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Episode129 | Interview with Beaver Dam Fire & Rescue Chief Alan Mannel

 

 

mannelIn this episode, Beaver Dam Fire & Rescue Chief Alan Mannel shares the details of a shootout incident that occurred while he was serving as a police officer in Illinois.

 

 

Length: 57 minutes
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Beaver Dam (WI) Fire Chief, Alan Mannel, was working as a police officer in Crete, Illinois where a suspect opened fire on officers while they were attempting to apprehend him following a shooting incident in a neighboring Park Forest.

Then-patrolman Mannel, ended up discharging his weapon three times, though he only remembered shooting twice. He also described experiencing a mild form of auditory exclusion where sounds – including not hearing the multiple shots fired by officers and by the assailant.

Officer Mannel also was not, at the time of the shootout, wearing his department-issued ballistic vest. After the assailant fired a shot that Officer Mannel heard whiz by his ear, he shot the suspect in the head, ending the shootout.

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Safety Dance (1982)
Men Without Hats
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Guest contact information:
Alan Mannel
Beaver Dam Fire & Rescue
amannel@cityofbeaverdam.com

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