Since the kid had been walking around with the gun for some time and done nothing, looks like the cops would have pulled in much further away and questioned the kid from a distance.
Kid was acting carelessly, but cops could have taken more precautions rather than pulling right up to him.
Definitely there were other ways of handling the situation but as we’ve talked about in the past, it’s all about the officer going home safe at the end of the day. Gotta love that new “training.”