Quote:So we can't have standards for them?

Standards are fine. But judging actions based on scenarios few, if any of you with an opinion on the subject are going on about, is cringe worthy. 

 

Saying if cops are afraid to die then they shouldn't be cops. That is a most ridiculous thing to say. If you want cops who aren't afraid to die then you want kamikazes and that's not going to end well for anyone.

 

Saying they need to think before they act. Yes, they should and they do, but sometimes they have literally a split second decision to make and if they make the wrong one they or innocents will possibly die.

 

Tell me something, if you were a cop responding to a call where the only information you had was a highly agitated male who was threatening a crowd of folks with a weapon (but you don't know if it's a firearm, a knife, a can of hair spray and a lighter, etc). You don't know what he looks like, only a vague description, or what he's wearing. You show up and everyone is acting weird because everyone responds to violence or high stress situations in different ways so you're not sure who the suspect is. After you identify yourself this guy suddenly charges out of the crowd, coming toward you at full force with a gun pointed at you screaming he's going to "shoot the pig!". What do you do? 

 

Look up 'police force simulations' on youtube. Ask your local police department if they can show you simulations. You would be surprised at what you think you would do as opposed to what you would actually do.

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