House Searches 101

[@AnInnocentLittleBoy]

On this episode of Free Field Training, Tommy burglarizes a house to show us how to stop people from burglarizing a house.

[@BaconofCanada]

the dog is just trying to figure this out

[@RealShipmate]

You see I don't put photos on my wall. That's because when people break into my house they won't know what I look like. After they steal my motorcycle, computers, TVs, guns, waffle maker, and collection of basketweave beltness they won't see me coming with a quater inch piece of rebar and needle nose pliers seeking retribution.

[@geraldmaine3300]

cops are sexy and hot in tight pants and blk sweaty socks wish i was married to good cop

[@RealShipmate]

True. Especially during those "shower" moments. I just wished they were co-ed. There's a bunch of hot females deputies where I work. Im even gay for a few of the male ones..especially that short ones. lol.

[@hellhammerCCCP]

This rooms clear! **motions excitedly** I almost choked on my coffee

[@aarphi1984]

Ana Vargas : Literally just happened while searching for a guy two weeks ago. Bought us time to stack resources for the takedown. Brilliant.

[@A-10Warthog]

Literally

[@ericmitchell1911]

Very interesting comparisons of training vs reality, you bring up some good points. Keep up the great work!

[@dgee9095]

Tommy, Were just going over clearing rooms, searching houses and active shooter at the USAF SF Academy now, thanks for the great information as usual, released at the right time!

[@judahmac1799]

The cats look very suspicious.

[@Sour12003]

Very true information in this video about house burglary! Independant logical reasoning skills must be used first in a situation similar to this one!

[@tom_olofsson]

Thanks for messing up your house to better demonstrate real life. The cat also thanks you. 😁

[@freefieldtraining]

Anything for education, lol

[@kirby5329]

i have to say for someone like me that has no military, security or law enforcement experience this video is great. that's a really simple thing to do but as you pointed out it offers a lot of advantages and helps prevent possible mistakes. i got to remember this for the future.

[@DarkFire515]

Very informative video as usual. If your PD has the resources then at least one dog + a chopper with FLIR are also great force multipliers for building searches.

[@charlessexton1719]

Always remember to take your time and be aware of your surroundings.

[@Allofthemonkeys]

When I was a rookie we were called to a house alarm call, door was open. This house was HUGE! Indoor and outdoor pools, 2 kitchens, I forgot how many bedrooms, 3 independent staircases, private theatre room with leather lazyboys, 8 car garage. We only had 4 officers on duty and 3 of us were clearing the house. It wasn’t enough. A bad guy could have been circling around us for the whole time

[@w00dy-18]

I searched a two story furniture store yesterday with three colleagues. That was pretty hopeless..

[@w00dy-18]

We have no K9 in my department. There is a K9 available in our province, but it's only used for tracking outdoors. It's a tracking dog, not a patrol dog.

[@rurikvolkov2810]

7:51 had me looking around cuz I just put the cat outside and he had bells like that

[@Steves90z]

Great tips! Great vid as usual Tommy

[@AbhishekSingh-pp1ks]

In my experience, a laser is very intimidating too. When you see that laser on your chest you start to rethink your life decisions. Amazing Video! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@bencunningham6298]

Great stuff! I've done the mirror "blindness" a couple times running medicals and fire alarms, takes you out of the game for a few seconds. Not so bad on the fire service side but for LEO's could be the difference between life and death.

[@toya6676]

Fr bruh

[@IAMMARSHYSBRO]

Work armed in a high end HOA near Beverly hills for going on 6 months. Not a long time at all, but if I had a dollar for ever time I heard a client tell me that there were a ton of burglaries before I came to the post....I could buy a sentry gun every home and quit my job. Surprisingly the seemingly hundreds of alarms I respond to are all false alarms. "That house down the street got robbed last month I heard, apparently they cuffed and gagged the resident." Really Steve? Every nanny who used the wrong gate code is not a robber.

