Quote Originally Posted by StateDawg44 View Post
Are you replying to me?

How have I made it an absolute? The entire point of what I was saying is there is no such thing as an absolute for training when you're dealing with humans and their ability to make their own decisions (right or wrong) and how each and every scenario they encounter is different.

I don't disagree with what you're saying. But training when it comes to guns and split-second decisions is flawed no matter how you approach it. Humans can't and never will be perfect. Not an excuse though. It's just like gun control and the removal of all guns. Take guns away from law-abiding citizens and all it does is make them defenseless. Criminals will still have guns that are stolen or not registered to them. There is no perfect way to do it and I am certainly not advocating for gun control of any sort whatsoever.

How do you prepare or train for "suicide by cop"? I'm not lobbying for higher pay for police or anything but to think a prospect would go through all of that strenuous training and education that would be required PLUS still be risking their lives is hard to imagine for what they are paid.
Yeah...officers here start at $14/hr....smh. As long as you employ humans to do police work or any type of enforcement or mitigation you will have the issues and problems that come along with being human. Police officers arent' robots. They have bad days. They have family issues. They have financial stress. Just like everyone else. But they are one of the few positions from which the public expects perfection at all times. It is an impossible standard. The stress is unbelievable. The average age of death for a male police officer is 66 years old. That is almost 25% below the national average. It is due largely to stress impacts on health.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734369/

This is, again, why I think many officers struggle with PTSD. You pile what's going on nationwide right now to that it gets worse. Imagine literally sacrificing your health and life to try to make the world just a littl ebit better and maybe protect some people only to hear "all cops are dirty" and "all cops should be killed" due to a few idiots who abuse their power.