I'm watching this video so that when I go to McDonalds for a tactical snack, they know I'm not fucking around when I ask for four Big Macs, two large fries, and a two gallon soda.
Well obviously you misunderstood the point of the term imminent danger. You wouldn’t signal imminent danger if someone’s shooting at you, or you’re shooting at someone, that’s not imminent danger. That’s contact.
@@boscoalbertbaracus1362 I guess his point is that imminent danger could turn into contact at any moment, for example while signalling it with both hands.
NYPD911, you're welcome. I'm always happy to help when it comes to SWAT training. Also, to TeamFiftyPoints, as a police officer and soldier my units have trained a lot with Airsoft pistols and rifles. Airsoft is a great training tool, for they are very similar to the real thing, and don't leave a mess like FX Simunitions or paintball guns. Be A Hard Target.
+ Jim Wagner I did not even know, as someone from Germany that the GSG-9 practiced. I thought it as the Bundeswehr was just another useless German Military thing.
+Pain Keks nooo they formed in the 60s there were GSG-1->8 and they made 9 a counter terrorists team, then the 1-8 became Bundeswerh. they wanted to make their name something else but sounded too nazi so they kept it as GSG-9 lol very cool guys btw
+Pain Keks Spoiler alert - most military and police personnel do do training exercises. xD I mean, maybe not in third world countries, for example, but....
Some of these appear to be based in ASL. The sign for 'corpse' is the ASL sign for 'death,' and the sign for 'bleeding' is very similar to the ASL sign for 'blood.'
Thank you so much for making this video and for all your years of service to this nation and as a police officer. I couldn't imagine how this country would be if we didn't have such a strong military and domestic police forces.
I've been exclusively communicating with others with these hand signals for nearly five years now. The only problem is, it seems all of my friends are cops and soldiers now...
This helped my high school's JROTC Raider team with deaf members. We never talk and instead use hand signal. Thanks for posting this video. My cadet X.O. was pleased by this.
I waved the "I don't understand" hand signal throughout the entire video. And yes, Let's be Cops brought me here since I couldn't find the video in the movie
Searched all over for decent explanation of those hand signals you always see in movies and luckily found this. Thanks very much to the producer and/or poster for a very informative, expertly-presented tutorial on Tactical Hand Signals. Thanks & best regards!!
Other than that , from what I see though, it's a much more professional game. Not often do you guys seem to have a bunch of kids running around acting like they're playing Halo.
Yeah it tends to be more on the mil-sim type games which most kids dont enjoy as much as running around an doing whatever haha xD not to say that paintball doesnt have mil-sim games
I think this is a really good video, I don't know why so many commentators are talking crap, this is useful information. Some of these signs have parallels to what the military uses, but others appear to have been modified (or outright replaced) depending on the organization. It's a pretty common-sense system you have here, though- I'd be comfortable using/teaching these signs with "first-timers" who've never used hand signaling before. Thanks!
Andy, thank you for taking the time to post your comment. I appreciate it, and I know this video has helped teach many people like yourself. BE A HARD TARGET
much appriciation for the video! my friends and i are a few doccuments away from being an official area airsoft team, we have watched this video several times, and the hand signals have definately helped improve our communication, safty, and professionalism! keep up the good work!
A little insight, when using hand signals in a dismounted patrol, use your non firing hand. If you need to use two hands, then it's a useless signal, meaning change it or don't use it. The last thing you need to do in that kind of situation is not having your weapon ready to fire.
Danger is closed fist, usually followed by the get down signal, the rest signal is an opened hand. To see the signals from a distance you just have to get used to it and observe well. In tactical teams if you have someone infront of you, behind the team leader, he should signal to you the signal the team leader made.
I am a pro FPS player, if people would play as disciplined as this I would be so happy! I can't wait until more realistic game play that could involve hand signals and very careful team work. That's when FPS will reach their prime, when people can really play like a team.