[@EddieLeal]

Good video as always brother! I hope everyone is having a safe weekend. Well, some LEO trivia for you all. DID JA KNOW....Burglary calls represented 9% of the fatal calls for services that were analyzed during (2010 - 2014). A research team examined eight cases that involved a response to a reported burglary. These cases were for the most part forced entry cases or witnesses reporting a suspect entering a building. Five of the responding officers were alone when they were assaulted and killed. Lessons learned: 1. Officers responding to a burglary/alarm calls should not be dispatched alone and should wait for backup. 2. Officers must avoid the false alarm monotony that leads to complacency when assigned burglar alarms and burglary reports. 3. None of the cases analyzed reported deploying K-9 or K-9 teams to search for suspects (K-9 teams are the best way to search for a secreted suspect and to clear a location or track a suspect.) Of course, not all agencies have K-9s, however most have the ability to access them through a mutual aid, Memorandum of understanding and shared jurisdiction authority with adjoining agencies. **NOTE: The above information was pulled from an analysis of U.S law enforcement line of duty deaths when officers respond to dispatched calls for service and conducted enforcement (2010 - 2014) The report can be downloaded from the following link if desired. Holds more information on this type of call an many others that I feel officers should review. www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=794863 **NOTE: "In 2015, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice COPS office to study officer line-of duty deaths. This report is a five-year study analyzing line-of-duty deaths in which a total of 684 cases were reviewed. Specifically, the analysis focused on cases that involved a dispatched call for service which required a police response and what information was made available to responding officers in the deadliest calls for service. "

[@subaruforester5062]

More of this stuff!!!!!

[@freefieldtraining]

Give me ideas!!!

[@subaruforester5062]

free field training i took it in policing school but.. 1.First arriving on a accident scene Police and or citizen point of view. What he/she should do 2. How to search a vehicle in portions

[@freefieldtraining]

Car search I'll look at, thanks.

[@tank7358]

Great video! I never thought about turning a corner and hitting a mirror with my flashlight, but it definitely makes sense. Also, don't be surprised if the dog and cat chase up the wall after your laser if you are operating with one. My dog goes nuts for those things.

[@LilYeshua]

Thanks

[@doctorhouse1631]

Wait...when do I throw the flashbang?

[@freefieldtraining]

Just avoid the fish tank and the couch!

[@baron8107]

Now somebody's gonna get the bright idea to cram a shoot-house with mirrors. Funhouse mirrors...

[@freefieldtraining]

Hit an uncovered glass window at 90 degrees and you'll get much of the same effect.

[@CircleofVultures]

When I listen to the scanner, I often hear police number the outside walls of the building. Like, “You cover walls 3 and 4.” How do they number the walls? Is it front is 1 and it rotates around the house clockwise and ends on like 4 being the left side of the house? Or maybe like according to North, South, East, and West?

[@freefieldtraining]

Around my parts it is A, B, C, and D. But, yes essentially.

[@juergenedgarmauriciooberfr2745]

Great video!!!! God bless you

[@petrusecuiu4753]

Good job. I would like to see more videos with practical examples. Greetings from Romania.

[@aaronhudson3413]

Good stuff

[@matthewsouthworth3696]

AND POINTING STRAIGHT AHEAD

[@greenrover10]

Any tips about how to slice the pie?

[@freefieldtraining]

I prefer a long non serrated knife, but in a pinch a thin piece of wire will do if you can get it out of the pan.

[@A-10Warthog]

Start at 9:32 at .25 slow motion... You will LOL.

[@richardcross8723]

I have a topic I’d like to see. I’ve been curious lately about using weapon mounted lights vs flashlight alone for patrol. We just had a some search training recently and I was the only one using a WML.

[@countryheathen1834]

if u could do a video on how to go about a long hallway with multiple doors.

[@dylanwinter8406]

Nice video Tommy

[@GaveMeGrace1]

Do you have one on clearing a home for homeowners? I see the practical value of applying the above lesson to working my way from the Master Bedroom to my toddler’s bedroom, in the case where we suspect a break in while at home, say in the middle of the night. Any further advice?

[@Joe.dirt7909]

I’m glad I’m not the only one with a “Papa Johns” magnet on my refrigerator 💪

[@Diablo97810]

@free field training, what flash light do you use?

[@michaelbaker5070]

What police light do you recommend?

[@dancroft2105]

So going in gun blazing vs holstered or down at your side is preference or department policy? What do you do?

