Like, instead of tasers, live ammunition, etc, why isn’t there some sort of investment in making tranquilizer guns to incapacitate criminals?
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Police do have less-lethal options at their disposal and should use them *when appropriate*. However, if the Bad Guy is “playing for keeps”, how can you expect the police officer to do any less? Cops are humans, and nearly every one of them considers their #1 job to be “go home to my family at the end of my shift”. Their police duties are secondary to that.
How do you ask a cop to unnecessarily put his or her life in danger by entering into a physical confrontation with someone who is trying to kill them, but making them play by a different set of rules? How often do you expect toe cop to “win”? 8 out of 10 times? 9? “Bye, kids! Have a great day at school! See you tonight! …unless I run into some asshole with a machete and I have to subdue with kind, inoffensive words and a rubberized hypoallergenic pool noodle. Then… solid 80% chance daddy’ll be home tonight. Love you!”
This isn’t a video game. There are no do-overs. Lethal force should be met with lethal force.
Police do have less-lethal options at their disposal and should use them *when appropriate*. However, if the Bad Guy is “playing for keeps”, how can you expect the police officer to do any less? Cops are humans, and nearly every one of them considers their #1 job to be “go home to my family at the end of my shift”. Their police duties are secondary to that.
How do you ask a cop to unnecessarily put his or her life in danger by entering into a physical confrontation with someone who is trying to kill them, but making them play by a different set of rules? How often do you expect toe cop to “win”? 8 out of 10 times? 9? “Bye, kids! Have a great day at school! See you tonight! …unless I run into some asshole with a machete and I have to subdue with kind, inoffensive words and a rubberized hypoallergenic pool noodle. Then… solid 80% chance daddy’ll be home tonight. Love you!”
This isn’t a video game. There are no do-overs. Lethal force should be met with lethal force.
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