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You guys afraid of criminals?

Fear keeps you from doing your job. If you're afraid of criminals, you'll hesitate to oppose them; if you're afraid of what they'll do to innocent people, you'll end up costing somebody their life.

Of course I am. Fear has been keeping our species alive since the dawn of our existence. Fear is inevitable and perfectly normal and healthy and even empowering. Fear is probably one of the deepest of human empotions and is behind why we do almost everything, everytime we're angry, it's because we're scared of something; anger is a secondary emotion. I don't worry about getting too scared, I know my brain will instantly turn it into a nice palpable rage that I can aim at the threat. Fear is one of the Humans greatest super powers. Without fear...well, we wouldn't be here.

What one needs in our line of work in particular is courage. Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the aknowledment of fear, and going through with the mission anyway. Along with courage common sense is needed. But never should one try to rid themselves of fear, for a man without fear is a fool.

Anyman, if you're afraid of what they'll do to innocent people, this should cause you to err even more on the side of caution, not the other way around. Not being afraid of what can happen to the other person in the situation is what can cost people their lives, as it results in recklessness on your part.

@Desert Eagle,

That's not fear; that's concern. The difference is, if you let fear control your actions, you may end up trying to save one life, at the expense of many more that are in danger.

Let's take a human trafficking case, for example. The trafficker has, maybe, five victims he's abusing. You're doing recon, and you see one of those five being separated from the group. All signs indicate that one is being moved to another location, for whatever reason. You have a choice: keep your eyes on the larger group, and possibly help bring the trafficker to justice; or, shadow the one they're separating, in case something should happen to that person, like they're killed. You're very much afraid for the life of that one person. Do you let your fear overtake you, and try to save the one at the expense of the rest, or do you carry out the mission, save the larger group and potentially countless others by bringing the trafficker to justice, and risk losing that one person?

Like it or not, there are times when you can't save everybody. You do what you can. Fear tells you to act without thinking; concern tells you to think out how you act.

I would send one of my partners after the one separated, if I was really concerned I'd shadow them myself and have a couple guys watching the building while mysel and another guy follow the separated. Only an idiot would patrol such hazardous areas of a city on their lonesome. Always have at least one more guy. When I start patroling again I'm going to have eight guys and two vehicles, four for each transport. Armored everyone has a gun. Not leaving anything to chance. If you're going to do anything do it as safely as humanly possible. More safety in numbers, including the ability to do more, like watch a building and follow a potential victim at the same time, that way you dn't have to make as difficult a choice.

Don't fear the person so much as what they are capable of.  Be cautious of the person, and of the unknowable elements of a given situation (does he have a gun, martial arts training, friends I haven't seen, etc.?).  

Patrolling in groups is best, but I'd go with four or five, unless you have a seriously organized chain of command, a detailed patrol plan, and defined objectives.  Large groups with little experience will quickly devolve into social outings or shouting matches.  A smaller group of no more than six is best in these cases.  The more experience you get, the more effective you can be with smaller groups also.

Well I got four man group. One of my members is a retard and saying stupid things to other person. He is also saying some sort of things kids shouldn't say to females. I'm planning to kick him out so that he won't put another mud on ACFA's name

Sounds like a sound descision. Maybe reign in on the judgments; I found just learning to put "I feel..." in front of whatever judgment I place on a person outloud helps eliminate the judgment altogether; it's no longer a judgment but a concrete fact lol. XD

Somebody told us to stop patrolling because of other people wanna beat us. He says he is one of them. But I have my dog. What am I gonna do?

Probably get beaten while your dog watches.

You either fold to threats or stand up to the ones doing the threatening.  In this case, continuing is enough.  No need to fight him unless he attacks, but he may just be trying to intimidate you.

This is where you distinguish between fear and precaution. Fear tells you to stop; precaution tells you how to proceed.

