LASERS
Dennis,
I have been lasered several times and I have to say that my natural defence mechanism kicks in every time and I simply look away, no need to even move your head or put something solid between the laser and yourself, just look away. I believe it is something that we will have to learn to live with for as long as lasers are available on the open market.
Of course, the "drama queen" factor will always make these "attacks" sound perilous, but the reality is, as described above, they are just annoying.
Funnily enough, on my last incident, I was on patrol here in the Middle East and had a live downlink to the local comms centre (Police). Someone shone a laser at us from an easily identifiable location and the comms centre saw it and immediately sent police around. Someone was arrested within minutes. I don't know what happened to him after that.
I may still have some footage of it if you are interested.
Take care my friend.
Tam