Well, if they're NOT armed, they're idiots for attacking armed police officers, unless they have overwhelming numbers (and even then), and successful gang members tend not to be that kind of stupid. If they have overwhelming numbers, it's moot whether or not they're armed. "Armed" here may include knives, bats, a piece of wood they just picked up, etc - anything other than their own bare hands.
If there's more than two of them, then the cops are going to call for backup for sure. And if the gang is out to kill them (and why else would you attack the police? it's not the kind of thing you do for a lark) there are several gang members dead, rather than just "subdued".
And keep in mind, the gang guys are going to assume they're attacking armed officers - officers are always armed. This makes things like shooting in the sky unnecessary as well as super dangerous: you do something like that to inform people you've got a gun and it's got bullets in it. When dealing with on-duty cops, this is pretty much a given.
The thing to remember is that the first focus is going to be getting everything safe, both for other people and for the officers in question. You get the weapon out of the subject's hands and get the subject subdued and in handcuffs right away because otherwise, the scene isn't safe, and it's not brilliant or effective to look for victims when the subject could go nuts and hack them up. You call for backup immediately because you neither want you to get killed, nor do you want to deal with the mess if some bystander gets killed.
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Date: 2012-03-03 05:05 pm (UTC)If there's more than two of them, then the cops are going to call for backup for sure. And if the gang is out to kill them (and why else would you attack the police? it's not the kind of thing you do for a lark) there are several gang members dead, rather than just "subdued".
And keep in mind, the gang guys are going to assume they're attacking armed officers - officers are always armed. This makes things like shooting in the sky unnecessary as well as super dangerous: you do something like that to inform people you've got a gun and it's got bullets in it. When dealing with on-duty cops, this is pretty much a given.
The thing to remember is that the first focus is going to be getting everything safe, both for other people and for the officers in question. You get the weapon out of the subject's hands and get the subject subdued and in handcuffs right away because otherwise, the scene isn't safe, and it's not brilliant or effective to look for victims when the subject could go nuts and hack them up. You call for backup immediately because you neither want you to get killed, nor do you want to deal with the mess if some bystander gets killed.
Good luck with your story. :)