atrocious for the 00's, worst decade of UCLA football.

UCLA won two Rose Bowls, went to three in the 80s, and won the pac-12 5 times. You can't say we were bad in the 80s.

re: Official 2015 MSB Weekly Pac 12 Football Season Thread - Week 5 Edition

Posted by Rdbruin on 10/3/15 at 11:43 pm

Saw that ASU game coming, typical UCLA post big blow out win with Mora at the helm. Goodness ASU had no business doing that to our offense for the first half. Oh well another 10-2 season here we come.

re: Official 2015 MSB Weekly Pac 12 Football Season Thread - Week 5 Edition

Posted by Rdbruin on 10/1/15 at 8:27 pm

Picks are the same, really worried about ASU this weekend. Major trap game against a team with nothing to lose, backs against the wall. Plus our banged up D that was trying to do too much last weekend and missing tackles left and right :o. Just get to the bye week and I think the D will be fine but ugh this game.