Police Officer REACTS to the Cartel Missions in COD MW2

[@nickswf]

this cop has the nerdiest stuff behind him in the room - love it. Castle Gray skull?? he's gotta be in his 40s

[@CompositeCreativity]

Early 50s.

[@AngelusNielson]

You do know they rebooted He-man at least 3 times, right?

[@obeysnow950]

@@AngelusNielson a lot of people had only watched the original He-Man, also the same people who disliked this new ones Netflix made.

[@AngelusNielson]

@@obeysnow950 And?

[@obeysnow950]

@@AngelusNielson are you dense?

[@smallmozzie]

i wonder y a cartel boss didn’t react to this

[@jotapecito2589]

Have el mencho do it

[@TheBlackB0X]

El Chapo isn't doing anything atm.

[@manneredcheetah6665]

El Chapo should have some time on his hands

[@Snoy_Fly]

I want to see El Chapo’s reaction too😂

[@supremealgo1]

@@jotapecito2589Arrested/Killed by Mexican Army/Marines.

[@AirbenderHawk]

When the world needed him most, he returned!! Officer Chris is the absolute goat!

[@ChrisTHECOP]

Awe, TYVM

[@christopherwang4392]

At one point, the infamous Los Zetas was the most powerful cartel in Mexico due to its recruitment of highly-trained former Mexican Special Forces soldiers. But as many of its original Special Forces cadre have been killed or arrested over the years, Los Zetas has been forced to recruit poorly-trained ordinary street thugs to fill its ranks. Los Zetas is still deadly, but it no longer possess the efficiency and finesse of its heyday.

[@ravenmena8488]

Yeah, there's a retired Mexican special forces operator who confirmed this when he said that some of the people who passed selection went as a disciplinary sanction, and those operators are the ones who become cartel enforcers "soldados". The good operators are the ones who go to the course voluntarily.

[@ОлексійДуда-в7з]

Grandma>los zetaz

[@theduck2970]

Doesn't make them less dangerous unfortunately, as that cartel changed "the game" dramatically. Now, some of the cartels are using outright fear and military-style tactics on the public instead of winning the support from the poor and downtrodden.

[@Helker_]

@@ravenmena8488 You talking about "Gafe 423"?

[@nikoandroman]

Los Zetas doesn’t exist anymore. It divided itself into other cartels

[@NATEDOG]

Fun fact: there was a mexican restaurant here in Duncan, South Carolina that was being run by a mexican drug cartel. If i remember correctly, a ton of drugs were found in the back and it was linked to the cartel

[@joseluisalcalde2250]

Was the food good?

[@yellowbastard196]

Hello, and welcome to the Los Pollos Hermanos family. My name is Gustavo but you can call me Gus

[@DG-pk3fh]

@@joseluisalcalde2250 probably was

[@frostbitepokin9520]

@@DG-pk3fh probably cuz they season with cocaine

[@NATEDOG]

@@joseluisalcalde2250 honestly never ate there

[@pancho4475]

It would be great if they brought in a former Mexican special forces soldier to analyze and give his point of view. I recommend GAFE423, he is a former special forces who has his KZbin channel, he had to fight against the Mexican cartels and mercenaries, former special forces from other countries that he worked for these criminal groups

[@eduardorendon1592]

ojalá te imaginas un boina verde estadounidense ,un Ranger, y un gafe

[@pancho4475]

@@eduardorendon1592 estaría chingón

[@eduardorendon1592]

@@pancho4475 imagínate esta escena , israel wright * he escuchado que ustedes los gafes al conbatido a ex fuerzas especiales del estados unidos ¨* el 423 gigate que no solo de estados unidos

[@eduardorendon1592]

@Chuco323 why

[@fulcrum6760]

One day I want the officer and special forces to cover COD Zombies Outbreak mode or any other zombie game. Would like to see their insight on how they would handle something like that.

[@rubyruby7573]

Yeah Zombies Don't Work That Way Unless Your Banging Around With A Gun There's A Reason We're Not Allowed To Bring Firearms Into The Backrooms Sometimes Exceptions Are Made During Rescue Efforts But Be Warned There Hasn't Been A Single Successful Rescue Where The Rescue Team Was Armed With A Gun As The Audible Bang Most Firearms Tends To Trigger Horde Mode In The Backrooms

[@sonotbarrybee2807]

Glad to see Mr. Man in blue back at it reacting to games!

