KenpoTex
Senior Master
Great article...
here's a taste:
here's a taste:
http://www.correctionsone.com/write...eding-a-police-culture-of-additional-victims/Law enforcement agencies should build a police culture that accepts, validates and rewards a fighting spirit. Instead too many are creating additional victims, hesitant officers who shy from using deadly force when its legal and urgently needed. The result: Some officers today are more afraid of being sued than being murdered!
...officers and agencies should embrace a greater willingness and readiness to use lawful deadly force in appropriate circumstances.
Its not necessary to talk to somebody when theyre trying to murder you. You can do it, but theres no legal obligation to and tactically its not desirable. There are some offenders you simply cant negotiate with. Yet officers want to take things to the last instant because they have imprinted in their mind I dont want to shoot.