[DoodleDawg]

There are several large bodies of water within the Tempe city boundary. One would think basic life saving skills would be part of their training.

[98charlie]

How many jobs do you expect a cop to do?

[DPMD]

Why? How about free swimming lessons for citizens, or - and this is the leftist’s favorite fallback plan - ban swimming in those lakes? Always the cops, who usually perform no fewer than six or seven professions while being paid, and not commensurately, for one.

[Dr. Sivana]

One would think basic life saving skills would be part of their training.

My wife was a competitive swimmer and lifeguard in her youth. She agrees he should not have gone in. Her reasoning was that he would have to take off his clothes (you cannot swim in a bullet proof vest), and that it could be a difficult maneuver.

My feeling was that he had warrants and might have been trying to level the cop's advantages. As another said, he chose poorly.

[sergeantdave]

“There are several large bodies of water within the Tempe city boundary. One would think basic life saving skills would be part of their training.”

Tempe has killer bees, one would think that killer bee hive removal would be part of their training.

Tempe has bears, one would think that bear wrestling would be part of their training.

Tempe has strokes, one would think that surgical treatment of ischemic strokes would be part of their training.

[qwerty1234]

>>One would think basic life saving skills would be part of their training.

There are also lots of buildings - should they also be required to run into burning buildings as well without the benefit of fireproof turn-out gear and o2 tanks?