>Their first instinct shouldn't be to fire first to save their own skin. I agree with this, however, do you realize that the officers were told this was a host

>Their first instinct shouldn't be to fire first to save their own skin. I agree with this, however, do you realize that the officers were told this was a hostage situation? I think in this case they were thinking about the hostages, not themselves since they weren't the ones being threatened.