L position
The L-position is a tactic used by the police and the military and is used for self-protection by positioning two police officers or soldiers in a specific position during an identity check . This is followed by a distribution of tasks between the security officer and the controller; this is discussed beforehand.
From the bird's-eye view seen a shape like the letter forms L , wherein the comparison is in the corner of the safe at the end of the vertical part of the L and officers einschreitende at the end of the short portion. This means that the secure person stands farther away than the inspector, and both officers are at right angles . The safer is about twice as far away from the opposite as the controller. The latter stands opposite the person to be checked, but not frontally (only with one side of the body, namely with the side on which the weapon is not located). The area between the person who is safe and the person opposite must be kept clear so that they can fully perform their function and there is no danger to people who would otherwise be in the line of fire.
More modern methods not only have an L-shape when checking, but an obtuse angle so that the other person cannot see what the safer is doing. The secure person should be just an arm's length away from the other person, but if possible further away, so that he has a reaction time in the event of an attack. In addition, the securing officer can also look at the side of the other person that the intervening cannot see (weapons, hidden objects).