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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Isn't the motto To Serve and Protect? Didn't realise it was themselves they were trying to protect.  So basically, in training they're being told "If it even LOOKS like someone MIGHT have a gun or ANY weapon, no matter how small the possibility, SHOOT TO KILL?" Can't these guys even wound someone? I mean, it's still bad, but at least the innocent wouldn't be dying... |
My brother is a cop and he always says this, "The people I'm there to serve and protect usually aren't even in danger. They got out of harms way to call us. And if there is people in danger, I have seconds to assess the situation and determine who is and isn't a threat. Then you have the element of adrenaline which can cause anyone to have an itchy trigger finger when they shouldn't."