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ConservagameR on 01 June 2022
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Pemalite said:
ConservagameR said:

If you're a cop, or any profession, and you think you're likely screwed either way now, the way to proceed is whichever harms yourself and your family and community the least. Which is extremely sad, especially when it comes to events like this, but that's what's happening to the US.

When people have to choose between themselves and others, when it comes down to it, most will pick themselves.

You are actually trained to put yourself first... The priorities are yourself, then your crewmates, then the public, then property and the environment.

You put yourself first, because if you go down, who is going to help your crew-mates and the public if they require help?

Well this is the problem when it comes to sectors and circumstances vs the publics knowledge. The public is blind or mislead in so many ways, yet so many think what they decide based on what they know, or think they know, or feel, should be the answer.

If the cops go down, then there's just more victims, and it goes beyond the circumstance, because for the entire period of time the officer is out of commission, there are innocent people who are not being attended to by them. Weeks, months, etc. Not to mention, what if they're one of the good one's, some might say?

Now in this situation, it would seem that there were enough officers with enough training to be able to take care of the situation, but since we don't have all the details, and weren't there and don't know what exactly they were thinking, we can't be sure of whether they truly made the right call or not, whatever their reasoning.

An incident like a school shooting is tough enough to deal with already, not to mention everything else the officers may or may not be taking into account, outside of their job description and training. The whole situation is just a big mess. So sad for everyone attached in whatever way.