[@ChrisTHECOP]

Ty very much!

[@redshirt49]

Americans on foreign soil on unsactioned operations is a thing that happened a lot during the cold war era. Of course, back then the government mostly contracted PMCs to do this type of stuff for deniability reasons. Nowadays this still happens, but they give less of a shit about not using their own agencies. Most of those PMC companies that are still around became corporate security firms.

[@felipeporto5835]

Modern imperialism at its finest

[@Eluderatnight]

Just walking up that mountain in full gear would be a workout, but running for your life would be superhuman.

[@uhohitsatrap9989]

It's been done. Not impossible.

[@Ccubed92]

@@uhohitsatrap9989 He never said it was impossible but superhuman normal people couldn't do it

[@shortstories3349]

Nothing a little snow can’t fix lol (it’s a joke)😂

[@D9xAbstract]

Soap is a legendary soldier

[@rubyruby7573]

I Know They Got Him Running Like He Isn't Wearing Anything Heavy There's A Reason We Wear Black Suits The Pockets Are Decent Your Average Suit Is Light Weight And Made of Thin Material Which Isn't Too Awful Hot In Summer Weather And Black Suits Are Not Bad Looking So If You End Up Having To Stroll Through A Funeral or Sit Through A Sermon In Church Well Your Already Dressed For The Occasion And When You Have To Run For Your Life Your Not Weighed Down By An Overweight Chest Rig That Makes You Look Fat

[@Joreel]

Unfortunately we do know that terrorists have and are crossing the Southern border and are getting through. Love the game and just how much research they do to make a pretty realistic game story wise.

[@devilish2345]

Yeah definitely inspired by sicario, awesome movies without a doubt 1st one better obviously, and it's been confined 3rd one is in the works and Emily blunt is returning as well, nevertheless great game very much love the related source material obviously again inspired by sicario

[@SIRSHANKSALOT12]

Disturbingly realistic and possible situation.

[@thebeing7033]

@@SIRSHANKSALOT12 Not really. The cartels would never let terrorists across the border. It would ruin business.

[@Joreel]

@@SIRSHANKSALOT12 More than 100 known terrorist have been recorded crossing the boarder. If that many were caught crossing the boarder, and we know only a third of the people are caught crossing, then we know more have gotten in that we didn't catch.

[@MiguelEMG]

@@Joreel you should look at that statistic with a bit more scrutiny. Especially the CBP’s citations and added context to the whole situation. Overall it’s not a smart move for actual cartels to bring terrorists to the US. They’re trying to turn the country into a more profitable investment, not burn it to the ground.

[@Kn_nick]

This officer is amazing And the fact that he actually plays games and shit makes it better

[@Gatzucortezemmanuel357]

Im a former Border Patrol Agent. When we were getting our training, they had always made it very clear to us that we know exactly where we are at all times and not to cross into Mexico, because they would arrest us and detain us. Sometimes it’s a lot tougher than it sounds, when you’re patrolling in the middle of nowhere, and there is no indication that you’ve crossed the border (no wall, signs, etc), and when you’re in an area with no cell service, bad comms on the radio, it can go bad real quick.

[@Raiden0831]

Shouldnt they put up some sorta signs then? Or maybe have a good map of the geography and using the land to explain where the border is? Also does it really matter much when its basically nothing out there? Id imagine it only becomes an issue if you cross miles past the border.

[@eldesmadres8945]

@@Raiden0831 Lets say you find someone and arrest them only to find out you were on mexican soil and have no jurisdiction there so it is extremely important to know where you are at all times. Also the cartel patrols the area and has spotters posted up high in the mountains so if they were to see border patrol on mexican soil it would end badly for them; people might not be aware of the fact that the US sent special forces to train the Mexican military, then most of them were recruited by the cartels and made them extremely militarized to the point where they would honestly pose a threat to any US military, they have the same weapons, training and definitely the money for a war.

[@Raiden0831]

@@eldesmadres8945 The cartels wouldnt shoot the border patrol on Mexican soil right? I feel that would cause many issues.

[@eldesmadres8945]

@@Raiden0831 its hard to say whether or not they would but id be willing to bet that if they knew border patrol was 100% on mexican soil they would shoot a couple shots just to mess with them since they know they have no jurisdiction on mexican soil and even shooting back would result in problems for them.

