>> Police have to assume that there is a possibility that anyone that they interact with is armed to the teeth. They should be trained to interact professional

>> Police have to assume that there is a possibility that anyone that they interact with is armed to the teeth. They should be trained to interact professionally and as calmly as possible with people who are armed to the teeth. If it's such a regular occurrence, why are they dealing with it with the same panicked exaggerated responses as an untrained civilian would? I think we need a discussion as a society around how much risk we expect police to take on. Similar to how astronauts or military personnel take on calculated risks. Human spaceflight is REALLY expensive if you want only 1 death per 10,000 launches. Having police is REALLY expensive in terms of innocent civilian casualties if you want 1 death per 10,000 interactions with "believed to be armed" (but maybe not actually armed) civilians. How many deaths of innocent people equal the death of one police officer? What is the proper ratio? 10 to 1? 100 to 1?