[@Nderak]

And if all else fails: "Police with a SKUNK! Come out with your hands up now or you WILL get sprayed!" #SupportYourLocalSheriff #budgetcuts

[@vortexscage6926]

How about you put your flashlight to see why don’t they use Night vision because if the person can’t see you then you can’t see him do you think doing a search with night vision batter then a flashlight.

[@TallMichelleWithTheLongHair]

But...isn't it natural that the bad guys are going to shoot toward the light which is in front of your neck? I was taught to hold the light away from your body a bit. Does that no longer apply? Charles Manson hid in kitchen cabinets. Also when I was on a ride a long, this guy was hiding in a dryer. When I used to BE MADE to clear abandoned houses, (I'm Michelle the Security Guard), I always put my gun down by my thigh and made my way through the house. I do ATM technician escorts now. *sigh*

[@freefieldtraining]

From my experiences of going to public ranges and searching buildings I have made three observations on this issue. 1) with the state of marksmanship most people exhibit a 2' or even 3' difference in point of aim is unlikely to have a significant effect on where bullets go under stress at any distance, even point blank. 2) holding a light way out from yourself while shooting one handed is awkward an ineffective. 3) holding the light far out from the body in the weak side hand either puts it far to the left, right, or above you. The first two make it difficult to negotiate doors on the opposite side and the last puts the light at a height that isn't fooling anyone and for tall people knocks into door frames. I suggest just holding the light normally. It is more effective for searching, makes shooting easier, and the tactical disadvantages of a light are far outweighed by the advantages. As far as I can tell that method and that fear were invented by people who advocated against putting lights on guns 20 or so years ago.

[@aaronhudson3413]

What about if a person that carries want to search their house? Would you recommend that and would the same rules apply?

[@rurikvolkov2810]

I mean it all depends for example back in 2017 when me and two buddies went out to one of hit my buddy's hunting cabin we found the door unlocked and we knew nobody had been out there to unlock it here's where it gets different from what most people deal with we understood the majority of what he's talking about in this video one of the three of us was in the Marines and the other two I've been trying to fight shoot and think in ways for situations like such we went got a few pistols from our trucks and started clearing the house cuz it was going to be hours before a cop could show up and we found a guy who had been living there for almost a month And know this was a hunting cabin there were guns there they were in locked safes but we weren't sure so we were very careful to the point it took us 20 minutes going through very slowly and carefully to find the guy passed out on the couch then we spent another hour clearing the rest of the cabin and then we waited about 2 more hours and Cops finally arrived to pick the guy up That situation was very dangerous for number of reasons if even one of us had slightly less training we probably would have waited for the cops because we weren't a hundred percent sure if anyone was there but we did know that there were technically guns inside but we all had equivalent to if not in the case of my Marine friend better training for Clearing Houses comparing to the majority of cops

[@maxmccann5323]

Can't find my passport, you mind popping round to help? Lmaoo

[@Jake_Sully445]

Hello, I had a question. I'm 19, Saw your video on job requirements. Obviously can't do police work now, but would me doing security guard work for the experience part help?

[@freefieldtraining]

No more than any other job

[@TierTalk]

It’s been awhile

[@freefieldtraining]

Gotta follow the Instagram for live streams of all the stuff coming up: instagram.com/tommy_freefieldtraining

[@TierTalk]

free field training thank you for that. I have been also uploading content. Maybe one day we can collaborate

[@freefieldtraining]

I think I'd like that. I just have to get this whole computer being broke and working on a backup thing squared away first shoot me an email with what you have in mind.

[@TierTalk]

free field training will do. Maybe we can discuss training that will be mutually beneficial. I am working on trying to put together a duty belt video for correctional officer.

[@RealShipmate]

Finally... actual "field" training lol.

[@freefieldtraining]

Hey, one step at a time, lol

[@jaimemunoz5920]

Make another KZbin channel about your dog and cat.

[@skip123davis]

you couldn't pay me enough money to do what you guys do. the shit you put up with, dealing with folks at their lowest moments, then dealing with low life burglars (human PARASITES!) lying in wait. you did give me something to think about though: what if my home defense firearm is captured by an invader? i need to better think about how i secure that firearm when i'm away.

[@jobdylan5782]

Tommy you showed a lot of family photos in this video. You may want to go through and blur them out.

[@freefieldtraining]

Nahhh

[@zeuss92ne]

Please blur out you're photos... Love all your vids brother.