“...predicated on protecting themselves and their colleagues rather than serving the public.”
YES!!! Exactly so. Columbine was a prime example of this. I used to bitch at the training staff about their incessant chant about how going home at the end of the day was the ultimate goal. Perhaps I had an effect as they began training all officers in “active shooter” responses. More likely the embarrassment of Columbine spurred them. When I was a sergeant I taught my men that they were paid to take calculated risks. They seemed eager to grasp that concept and apply it.
God bless you. Many who choose law enforcement as a career do it for that purpose. Others do it just to get a job and some few do it for the authority and power they crave. Those are the ones who need the training you provided. Too bad some of the power-seekers eventually become the commanders and trainers.
They seemed eager to grasp that concept and apply it.
I suspect that all but a few will embrace the idea.