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I was out sick with strep throat. I went to the nearby clinic. As I was sick, I didn't carry my weapon, cuffs, badge, etc. While I was waiting to be seen, a guy who I found out later was paranoid schizophenic(spelling?) began assaulting the woman who brought him into the clinic. I took the BG to the ground and held him down until the local P.D. got there. During the time it took for them to arrive, I sprained my left knee. After that, I started carrying at a minimum a pair of cuffs. I probably wouldn't have been injured if I had a pair of cuffs with me, as the BG didn't move for about 30 to 45 seconds after I took him down, either because he was catching his breath or he was knocked out. I did take him down hard on a tile floor. I held both his wrists without a problem during that time. After that, I used my wrestling skills, H-2-H skills to keep him on the ground. I have yet to draw my weapon to defend myself or others.
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You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt
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