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Officers are always faced on a day-to-day basis with dangerous situations like that and at times where they have to make split-second decisions where they’re in a potential life-threatening situation. – Dhu Thompson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There's so much weaselly language about how officers should you know, consider the totality of the circumstances or consider alternatives to chasing people, but there aren't enough black and white rules that officers must follow, and so you get officers in the split-second decision-making circumstances where if they haven't been trained on either yes chase somebody, or don't chase somebody under a circumstance, they are likely to make a wrong decision. – Alexandra Block	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It wasn't a split-second use of force like a gunshot. – Assistant US Attorney Manda Sertich	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The hostage played a sort of hero's role by, in that split second that he had, forcing a breakthrough in this situation, otherwise it could have been a very long and unpleasant night and maybe longer. – Chief Frank Paauw	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The still shot shows the image of the firearm in the subject’s hands, at the best possible moment when the lighting was fully on him. That’s the moment when the officer had to make a split-second decision to assess the circumstances and to determine whether he felt like there was an articulable threat, that the threat was of imminent harm, great bodily harm or death, and that he needed to take action right then to protect himself and his partners. – Interim Police Chief Amelia Huffman	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I feel like a lot of players do. My momentum had me in the throwing lane. It’s tough feeling first, and then having a split second and then feeling the ball hit me and getting called out. I guess it makes sense if he catches the ball and I’m safe at first but nothing happens afterwards. – Josh Bell	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I left thinking : have I failed at the last hurdle ? i always feel that everything is defined by the split second of crossing the line, when the story of my career is about all of the things I went through beyond that, before that, the things that I actually carry with me. – Cath Bishop	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It all happened in a split-second. – Yuji Shima	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This went on for hours. This wasn't a split second, we exchange gunfire. We were out here from 7:30 until about 9 p.m. until we returned fire. – Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Deputies did everything they could to deescalate, and they almost lost their lives to a 12-year-old and a 14-year-old, this went on for hours. This wasn't a split second, we exchange gunfire. We were out here from 7:30 until about 9 p.m. until we returned fire. – Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I got my eyes on it, kind of noticed he was in a good enough spot to raise it so I was just trying to elevate my leg, too, a little bit to help give me a chance to get a piece of it, it was kind of sitting there on the goal line for a split second. Luckily we were able to live to see another day. – Thatcher Demko	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I understand, having investigated many of these shootings, that officers are in many instances called upon to make split second decisions, particularly in instances like this one where there's a gun, nonetheless, a traffic accident, a traffic incident should not result in the death of anyone. So, we have more work to do to be sure. – Lori Lightfoot	Found on CNN 3 years ago
In police cases generally, The Supreme Court has been concerned with the fact that officers have to make split-second decisions, the Supreme Court is saying,' We need to be aware that they require some slack.' You need an egregious case before a defendant will be denied qualified immunity. – Sheldon Nahmod	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It's the result of extremely thorough teamwork, where each small step generated huge results. Everything was planned to the split second, and I was overjoyed by the progress that was achieved. It is another step in a long-term project. One of the next objectives is to land back on the ground after a flight at altitude, without needing to open a parachute. It's being worked on. – Vince Reffett	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We are so happy we achieved this incredible flight, it's the result of extremely thorough teamwork, where each small step generated huge results. Everything was planned to the split second, and I was overjoyed by the progress that was achieved. It is another step in a long-term project. One of the next objectives is to land back on the ground after a flight at altitude, without needing to open a parachute. It's being worked on. – Vince Reffett	Found on CNN 4 years ago
In a split-second, God can do what men failed to do in centuries. – Gift Gugu Mona	added by Gift Gugu Mona 4 years ago
It only takes a split second, we can no longer assume that everyone is a part of the village that is trying to raise the child. – Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Its actually hard to describe how a lionfish eats because they do it in a split second. – Kristen Dahl	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Amazon is going to get someone killed by recklessly marketing this dangerous and invasive surveillance technology to goverments, facial recognition already automates and exacerbates police abuse, profiling and discrimination. Now Amazon is setting us on a path where armed goverment agents could make split-second decisions based on a flawed algorithms cold testimony. – Evan Greer	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
It is the next split second that this case is all about. – Peter Wold	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It’s just so hard to believe that somebody in a split second could take two lives and injure so many in just a short amount of time, i don’t know if I can go to court and see him. I just don’t know if I can, but I want him to pay for everything he’s done. I also want to pray for him, too, because I know he’s probably having a hard time too, but he took our baby. He still took my baby from me. – Secret Holt	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
There is a split second decision inside a criminal’s head now that they can get away with it, they are coming to that conclusion. – Ken Winter	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
A lot of our sport is all about decision making made on the fly, you're presented with a set of circumstances and you have to make a split-second decision. – New Zealand Aleh	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I took this job to save lives and help people, i did what I had to do in a split second to accomplish that and hate to hear others paint me as something I'm not. – Jonathan Aledda	Found on Reuters 7 years ago

Officers are always faced on a day-to-day basis with dangerous situations like that and at times where they have to make split-second decisions where they’re in a potential life-threatening situation.

