Nothing new.
Police chiefs are political animals, that continue to make political decisions that are detrimental to the rank and file police officers safety.
The IACP is pro-gun control and, big-city chiefs wanted Hillary to win.
Police Group Wants Cops to Fire Warning Shots
Posted at 9:57 am on March 31, 2017 by Bob Owens
facepalm
One of the realities of law enforcement is that higher-level police brass are typically more interested in protecting their own power and advancing their own careers than they care at all about the realities officers face on the street. That detached and self-serving mindset is probably behind a new recommendation by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (and allegedly some other law enforcement organizations) that law enforcement officers should be allowed to fire warning shots.
https://bearingarms.com/bob-o/2017/03/31/police-group-wants-cops-fire-warning-shots/
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Obama Pushes Gun Control, but Americans Oppose Assault Weapons Ban
Written by Warren Mass
President Obama continues to lobby for more federal and state gun-control laws, particularly for “assault weapons.” In fact, he specifically mentioned “assault weapons” during an October 27 speech, stating, “That’s why the IACP [International Association of Chiefs of Police ] believes we shouldn’t sell military-style assault weapons to civilians. They don’t need them. They don’t need them to hunt a deer.”
Police Unions seem to do the same thing.