Not true. Police are given leeway on who they choose to protect. That’s a fact. It will always be on the individual citizen if they choose to save someone or themselves. The Supreme court has time and again said it’s not the constitutional duty of the police to protect someone.
“Leeway?” What in hell are you talking about?
This is not a question of protection in general - as in body guards or home security.
We are talking about stopping a deadly dangerous perpetrator behind the wheel of a car she is using as a deadly weapon, on a spree of crashing and running over people!
Its idiotic to think any cop worth the badge they wear would talk about “leeway?”