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It is triggered by many situations or stimuli, including elevators, especially when crowded to capacity, windowless rooms, and hotel rooms with closed doors and sealed windows. Even bedrooms with a lock on the outside, small cars, and tight-necked clothing can induce a response in those with claustrophobia.
[100] August 7, 2011, Manassas, Virginia, a 29-year-old being treated by paramedics died after police used a Taser on him. [101] August 16, 2011, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria UK, Dale Burns, 27, became unwell shortly after police tasered him at least three times. He was taken to hospital and was pronounced dead soon afterwards. [102]
RRTF is called upon when situations occur that are too dangerous for ordinary police to handle such as hostage situations, serving high-risk arrest warrants and confronting armed criminals. The main responsibility of the RRTF is interventions in dangerous situations or dangerous environments, e.g. hostage situations and situations including ...
When pursuing a vehicle, an officer must consider a number of factors before choosing to exceed the posted speed limit while following a suspect
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell warned that Los Angeles is "still in such a dangerous situation" in an interview Sunday on ABC News' "This Week." "I think the biggest concern that I have right ...
“The TSA team at Newark set a record for the most guns intercepted at our checkpoints in a single year,” said Thomas Carter, TSA’s security director for New Jersey.
In the United States, a SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team is a generic term for a police tactical unit.. SWAT units are generally trained, equipped, and deployed to resolve "high-risk situations", often those regular police units are not trained or equipped to handle, such as shootouts, standoffs, raids, hostage-takings, and terrorism.
A dangerous situation can occur when a chambered round fires when the firearm is out-of-battery (called an out-of-battery discharge). The cartridge casing is not sufficiently strong to contain the pressure of firing by itself; it relies on the walls of the chamber and the bolt face to help contain the pressure.