[@Raiden0831]

@@eldesmadres8945 Im not sure if it should be but thats kinda funny 😆. Thanks

[@ravenmena8488]

One thing I line about BF: Hardline and Clean House is that you could control civilians/enemies by showing your badge or just by showing your hand instead of pointing them with your sidearm.

[@rioyr6210]

*Shows my badge to 5 armed guys* ‘Everyone put your guns down! Even if we outnumber him 5:1’

[@rubyruby7573]

@@rioyr6210 Yep Because Cops Are Never Alone Always Assume There's More Than One Even If You Can't See The Others

[@callsigncoyote7931]

2:39 it’s also terrifying knowing what the government has done to its own citizens in the past, and not knowing what they’re still doing to people to this day.

[@papaya777chaval9]

Nice video, as a Mexican citizen living in Mexico I agree this cartel situation sucks. Everyday people in my city people it’s kidnapped, gunshots every single day. Update: merry Christmas y’all! New update: if y’all wanna see what cartel can do search for “el culiacanazo”

[@jajajajjaajajajaajajajja6397]

is the cartel in every place

[@papaya777chaval9]

Might be, different zones of Mexico are in control from different cartels. For example the state were I live it’s under control by “cartel del Golfo”

[@shai310]

Sorry to hear that buddy, hope you're doing alright.

[@papaya777chaval9]

@@shai310 Im fine thanks, have a blessing Christmas pal!

[@apanapandottir205]

Merry christmas from sweden!

[@li_B4shar_il]

I had a feeling Chris would like this game

[@joeworks3809]

Whenever I see Chris I cant scroll further until I watch his video 👍🏻

[@irrationalreality8276]

That’s kinda funny, thinking that a cartel boss sends their kid to college to learn and suddenly their hair’s dyed and they’re a different gender. Totally different outcome than what they’d want lol

[@_Cetarial]

3:09 Pretty much had the same reaction as Chris here when I did this mission, lol.

[@ChrisTHECOP]

LOL

[@producerjuan5850]

Good to see Chris back!!

[@ChrisTHECOP]

TYVM

[@antoniomatamoros6737]

The part with the balloons and narcos, it's just happened a few days ago where some cartel guys give Christmas gifts to kids and other stuff to the people... here in Mexico, the reality exceeds fantasy.

[@TenthSgtSnipes]

Should’ve had him react to Valeria and some of the stuff she says in cutscenes, especially regarding the war on drugs. I feel like that would be more appropriate for his perspective

[@roozy10]

I think they didn’t wanna get too juicy in case he wanted to play himself

[@DeadBeatDex]

@@roozy10 That, or they already have another video planned for him to react to that part if this video does well.

[@Deathmare235]

Valeria didn’t say much though

[@mavvynne444]

My favorite cop of all time is back.😎🤙🏼

[@ChrisTHECOP]

Ty

[@Major98]

Love it. Dudes very likeable. I could watch a whole series of him reviewing games and movies and series

[@BlazerK1914]

It’s a very good thing the new Modern Warfare series exists. Back then, I didn’t really take COD characters serious, due to, I don’t know, lack of...character development? I’m not an expert in storytelling, but I know how it works. Sure OG Ghost was cool in his comic story, but in the original Modern Warfare 2, I saw him as some soldier wearing a skull mask for personal reasons, and that’s it. Well, new Modern Warfare 2 came, and I think this is the best Ghost I’ve ever seen. This is the version of Simon Riley I prefer the most😁

[@spartan_a1176]

Hey, you're not wrong, lol

[@lunatic5162]

Exactly my thoughts. Just like every other character,even Valeria

[@AdrianDanielGuard]

Wait, there are comics about Modern Warfare?

[@BlazerK1914]

@@AdrianDanielGuard I referred the comic of Ghost from the old Modern Warfare series.

[@Deathmare235]

@@lunatic5162 Valeria is still underdeveloped compared to the og mw2 villains

[@divinegreed8252]

MW2022 is so underrated, definitely because people are fawning over MP and Warzone instead, I just can't understand why people say the game is sht, without playing the campaign, and even if the story was not your thing, you gotta appreciate the fact that Activision actually breathed life into our beloved characters, back then they were just our beloved and favourite game characters, now seeing them act, hearing them talk and communicate with each other, definitely brings me joy, and i'm definitely excited on how they're gonna redo the most controversial mission in COD history

[@DJVideso]

They burned the only american flag, you require internet service to play the story mode

[@RussianAiden]

Chris the cop is an absolute chad

[@jajajajjaajajajaajajajja6397]

russia

[@RussianAiden]

@@jajajajjaajajajaajajajja6397 what

[@ChrisTHECOP]

Thank you!