– Dhu Thompson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There's so much weaselly language about how officers should you know, consider the totality of the circumstances or consider alternatives to chasing people, but there aren't enough black and white rules that officers must follow, and so you get officers in the split-second decision-making circumstances where if they haven't been trained on either yes chase somebody, or don't chase somebody under a circumstance, they are likely to make a wrong decision.

– Alexandra Block

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It wasn't a split-second use of force like a gunshot.

– Assistant US Attorney Manda Sertich

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The hostage played a sort of hero's role by, in that split second that he had, forcing a breakthrough in this situation, otherwise it could have been a very long and unpleasant night and maybe longer.

– Chief Frank Paauw

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The still shot shows the image of the firearm in the subject’s hands, at the best possible moment when the lighting was fully on him. That’s the moment when the officer had to make a split-second decision to assess the circumstances and to determine whether he felt like there was an articulable threat, that the threat was of imminent harm, great bodily harm or death, and that he needed to take action right then to protect himself and his partners.

– Interim Police Chief Amelia Huffman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I feel like a lot of players do. My momentum had me in the throwing lane. It’s tough feeling first, and then having a split second and then feeling the ball hit me and getting called out. I guess it makes sense if he catches the ball and I’m safe at first but nothing happens afterwards.

– Josh Bell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I left thinking : have I failed at the last hurdle ? i always feel that everything is defined by the split second of crossing the line, when the story of my career is about all of the things I went through beyond that, before that, the things that I actually carry with me.

– Cath Bishop

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It all happened in a split-second.

– Yuji Shima

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This went on for hours. This wasn't a split second, we exchange gunfire. We were out here from 7:30 until about 9 p.m. until we returned fire.

– Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Deputies did everything they could to deescalate, and they almost lost their lives to a 12-year-old and a 14-year-old, this went on for hours. This wasn't a split second, we exchange gunfire. We were out here from 7:30 until about 9 p.m. until we returned fire.

– Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I got my eyes on it, kind of noticed he was in a good enough spot to raise it so I was just trying to elevate my leg, too, a little bit to help give me a chance to get a piece of it, it was kind of sitting there on the goal line for a split second. Luckily we were able to live to see another day.

– Thatcher Demko

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I understand, having investigated many of these shootings, that officers are in many instances called upon to make split second decisions, particularly in instances like this one where there's a gun, nonetheless, a traffic accident, a traffic incident should not result in the death of anyone. So, we have more work to do to be sure.

– Lori Lightfoot

Found on CNN
3 years ago

In police cases generally, The Supreme Court has been concerned with the fact that officers have to make split-second decisions, the Supreme Court is saying,' We need to be aware that they require some slack.' You need an egregious case before a defendant will be denied qualified immunity.

– Sheldon Nahmod

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It's the result of extremely thorough teamwork, where each small step generated huge results. Everything was planned to the split second, and I was overjoyed by the progress that was achieved. It is another step in a long-term project. One of the next objectives is to land back on the ground after a flight at altitude, without needing to open a parachute. It's being worked on.

– Vince Reffett

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We are so happy we achieved this incredible flight, it's the result of extremely thorough teamwork, where each small step generated huge results. Everything was planned to the split second, and I was overjoyed by the progress that was achieved. It is another step in a long-term project. One of the next objectives is to land back on the ground after a flight at altitude, without needing to open a parachute. It's being worked on.

– Vince Reffett

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In a split-second, God can do what men failed to do in centuries.

– Gift Gugu Mona

added by Gift Gugu Mona
4 years ago

It only takes a split second, we can no longer assume that everyone is a part of the village that is trying to raise the child.

– Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Its actually hard to describe how a lionfish eats because they do it in a split second.

– Kristen Dahl

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Amazon is going to get someone killed by recklessly marketing this dangerous and invasive surveillance technology to goverments, facial recognition already automates and exacerbates police abuse, profiling and discrimination. Now Amazon is setting us on a path where armed goverment agents could make split-second decisions based on a flawed algorithms cold testimony.

– Evan Greer

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It is the next split second that this case is all about.

– Peter Wold

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It’s just so hard to believe that somebody in a split second could take two lives and injure so many in just a short amount of time, i don’t know if I can go to court and see him. I just don’t know if I can, but I want him to pay for everything he’s done. I also want to pray for him, too, because I know he’s probably having a hard time too, but he took our baby. He still took my baby from me.

– Secret Holt

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

There is a split second decision inside a criminal’s head now that they can get away with it, they are coming to that conclusion.

– Ken Winter

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

A lot of our sport is all about decision making made on the fly, you're presented with a set of circumstances and you have to make a split-second decision.

– New Zealand Aleh

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I took this job to save lives and help people, i did what I had to do in a split second to accomplish that and hate to hear others paint me as something I'm not.

– Jonathan Aledda

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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