An eye-opening solution to those people who don't understand the life-threatening situations every LEO faces every day would be a ride-along in the inner city with an LEO. Mind you, as a passenger, you are required to be weaponless, merely a spectator to events. What you will see as a captive audience may change the way you view this issue. Your life depends on the decisions made by the officer or officers at the scene. In a split second you could be the victim. If the officer doesn't shoot to kill within the 3 seconds he has to react, you are next in line...a lame duck sitting in a squad car, waiting for the drugged up or mentally ill person with the knife to decide your fate.
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