[@jajajajjaajajajaajajajja6397]

@@RussianAiden do u wanna play with a dingaling

[@RussianAiden]

@@ChrisTHECOP np

[@Cornwallis7]

Always enjoy seeing Chris on here! This made me curious though to hear from an expert on the kinds of rules you break in these games, why we have them, and what happens when we do decide to break them anyways and then what are the consequences? I'm not exposed to much of these like Tom Clancy type of stories outside of games.

[@NOYBZ]

8:08 For the future person seeing this in, let's say 10 yrs time, this shot was a good meme with ghost staring

[@FBI.Official47]

Considering Navy seals wear all their gear while swimming i think in my opinion that swimming with all that is possible if you train for that type of situations

[@rafsandomierz5313]

6:20 something similar to this did happen in Iran like year ago minor fire exchange minus the big explosions it was pretty loud about it in news outside of U.S few months before Russian invasion on Ukraine.

[@michaelgj23]

“Could you imagine the US sending special forces to another country in the same way Mexican Special Forces are doing here?!?!” My brother in Christ, what the hell do you think the US has been doing since the beginning of the 20th century?!

[@turnermarius4471]

Yes ever since cold war usa troops are in foreign land.

[@felipeporto5835]

Lol could you imagine having 600 offshore military bases, orchestrating political coups around the world and installing puppet dictartorships, military interventions and bombarments ??? Damn, I glad Usa never done do those things, right

[@AlexDreemurr]

I'm pretty sure he knows about the US being in foreign lands, but he said specifically if US special forces went into Mexico.

[@silverhand9965]

It's a bit different when armed forces sneak through borders unnanounced and start gunning people down

[@felipeporto5835]

@@silverhand9965 exactly what US does, with own military or PMCs

[@yvespenaflor4610]

That border mission reminds me so much of end of watch movie

[@cedricvl4272]

5:22 sometimes it is necessary and allowed, just look at the Jürgen Conings incident in Belgium, if you don't know what the Jürgen Conings incident is: it all started during a COVID lockdown, Belgium had a researcher who advised the government what to do with COVID , his name is marc van ranst, but a soldier named Jürgen Conings disliked marck and decided to take RPGs and other military weapons from a military base's arsenal and use them to kill marc. When the army discovered that Jürgen had stolen the weapons, Marc was sent to a safe house and the Belgian police and army were called in to track down Jürgen. After the discovered Jürgen hid in a forest, they surrounded the forest and slowly moved in, but also received support from French, Dutch and German spec-ops units during the mission. Jürgen was found dead in the forest.

[@blaketindle4703]

The smoke grenade doesn’t give you cover lol, it provides concealment! 😉

[@khoroshoigra8388]

definitely!

[@sebastianseptiadi2420]

Who came at 8:08 just for that Ghost meme?

[@djung9064]

a lot of these story telling games, with these types of scenarios portrayed, really makes you think of the possibilities that can actually happen. I like fiction that is plausible and makes you think.

[@NigelShepherd-z7k]

As someone who works in Intelligence, UK Security and Counter Terrorism - it's true. This is extremely accurate. People really don't have any idea just who is standing next to them in public .... and that's the point. The general public bump past people in a crowd - particularly at this time of year and they have absolutely no idea or comprehension of what they are looking at 🤔🇬🇧

[@TruestOan409]

Fun fact DHS has a divison called BORTAC which is a tactical unit that patrols the borders with Texas state guard ,and TxDPS border division and they sometimes run out cartels or catch a bunch of people

[@TheBadgett93]

The running down the mountain and jumping into the pool, is based on what Marcues Latteral Navy Seal had to do to escape and survive. American hero.