Don't use an X-box use a PC and been playing since the first FPS before this guy was even a cop... I'm also complementing the professionalism of this officer and insulting the regular players of their lack of professionalism.
Use of common sense may be required in the use of handsignals. If the situation doesnt allow you to use both hands, clarify the signals with your team. So it makes sense when giving signals onehanded
really the important thing about hand signals is that everyone doing them be on the same page about what they mean. if you already know the code you could be making shadow animals back and forth and they will work just as well as 'tactical hand signs'.
chuckburns4usa, keep things in context. Not all hand signals are given as you are drawing down on a suspect or the enemy. These are standard hand signals in the U.S. military, SWAT, and law enforcement. Some teams will need some of these hand signals for their communications, and others will be left out. I am not the creator of even one of these hand signals. I'm just an instructor passing on information. So, when it comes to your next comment, K.I.S.S.
Jim was a state trooper...I had a problem and fought with his partner the guy was temperamental from trauma and steroid use but he was a good guy they were poisoning him...
ok, assuming you were talking about the signals he used in the video, I was not familiar with those, I was talking about the one handed signals, where you raise your hand up horizental to you.
The "I don't understand" signal is ridiculous. Taking both hands off of your firearm seems like a bad idea to me. Also anything that messes with your line of sight like moving your head back and forth.
Believe it or not but hand signals made with both hands are found in the military. The Army often uses signals that require both arms to describe formations of squads. The exact gesture's in this video are not universally used, but there are signals like it (hence why rifles have straps). Typically only the squad leader would use these signals.
Well that makes sense, for people whose job is not primarily to be shooting/watching for the enemy, which I guess includes NCOs and officers more and more the higher the rank....
Its actually npt bad how if you're in behind the enmy lines you have to use military sign language what are you gonna do talk to them no sorry for bad grammar im from Philippines
Signals are very good because your silent while doing them and easier to think more clearly on the move without as much mental processing as talking. Its a better information flow I myself believe because when your speaking its not shown just said.
very nice video. the only gesture our department uses that is not in this video is the one for probable cause (which is a dust of the shoulder) which comes in useful quite often when we encounter a vehicle which we have reason to believe is carrying narcotics or any other plain sight violation and we wish to signal our partner.
Andrew Nunally, I'm glad to hear that some of the hand signals I demonstrate in this video will be used in your county jail. I was a corrections officer for two years before becoming a cop. Be A Hard Target.
The only problem with many of these signals is the use of two hands, you should never take both hands off your weapon. One handed signals are the way to go.
Jim I'm wondering, from a historical context and in terms of going forward, why haven't LE/mil/other moved towards more standardized American Sign Language (ASL) for general signals? Obviously there will always be some specialized signals that specific departments or even sniper-observer teams will use, but ASL can convey all of these concepts using one hand and at considerable distance, plus it means operators are able to matrix from one unit to another and be fluid in comms.
Jim, you seem like a good guy and a good cop. What are you thoughts on the increasing paramilitary-like escalation of American law enforcement? When I was a kid, every boy wanted to be one of three things -- a fireman, a policeman, or an astronaut. Today, there seems to be a growing disdain for LE as it seems to be morphing into more of a monolithic domestic paramilitary organization at the local level. For many (admittedly, including myself) this is an alarming trend. Your thoughts?
Spending an extra sixty seconds discussing the importance of hand signals and training to learn hand signals might have been a better use of the painfully long and boring sixty second intro at the beginning of the video. Doing demos in full combat gear (helmet, gas mask, etc), to emphasize the importance of slow, exaggerated movements would help to punctuate that point. Otherwise, great job! Very instructive and useful!
Hey Jim, Thanks for posting this video. It looks like a great system that my team could really put to use. I also was wondering what tactical gloves you were wearing?
If the hostile already saw you while you were in the middle of having a conversation, you'd be dead anyway. If you're already engaged in a firefight, that's where most of your attention should be focused. Communication usually occurs in the interim between engagements, or at least in a moment of brief respite, such as behind cover.
