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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
you never shoot to disable Ammi, its next to impossible and requires extreme skill, not something most cops will be trained for. If they shoot, they intend to kill
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....but police officers swear an oath to disable, in effect...putting an armed weapon into the hands of a police officer without giving the training required to adhere to that oath wherever possible is really enabling the ‘killing of’ and very far from upholding law and order or even attempting...is the point...I mean, we wouldn’t accept that from a medical person who took an oath, would we...oh sod it, let them die...
‘I will respect the humanity of those whom I encounter, both victim and suspect alike. I will treat life as sacrosanct and will only use deadly physical force as a last resort. If I must employ deadly force, I will strive to preserve life once it has been applied.‘