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Originally Posted by Gecko3
1.) Stun grenade thrown into area where the crook/hostages are at. The grenade will create a loud noise and flash, which will momentarily disorient anyone who's not "protected" (i.e. they're not closing their eyes and covering their ears, which is the whole point of the grenade, you do that before they can react). This would give the cops a few moments to take down the crook.
2.) Tranquilizer dart. Would require the criminal to be in good view of a good sniper, but with a good shot it would knock out the criminal quickly (or at least I hope it's quick enough before they can do something like shoot a few hostages beforehand).
3.) Sleeping gas, or something similar. Sort of like what the Russians used in that theater hostage situation a few years ago (yes, I know, it was kind of bad because some of the hostages got really sick and/or died from it, but at the same time they did kill all the criminals too. Real easy to put a bullet into their head when they're asleep), except you don't tell them, you just do it. Might be more effective if it's a long stand-off, going into the night hours and what not (sure, they might be able to stay up for a while, but I don't think any human could stay awake and alert for much longer than that).
4.) Giving in to the hostages demands if they want a car/plane/helicopter/safe transport away. Then once they're in said vehicle, do either 2 or 3 above in the vehicle. This will probably be more probable when computer controlled cars are common, and as a bonus, if the criminal is incapacitated, the car can go directly to a prison, where the hostages can be freed, and the criminal doesn't have far to go behind bars. If they're terrorists, alternate plan (especially if they don't have any hostages with them) is to let them get away, and once they're a safe distance away, blow it up (particularly if they killed other people already).
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1. Yeah. They do that.
2. If someone is holding another person hostage with a weapon, and the officer has a clear line of sight, they're probably not going to bother with a tranq gun that may or may not work. This isn't fucking Metal Gear. You arn't going to plug him in the arm and have him pass out before he has a chance to put a bullet in the hostages head. If they can see him and shoot him with a tranq gun, they will see him and shoot him with a bullet.
3. Well, we all know how well that went for the Russian's, don't we. While using sleeping gas may knock out the terrorists (which I find amusing you want to use a tranq gun instead of killing, but have no problems shooting an unconscious man in the head rather than simply arresting him), but like you said it could just as easily kill a few hostages.
4. Let's give someone a plane or a car, let them take hostages onboard (because they will), then make them pass out, crash the veichle and kill everyone on board and quite possibly a few innocent bystanders.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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