JALLEN wrote:Except you and I can avoid such situations while police sometimes are obliged to deal with a sitution whether they want to or not.VMI77 wrote:JALLEN wrote:This is a tricky problem. Officers should bear the burden of their own misconduct, like many of the rest of us have had to do. OTOH, given to fast decision making and uncertainty surrounding many of the situations they face, it might not be good thing to have an officer hesitating while (s)he mulls over possible financial angles. It's one thing to risk your life and quite another to risk your paycheck or pension.
You mean like we have to do in a self-defense situation, but without a union backup and without presumptions extended to law enforcement?
Except you and I can usually avoid such situations (sometimes not though) while police sometimes are obliged to deal with a situation whether they want to or not (well, they did choose to become police officers, which suggests that they chose to put themselves into such situations).