Wrathe
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I guess, but it seems to be effective. This headline is sort of misleading because in the article it mostly talks about how de-escalation tecniques help and how stuff like this:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...c42097b8cc0_story.html?utm_term=.7a9cf8a81d12
"New York City’s SWAT team, its Emergency Services Unit, is widely cited as a model in calming tense situations and passing its training on to the city’s thousands of patrol officers. Between training and modified policies over the years, New York police went from shooting 994 people in 1972 to 79 people in 2014. The unit’s trainers helped PERF create its training.
“It saves lives,” said Chief Barry M. Barnard of Prince William County, Va., who has appointed a captain at his county’s police academy to instill the “PERF 30.”"
I guess we can disagree about whether it is effective or not, but that mostly seems to be based on feeling and not numbers. Why not do what works? Routinely the higher your level of training as a police officer, the less likely you are to use deadly force because you will have the tactical advantage every time. Shooting your gun always carries the risk of shooting someone by accident that is in the are as well.
another one
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/07/deescalation-policing-works.html
Listen, I am not saying don't shoot someone who is coming after you with a sword, but barking and coming into the situation at 11 isn't always a good tactic.
I honestly don't have a real opinion, I've not worked in law enforcement. I was just pondering along w/ ya and thought that might be why de-escalation tactics aren't as widely adopted.