[@bedipuss123]

One of my favorite story line is Black ops and Black ops 2 storyline

[@FBH991]

the biggest problem with non-lethal stuff is it's often not non-lethal

[@weien_024]

i'd like to see him play this game like he said *now subbed to his channel, gonna wait for that gameplay hahaha

[@Ghoststarrrr]

When it comes to U.S operations in other countries, there are some political/ geopolitical implications that are considered. So when it's possible or advisable, the U.S will work with the host nation's police, intelligence, counter terror/ military forces as a joint operations task force. Alternatively, when the U.S is concerned about the nation being involved or the possibility of insiders then the U.S will deploy some of their most experienced and covert assets. One example of them is CAG or SFOD-D aka Delta Force, this team is very well versed in operating in locations and situations with little to no oversight and they are very good at making sure there is no U.S footprint. A lot of their operations are classified because of the nature of them including infiltrating hostile nations and conducting operations that would be rather controversial if discovered. The other asset that could be deployed that isn't directly tied to the U.S military is the CIA Paramilitary Arm which is known as "Ground Branch" or Special Activities Division, these CIA officers are the most covert personnel in the inventory of the U.S government and they are responsible for conducting high risk operations that the government wants no affiliation to. They train to handle virtually all aspects of Special operations including hostage rescue, sabotage, espionage, direct action etc. They are literally the definition of Black Ops, it's not unlikely that they're used to combat cartels as they operate virtually everywhere the U.S has a presence and places that the U.S doesn't officially have one. They're more of an unknown than Delta so a lot of their operations are classified, the most recent operation they were officially seen involved in was in Iraq when they helped Kurdish forces decimate militias fighters. They're the type of entity that would be doing the types of activities seen in this game, along with the stuff seen in the movie Sicario. They also trained the Ukrainians to combat the Russians with "defensive tactics" but we all know America's definition of defense is controversial.

[@astifeux5787]

I love how much the person playing this just shoots everything no regards wether or not they drop their weapon and doesn’t even know where he/she is supposed to go

[@porfiriohernandeziii1041]

Some cartel family children already go to private schools and some to universities abroad.

[@danielmaske9946]

The way this guy describes the cartel slowly moving into this country then moving their dirty money in legitimate business, etc sounds like half of the CEO's and politicians in this country anyway.

[@QuangVinhDo-kj7tx]

5:28 I like how he said that with a straight face

[@radiantblog]

God i love his room. If i ever people talk me down again for who i am i think of this badass cop and his cute nerdy stuff and i will feel sooo mmuch better.

[@SAIYAJIN-ty6tw]

Chris is the best of the best i could watch this guy all day and never get bored

[@austinverlinden2236]

I would imagine alot of the CIA actions in other countries are probably illegal at times or all the time lol.

[@danielgl2455]

The CIA used the Guadalajara Cartel ran by Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo at one point to supply guns to Nicaraguan revolutionists. Cocaine would fly into Mexico from Colombia, and on the way back to Colombia the planes would make a stop in Nicaragua with guns supplied by the CIA. One of the many reasons why Felix Gallardo was untouchable.

[@womenexplained]

yea, who's gonna stop them anyways

[@Jester4460]

Like theys said in call of duty cold war "Everything We do is illegal?

[@ChR0nos_7734]

6:35 and it actually happened in Culiacán, Mexico on 5th January 2023

[@politicalaccountabletheory768]

First two mins I learned more than watching news all day .

[@DrFrostyTGB]

Love watching this guy comment on these type of things.

[@coorokun555]

How did i never notice Chris' Guyver 1 figure in the back? That's hella sick.

[@TheMtVernonKid]

Merry XMas Chris

[@SONLON]

This is making me want to play the campaign , Im so addicted to online I have not played a campaign in years.

[@NikkoKnight703]

The campaign is amazing

[@gottabustanut7935]

I haven't played an online game in years only single player

[@jamieeast4974]

"Smoke bomb + flir headset" A godsend.

[@D-Pooly]

Briareos in the background, this is a man of culture 👌👌👌

[@ChrisTHECOP]

Hey you noticed, one of my favorite anime!

[@seanbotti5385]

Chris has great comments about this game

[@acp1307]

Harm the USA? Makes no sense is the Cartels major market. A lot of Cartel members/family are USA Citizens. I can garantee that the Cartels work with a lot of USA Police/Military. There is a lot of money involved and power in play.

