> You're a cop, you're on your way to get your car fixed. You hear there's a
> shooter at Fort Hood, and then what? You're supposed to respond. It's your job.
> But could you do what Sgt. Kimberly Denise Munley did?

> Today's New York Times article
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/us/07police.html?ref=us on Munley details the
> 5"4, 34 year-old SWAT-team member's hobbies thusly:

> ...A woman with a fierce love of hunting, surfing and other outdoor sports..

> So, we have a hunter, a surfer, and an outdoorswoman. Who's also got more balls
> than anybody you will probably encounter over the course of your life:

> Sergeant Munley...bolted from her car, yanked her pistol out and shot at Major
> Hasan. He turned on her and began to fire. She ran toward him, continuing to
> fire, and both she and Major Hasan went down with several bullet wounds, Mr.
> Medley said.

> Whether Sergeant Munley was solely responsible for taking down Major Hasan or
> whether he was also hit by gunfire from her partner is unclear, but she was the
> first to fire at him, the authorities said.

> Bang bang. The name of the training which Munley received is called "active
> shooter protocol," from which you could probably surmise is what they teach you
> to do when somebody is firing bullets at other people and/or you. Most people's
> "active shooter protocol" is to get the fuck out of the way as quickly as you
> can and start every foxhole prayer you've ever learned. Munley went after Maj.
> Nidal Malik Hasan, and opened fire. She's already got a reputation for this kind
> of bravado:

> Her partner in Wrightsville, Investigator Shaun Appler, recalled how Sergeant
> Munley saved him one night when she wrestled a large man off him after the man
> had pinned him down and was trying to take his gun. She earned the nickname
> Mighty Mouse for that, he said.

> Damn. She's been hunting since she was 11, her husband is in a Special Forces
> unit, she's got a 3 year-old daughter, and she chases would-be burglars around
> her neighborhood when she's not working.

> One neighbor, Sgt. First Class William Barbrow, said that about a year ago
> Sergeant Munley chased down a burglar who had been prowling around the
> neighborhood.

> Not only that, but she's got about 3,540 more Twitter followers than you. Is
> there anything this woman's afraid of?

> Naturally. I always feel creepy and weird when placing the designation of "hero"
> on anybody, because, you know, that's just strange. It's a word that gets thrown
> around, especially here in New York, where our "hero" cops are often just a
> bunch of thick-necked, jacked-up crooks using intimidation tactics and barely
> subtle racism to enforce their own brand of "justice" upon our fair city. But
> I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that we've found ourselves The Real McCoy in
> this one, wouldn't you?