# Former Lawman Police bodycam and OIS breakdowns from Ray Dietrich, a former 20-year Southern California lawman. Real-world use-of-force analysis. No spin. Page: Feed: --- ## [Two Homemade Spears. The Tasers Didn't Work. | Oakland Bodycam Breakdown](https://formerlawman.substack.com/p/two-homemade-spears-the-tasers-didnt) _2026-08-19 · Former Lawman_ A man walked through East Oakland with two knives lashed to poles. Officers followed him down the street and tried Tasers first. He turned and swung. Two officers fired. ## [Shot Through the Door, Saved by 24 Layers of Kevlar | LVMPD Bodycam Breakdown](https://formerlawman.substack.com/p/shot-through-the-door-saved-by-24) _2026-08-18 · Former Lawman_ LVMPD officers cleared a burning house room by room. Behind a locked door, a round hit an officer in the chest. Her vest stopped it. A 14-year-old girl did not survive. ## [Cop Fires 4 Rounds at His Own Undercover Officer | Dallas Bodycam Breakdown](https://formerlawman.substack.com/p/cop-fires-4-rounds-at-his-own-undercover) _2026-08-18 · Former Lawman_ A Dallas officer fired four rounds toward a covert officer during a felony stop that had been called out on the radio. Nobody was hit. That is luck, not skill. ## [He Took a Mom and 4 Kids Hostage. The Cop Didn't Wait. | Elyria PD Bodycam Breakdown](https://formerlawman.substack.com/p/he-took-a-mom-and-4-kids-hostage) _2026-08-16 · Former Lawman_ An armed robber took a mother and four children hostage in North Olmsted. An Elyria PD officer went through the door seconds behind him. Every hostage came out unharmed. ## [8 Shootings: A Hostage Rescue and a Cop Who Shot at a Cop - This Week's Breakdown](https://formerlawman.substack.com/p/8-shootings-a-hostage-rescue-and) _2026-08-16 · Former Lawman_ A hostage rescue in North Olmsted, an officer shot through a door in Las Vegas, and a Dallas cop who fired on his own undercover. Eight shootings, broken down one at a time. ## [Total Chaos: Nine Officers, 100+ Rounds, One Graze Wound — Houston Felony Stop Breakdown](https://formerlawman.substack.com/p/total-chaos-nine-officers-100-rounds) _2026-08-13 · Former Lawman_ Nine HPD officers opened fire on a felony-stop suspect who popped his door and simulated a gun. He survived with a graze. It was a legal shooting and a clinic in what not to do when shooting starts. ## [Fleeing Parolee Turns and Points at a Cop in the Riverbed — San Diego OIS Breakdown](https://formerlawman.substack.com/p/fleeing-parolee-turns-and-points) _2026-08-12 · Former Lawman_ A San Diego foot pursuit ends at the Pacific Highway overpass. Why "no firearm recovered" doesn't make this a bad shooting. ## [Ambushed on a 911 Call: The Line-of-Duty Death of Officer Austin Abdelnabi](https://formerlawman.substack.com/p/ambushed-on-a-911-call-the-line-of) _2026-08-10 · Former Lawman_ On August 4, LVMPD lost Officer Austin Abdelnabi. Thirty years old. A United States Marine Corps veteran. With the department since 2023. Married to his wife, Sage, for eight years. ## [Off-Duty Trooper Takes On the In-N-Out Gunman | NEW Surveillance Breakdown](https://formerlawman.substack.com/p/off-duty-trooper-takes-on-the-in) _2026-08-10 · Former Lawman_ New surveillance video from the Twin Falls In-N-Out shows one man run at the threat while everyone else ran from it. Here's what he did. ## [Non-custodial Crypto Payments & Escrow (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qNBJCE8jGnxZ) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto with trustless escrow, instant confirmations, and no KYC ## [This Week’s Body Cams: Seven Shootings, Two Good Guys With Guns, and One Cop We Lost](https://formerlawman.substack.com/p/this-weeks-body-cams-seven-shootings) _2026-08-08 · Former Lawman_ Breaking down the In-N-Out massacre, a Las Vegas line-of-duty death, and a 200-round felony stop in Houston — from a former OIS investigator's chair. WATCH VIDEO HERE: Subscribe now Seven incidents this week, a mass shooting stopped by an off-duty trooper and an armed citizen. A parolee who turned and pointed at a cop in a riverbed. A masked man who ambushed and murdered a Las Vegas officer…