lemaymiami
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9mm... last post was right on the money. Look at it any way you want you react and deal with situations based on your experience. As a retired cop I'd dearly love to live out the rest of my life without once raising my hand against anyone else... I will not stand idly by and watch someone being hurt or killed, though. Hopefully a phone call is all that's needed but I'll do what's needed unless there's some over riding need in another direction (protecting those with me or my family).
for Justin... one of the tough things about being a cop is the directive to protect life - even some crazy with a gun. You try to do your best not to use the gun you carry... that's the way you're trained. I will say that most training regarding potential suicides (and that's what this shooter surely was...) teaches over and over again just how dangerous they are and that the officer should never expose him/herself to their fire if at all possible. Suicide, by the way is aggression turned inwards in many cases. Doesn't take much for most of them to take someone with them.... Shooting a potential armed suicide isn't much to brag about for any cop. Most are really down about it afterwards. Being involved in a "suicide by cop" leaves most officers badly in need of support and counselling. I think it's a primary example of the kind of stress that ends careers.... I can't tell you how good it feels when you're able to talk one down - and that does happen, just not often enough....
for Justin... one of the tough things about being a cop is the directive to protect life - even some crazy with a gun. You try to do your best not to use the gun you carry... that's the way you're trained. I will say that most training regarding potential suicides (and that's what this shooter surely was...) teaches over and over again just how dangerous they are and that the officer should never expose him/herself to their fire if at all possible. Suicide, by the way is aggression turned inwards in many cases. Doesn't take much for most of them to take someone with them.... Shooting a potential armed suicide isn't much to brag about for any cop. Most are really down about it afterwards. Being involved in a "suicide by cop" leaves most officers badly in need of support and counselling. I think it's a primary example of the kind of stress that ends careers.... I can't tell you how good it feels when you're able to talk one down - and that does happen, just not often enough....