[XXXoholic]

Cops should never be allowed to shoot first. They should only be allowed to return fire after being shot at. No more of this they just want to go home at night to their families. If that’s what they want, then get a different job.

[skeeter]

Its definitely a problem with tactics. Like everything else in a bureaucracy, everything is proceduralized to the point where there is no room for individual judgment. its all black & white, go/no-go, and no application of common sense.

[aimhigh]

Cops should never be allowed to shoot first. They should only be allowed to return fire after being shot at.

Hogwash. If someone points a gun at a cop, they should be shot. You are mistakenly assuming the perp will always miss their first shot.

[fabian]

Exactly! What the heck!

[rey]

“Cops should never be allowed to shoot first.”

I know this guy, yet I tend to agree with you. He is supposedly an Iraq veteran. If so, he knows what it is to not fire unless fired upon. If the ROE are good enough for the screamnig Muslims, it is at least good enough for US.