Given that he was talking with the neighbor without incident prior to the arrival of the police, it is safe to assume that, since he clearly trusted and respected his neighbor, that trend would continue.
Neighbors who care for and look out for each other trump a “professional” government employee “who knows how to handle such delicate situations” every time.
I am not disagreeing with you at all , i am just recognizing that there are liability issues that cities and police departments must look at, especially in the shyster sue happy era we live in and i don’t think the police carry liability release forms with them. I take greater issue with the lack of non lethal choices that are used by the police. There seems to be a ton of money automatic weapons, but in this situation no officer had a bean bag gun, taser or as I said in a earlier post a net gun. With more and more unbalanced individuals in our society there has to be more non lethal tools. I’m tired of reading about mentally ill people being beaten to death or shot because there is not proper tools available.