In defence of the police officers, you are probably dealing with similar level of anxiety as soldiers. I imagine a high number of them have had to deal with a k

In defence of the police officers, you are probably dealing with similar level of anxiety as soldiers. I imagine a high number of them have had to deal with a knife incident and just because you’ve got a taser, some training and some backup doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to end well for you. There are quite a few reports of people (especially large blokes like rugby players) who can shrug off a taser and go on a rampage. It famously took 20 police officers to arrest Eddie Hall and that was before he became a professional strongman. I’ve heard the expression “don’t go into a knife fight and expect to come out uncut”. As in, even if you win, there’s a high likelihood you’re going to have slash wounds on some part of your body somewhere. Yes a bit of common sense should be in order but I can also understand why they want to be very strict about these things. Having to deal with a knife fight and the aftermath probably isn’t a great day at work.