In the decades following WWII, when America was full of WWII vets, Korea vets, Vietnam vets, and manly men, cops had size requirements, and the idea of just shooting everyone, did not exist, cops had to fight.
Females can't fight, so today, cop procedure is different.
Absolutely correct. Now you have 5 ft. nothing women and people expect them to handle a gentle giant. Ya gets whats ya pays for.
This is exactly the reason. Standards had to be changed to accommodate female officers lack of strength, thereby lowering the criteria for a justifiable shoot. Plus, it would look very bad if male officers had less shoots than female officers, or if female cops got assaulted and/or killed more than male cops, so everybody gets free reign to shoot. It makes the women cops feel more empowered. Which is the important thing here. And, the male cops get to shoot more people. So it's a win/win for the police across the country. :/