There's was nothing evident pushing the police officer to fire his weapon on those two men. Waiting for a specialist for what appeared to be a dangerous situati

There's was nothing evident pushing the police officer to fire his weapon on those two men. Waiting for a specialist for what appeared to be a dangerous situation might have saved the the guy's trouble of being shot for no reason. What you describe for your British officers is training, which we apparently don't have. But I have to ask, if these officers encounter a situation they believe is a violent escalation do they just starting talking right away and handle the whole thing themselves? Or do they engage until a specialist is present, such as a hostage negotiator? If they do, then that's identifying and containing the situation until it can be resolved. That was missing from this situation.