I once groused to a cop about this very thing. He was mortally offended with me for not seeing that the IMPORTANT thing was that all the police officers got home safely that day. We never did come to an agreement about it.
I mean, I personally believe that when a person puts on that badge, they also accept the risk attached to serving and protecting. Call me old-fashioned...
They got home safe. The children did not. I guess that isn't important.
If you really want to know what was happening, you might want to read post #80. The police at the VT shootings were NOT cowering.