“Needlessly”?
Women have no role in law enforcement unless they can physically cut it; if she couldn’t physically deal with an older man (the way male cops are required), then she shouldn’t have been in the patrol car.
Years ago a female cop in PA was overpowered and had her car & gun stolen; they were used to carjack a tractor trailer (and the driver was killed).
Brian Nichols started his murder spree by overpowering a female cop....
Insanity in the modern age knows very little bounds.