Interesting. Cops are not superhuman. It would have been to his benefit had he been sent home for the rest of the day, but I don’t know the policy/procedure after dealing with very stressful events.
“Interesting. Cops are not superhuman. It would have been to his benefit had he been sent home for the rest of the day, but I don’t know the policy/procedure after dealing with very stressful events.”
My understanding, based on speaking to a few officers I know, is that it is a department-by-department decision (and, in practice, often a supervisor-by-supervisor one), which is often dependent on staffing needs. Work for a big department, with plenty of officers to step up and take your place? You might get sent home for the day after a few calls like that (or work a desk for the rest of your shift). In a smaller department, maybe not.
The other issue is that many officers (like this one) don’t want to go home even after a couple of rough calls.