Don Alwes—an adjunct instructor for Kentucky's Department of Criminal Justice Training and lead instructor for NTOA's Police Response to Active Shooter and School and Workplace Violence courses—discusses with POLICE Contributing Web Editor Doug Wyllie the problem of blue-on-blue accidental shootings. Alwes stresses the need for plainclothes or off-duty officers to identify themselves to arriving uniformed officers, and to immediately comply with commands.
(Video) Mitigating the Tragedy of Blue-on-Blue Deaths
Don Alwes discusses the problem of blue-on-blue accidental shootings, especially with plainclothes and off-duty officers, and how to prevent these incidents.