Before you even think of going out, be sure you don't have a mole in your group. Deal with each member on an individual basis, and work out just their parts of the operation with them alone. Be sure you have backup your enemies don't know about. Travel by some kind of vehicle if you can, if for no other reason than the additional speed. Watch where you go, be aware of your surroundings, and don't go out there advertising; instead, go out in disguise as someone who might belong there, and do your best to blend in. Keep tools nearby, and keep in mind ways you can use items that may be common in the area for your purposes. Perhaps most importantly, always keep track of a way out, and places to lay low. Even then, you have to put your mind at ease about whatever may happen to you; if you worry about that, something bad is more likely to happen, but if you make up your mind to accept the fact that some things can't be controlled, you can go out there and do your job to the best of your ability.

I'm planning to conceal my weapon since the guy told me that they aren't going to do some crap if they didn't saw me holding weapons. The weapons we have were my baseball bat, made out of metal, PVC pipes, that is used to connect the faucet to the underground water or some sort of crap like that, and I have a complete set of riot gear while my sister is hoarding the others which was supposed to be distributed to my team. The only one I have was this set of gloves and a battle suit which I disregard for awhile. I'm having troubles of this guys in my team and I don't know if I could kick him out since he knew those guys who wants to beat us up. The guy who told me that he's one of them was his brother so I recruited the guy since he might be an important asset. He's willing to help us too.

Got any suggestions on concealing our weapons?

If you feel the need to carry weapons on your person, go for something like a cane. Belts and ropes are good flexible weapons, and can be used to restrain people, at least temporarily. Otherwise, keep an eye out for anything in the environment around you that you can pick up and use at a moment's notice. You feel more comfortable with pipes and baseball bats; what about tree limbs?

Finding a tree limb suitable for a bludgeon is harder than a sounds. A pipe or a basball bat would be more efficient. If I were you I'd wait until I could get a gun and just have it on the back of my belt in it's holster then put a coat on the covers at least half my butt so the gun is concealed. If you want to use a gun at some point position the holster so the gun is upside down; handle pointing upwards, when you reach your hand behind to draw your hand will fit right on the handle like a glove, enabling you to draw faster and not fumble around with the holster and your jeans. A gun is a tool; you can use it lethally or nonlethally. Lethal=Shooting, Nonlethal=Pointing. Both are effective in stopping assholes. If he's an armed asshole I'd reccomend shooting him in the chest two times then begin immediate first aid. If one has a gun on you too far away too disarm, and you don't have one, running away as fast as you can is your best bet. Statistically, people running away from a gunman that's shooting at them will not get hit. Statistically out of the ones who do get hit, they do not die. People don't die from getting shot nearly as much as you would think. The reason a lot of people think getting shot is for sure lethal action have been watching too much TV; either news or action movies. Both like to sensationalize gun violence, and it causes people to have false notions of firearms and in some ingrains a fear in them of guns, like it's a snake and it'll just jump up a shott someone out of nowhere for no reason. It's rediculous.

If someone has a gun on you, and you don't have one, running away is your best bet (if he's too far to disarm).

Never stick a gun without a holster down your pants; you see people do this in movies all the time, it's a bad idea. Front, back, side, doesn't matter; your waistline is not a belt and holster.

I didn't read all of this but I just wanted to mention that I wouldn't recommend PVC pipes as weapons. They're easier to break than most people think. And even though longer sticks can give more range, shorter baton length sticks can be better because you can easily carry one in your pocket and under a jacket. Also with long weapons like baseball bats and staffs it can be easier to intersect the weapon and it also harder to manage with slower swings. Not to mention almost impossible to conceal. You'll also have to look into the laws of the area. I believe in California it is required to have your firearm easily visible and not concealed while you're carrying it.

I don't think we should be telling a 14 year old kid to conceal guns and carry clubs.

I never did. I said I would wait, until I could get a gun. That means also when he is old enough and gets the right papers if any are needed. 14 year olds the world over use baseball bats everyday. Nothing wrong with carrying a baseball bat and it is surely not illegal or dangerous.

Beating smeone with a baseball bat is dangerous, carrying one is harmless.

Laws are ineffective in this area. Sixth patrol, nothing happens. We don't even have any weapons yet but the pipes. Am I still continue patrolling?

Omen, tell me, what are you going to do if somebody was beaten up. Are you gonna watch or help the guy?

You're not even in my country and my parents agreed about this thing. All of us has his own style of helping other people. My style of helping people was making the street safe because this world around me is freakishly violent