[@mandysefton6201]

Baby Yoda in the back 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@smile4thareaper]

I’m convinced cod stories are somewhat true, ever op on paper be marked out with black markers locations name dates u just never know man

[@why_4]

Gamology hear my plea! we need our old friend Sniper to react to Recon By Fire And Thanks again Chris for reacting to this

[@ChrisTHECOP]

TYVM

[@thewhitewolf58]

4:07 even when republicans build the boarder it always looks like the dollar store version that the average person could climb with some effort.

[@tankkimies3035]

Jesus, just imaging playing these missions in VR

[@alejandrosomoza6899]

Can’t believe the world be so crazy that we compare our reality to something like Call of Duty. Pretty sure stuff like this happens all the time. Thank you officer Chris for your reaction

[@nicholasnguyen5181]

This is an amazing reaction :D

[@lordcommandernox9197]

To think that the Cartels and the C.I.A. would go out of business if drugs were legal like in some more civilized Countries.

[@XanianEmpire]

I am surprised they didn't show the ac130 part, maybe part 2.

[@atomic0914]

The face in the thumbnail 💀

[@EnkiSvohden]

First time finding you. I loved the reaction and the educational aspect you bring to your video. Subbed and notified! I appreciate your work and I'm looking forward to more!

[@MuffinOfChaos]

Holy shit! He has a Guyver model! And a Briareos! This officer is THE man! I've barely seen any Americans know what Guyver or Appleseed is!

[@violetorchid9184]

Special Forces don't announce to the world they are Special Forces.

[@rinderknorpelmuhle1790]

I totally celebrate that he has so much fun with the gameplay 😂. I think it would be really cool if COD would somehow go further in that direction. This is really interesting from a technical point of view and also fits this tactical part.

[@SoloRogueStudios]

I'm liking the Castle Grayskull in the background. I used to have one of those when I was a kid; it was the huge 2002 series one with the light up eyes and sounds.

[@aceshotz5051]

Glad to see Chris the Cop back hope to see him back again for something else

[@MeanBeanComedy]

This guy has kind eyes! 🤗🤗🤗

[@hyperion752]

Next a Cartel sicario reacts Cartel missions in all games

[@SNVE_Mxlte]

These missions are the best in this COD, without a doubt.

[@eonuzex]

What do you mean "Would be like US entering Mexico with guns." Pretty sure the US does it all the time lol

[@joeslouie489]

That thumbnail lol

[@MuzammilParkar16]

Next video should be El-Chapo reacting to these 👀💀

[@Fahmi4869]

11:15 Are guns still working when you dropped them in water?

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Cartel Boss Reacts to.... Also noice seeing Chris the Cop here again haha.

[@lemiepassionichannel4352]

Never played the new mw2, but man .. Hassan is basically majeed Sadiq from Splinter cell blacklist

[@nejiefelipe]

Great video!! always nice to see some chris wisdom. merry christmass everyone!!

[@DaneNOTDan]

We need be a ex mexican cartel member to react to this

[@sitla9118]

That would be hard, cartels are pretty cautious with the people working with them.

[@DaneNOTDan]

@@sitla9118 true

[@mrcyberslayer6095]

My guys a SWAT commander Thats no mean feat

[@hustlerfriends3162]

Places where I wouldn’t expect a drug lab is in public space or a police station in front of Police or DEA

[@zjschulling]

Man if he thought the political ramifications of Mexican SF operating in the U.S was bad. He would love the next scene where an American AC130 operated by a PMC opens fire on the Mexican army

[@nerohylt]

Who plays the game in this footage? At least make it look cinematic for a cops reaction. Dudes playing like he's in a multiplayer lobby

[@RS-wp5xs]

yeah fat chance you jump into such shallow water from such height and not hit rock bottom. Plus I would assume the impact at that speed with the water would have induced enough shock to knock them out unless it was a perfect dive which it wasn't,

[@AlvinREDDELTA]

he got GUYVER action figure 😭

[@jay_ay_why]

Battlefield Hardline had the wildest tactics.

[@Angel-ku5vq]

Bro did the common surprised KZbinr look 😂😮

[@lordcommandernox9197]

That's right, you don't enter other countries' spaces armed, you pay someone else to do it.

[@romix6427]

His first rant had me breathless

[@Arlon71]

A lot of newer plates/carriers are neutral buoyancy nowadays. Swimming in one actually isn't as bad as you think. Still not easy, but you shouldn't need to shed it if you're a competent swimmer.