[The Epoch Times, September 25, 2022](The Epoch Times reporter Yuan Shigang, Taiwan Taipei reported) After the police killing in Tainan, the Police Department discussed changing the 18-year-old “comprehensive arrest technique” test to a “combined police force” test . Lin Dajun, an instructor at the Taiwan Police Academy, said that in the past, police specialized technical courses were mainly judo, taekwondo, etc., but arresting skills are the skills or methods required by the police to control and arrest suspects, and should not be taught as martial arts, but more needed by police officers. It’s sudden adaptability.
The judo, taekwondo, comprehensive arresting and other courses taught by the police in the past are difficult to get rid of negative comments such as routine and impractical. In an interview with The Epoch Times, Lin Dajun said that arresting has never been a martial art, but a systematic technique or method required to arrest a suspect; from a practical point of view, when a police officer is on duty to face a criminal suspect, it is not a matter of time. In a fight against one, the first thing must be to ask for support. There are many people, so the basic fighting ability only needs to be stronger than the general public.
“We just need to knock him down in a very simple way,” said Lin Dajun. He analyzed the process of arresting the suspect in the Tainan murder case as an example. After a dozen policemen were ambushed, they swarmed up. The first two people pushed the suspect against the wall, and the others in the back squatted down and hugged his feet and pushed him Pulling down is an adaptable technique; in addition, when faced with a suspect riding a motorcycle, how to control and take people away from the motorcycle and other techniques have nothing to do with martial arts.
As for the use of guns, Lin Dajun pointed out that the fixed target training in the target track on the shooting range may not be useful in actual combat. What the police need is mobile shooting and quick-response shooting. The difference between the two is thousands of miles. , Take IPSC sports (Practical Shooting Sports) as an example, that is, in an open place, emphasizing the importance of movement; any training must be close to practice and actual combat simulation, “Our training only wants to be safe, but going out becomes unsafe. Safety”.
Lin Dajun believes that ordinary administrative police are not special police officers. The most common things they do when facing the public are speaking and billing. What they need is resilience and safety awareness. The principal of the Police College, Zhong Guowen, is very supportive of the new training method. In 2021, he will hold a practical conference focusing on the surgery department to promote the new comprehensive arrest technique. The concept of coercive force classification will be integrated into the relevant courses, and he will learn double suppression techniques, force decision-making, and weapon extraction and conversion. Easy-to-learn practical skills and situational simulations.
However, Lin Dajun is worried that the existing teachers will be difficult to retrain, and a large number of teachers of the younger generation should be trained; but the school only teaches the basics. In addition, he also mentioned that there is a problem with the aging of police officers. It is suggested that police officers under the age of 40 can be retrained. Those over 40 years old only need to maintain good health and practice more muscle strength and tactical deployment.
A senior police officer told The Epoch Times that the situational simulation has been integrated into the training of various field units. From a scientific point of view, the current training is effective. In fact, the ratio of police casualties is very low. Yes, “Which of the so many prisoners in the prison was not caught by the police?” But police work does carry a high risk to life safety. Every case of death in the line of duty is distressing. The police will make special case teaching materials to remind colleagues to avoid further occur. ◇
Responsible editor: Li Wei
