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Originally Posted by Guest
I don't believe the police officer was cowardly.... I do believe he, unlike the other officers, was OUT OF CONTROL! There have been reports that he was under stress do to his day which included suicide calls. No matter what happens in an officer's day the public expects them to address each new situation with calm.
This officer did not, in this case! Should he have resigned? That is my question...
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You are right - the public expectation is and should be as you stated above. However, we are all human. In the line of work that I do, if I make an error I could literally kill someone. I have to live with that thought every working moment and I do everything I possibly can to avoid a situation where that would occur. But being human there are no guarantees because we are not perfect. We go to work sometimes tired, sometimes sick, sometimes stressed - you name it - life is not perfect. To vilify someone over one incident is reprehensible to me. To expect that he may have to pay some consequences - definitely. No, he should not have resigned. A few days suspension and some counseling as a prior poster recommended sounds reasonable to me. This officer may have been too aggressive with this girl, but he did not beat her as others would like us to believe. We all have bad days, but one bad day should not determine the character of a person.