It is clearly time for cops to be told that if they want to work in policing our communities, then they are going to have to take some personal risks.
If they think that the primary directive is that it is better to kill innocent citizens than to risk ever misjudging a risk to themselves, then they are in the wrong business.
“they are going to have to take some personal risks”
I’ll second that-and in addition, every police academy providing training might be reminded to tell all their applicants that they are public servants-not the KGB-this is not the f’in USSR-cops are supposed to serve the public, not freak out and shoot someone every time they get nervous...