From the news today;
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"Police chiefs are struggling to recruit enough officers willing to carry a gun to tackle a Paris-style terror attack, because they fear they will be treated as criminal suspects if they use their weapon in the line of duty, the country’s top firearms officer has warned.
Deputy chief constable Simon Chesterman said potential recruits were being deterred because of fears they could spend years under investigation after a decision to fire on a suspect."
The fears are reasonable, police officers who shoot can face years whilst the incident is being investigated. Maybe that policy should be adopted in the USA and it will make police officers less trigger happy.
http://ift.tt/1WyVZ55
"Police chiefs are struggling to recruit enough officers willing to carry a gun to tackle a Paris-style terror attack, because they fear they will be treated as criminal suspects if they use their weapon in the line of duty, the country’s top firearms officer has warned.
Deputy chief constable Simon Chesterman said potential recruits were being deterred because of fears they could spend years under investigation after a decision to fire on a suspect."
The fears are reasonable, police officers who shoot can face years whilst the incident is being investigated. Maybe that policy should be adopted in the USA and it will make police officers less trigger happy.
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