Nashville Metro Bodycam as it Happens

EXPLICIT WARNING – This episode contains descriptions of a shooting from a Police video and expletive language. Parental discretion is advised.

By now you’ve heard the news out of Nashville about the shooting that killed 6, including 3 children, at Covenant School.

This week the guys watch the body cam footage provided by the Metro Nashville PD. In the video linked HERE we watch as 4 year Officer Rex Engelbert goes from putting his vehicle into park to engaging the shooter inside of three and a half minutes. Shortly after that we see the footage from another Officer, Michael Collazo, as they rapidly redeploy after hearing shots fired.

Watching this video isn’t easy and perhaps listening to us critique it isn’t easy either but this is the closest you’ll get to being on the line for an active shooter before being there yourself.

We at WYE are proud to vaguely associate ourselves with these brave Officers and know full well how foolish we sound days after the fact from the comforts of our homes. We also know how important it is to share real life experiences, not just the same drill over and over and over again. But judging from what we saw, that training is paying off.

Great work Officers, first round is on us when you’re in town.

This week we discuss:

• How methodical Engelbert is when forming his team, gathering intel from the woman outside and grabbing keys to the building
• The hand signals and physical indicators of team movement
• Just how fast we’ve become as a professional in addressing this kind of threat
• Why it was so important for NPD to release this video so quickly

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