Los Angeles (CNN)Asia Hardy grips the training gun, her arms raised, edging slowly toward the suspect. “Slowly come down to your knees. Don’t move!” she orders.
Hardy’s voice is steady but still tinged with the hesitation expected from a young police recruit.
Hardy walks forward, her Los Angeles Police Department training officer behind her, ticking off verbal assessments as she approaches the suspect in this training drill. The “suspect” in this drill is a much larger man. – READ MORE