The goal should be: get home alive, collect your paycheck, never get out of your patrol car. Don’t become a political target.
Yup. That is called the “Ferguson Effect”.
Every lefty academic on the planet has denied it exists, which means it does exist and is a big deal.
In the bad parts of DC the cops have it down to a science. Even if they hear gunshots out the window of their precinct they continue drinking coffee and eating donuts until the shooting stops.
In many cases it takes them an hour to show up for shootings that are walking distance.
Their logic is—”Why should I risk my life if the Mayor, the City Council and the Police Chief don’t have my back. F&^% ‘em.”