Doug Deaton
Retired Plano, Texas police lieutenant and founder of RDR Investigations & Crisis Management; firearms expert and litigation consultant specializing in use of force issues.
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Aug 6, 2026
Matt LandfairHOST
Well, they're also having their own domestics, they're having their own overdoses, their own everything else.
Doug DeatonGUEST
So let me give a real world example of some of the kind of criminals that I'm talking about.
Doug DeatonGUEST
You know, it used to be that people would think of violent criminals and predatory criminals as operating only in the bad parts of town.
Doug DeatonGUEST
And so the city that I worked in, the city of Plano, relatively nice city overall.
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John HearneGUEST
You know, the whole hug a thug principle is one of the hardest problems that we have to get people to adopt to and accept.
Doug DeatonGUEST
I worked at the Plano Police Department in Plano, Texas, which is in the Dallas area.
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Matt LandfairHOST
Well, they don't understand why is this person in a perfect world? Why is the agent using deadly force?