Good guy with a gun...

[GMDino]

(11-13-2018, 11:32 AM)Benton Wrote: That's not an uncommon problem... and I'll say it goes back to training.

Departments like bringing in guys out of the military. They've already got a lot o training, they know how to follow orders, etc. Unfortunately, that 'every situation is a war zone' mentality may not be the best approach when you're trying to get some drunk and disorderlies under control or responding to a domestic dispute or similar situations. And a once-every-six months inservice on deescalation tactics probably isn't going to do a great deal for guys who, for the most part, are trained to control first and deescalate second.

I posted a story a while back (maybe old version of the board) about how other countries train their police more about de-escalation and how to handle people versus how america trains.  Including more time for training.

Of course that involves time and money.  And if there is one thing the powers that be insist on it is NOT spending more money.  Especially for something as silly as training like that.