He shouldn't have entered the residence period beat-cops do not do hostage negotiation. They have specially trained teams that we pay out the nose for to avoid this exact situation. Not worries though nothing will happen to him, he killed everyone in the room.
More than one person has been killed by TASERs here in the US. I suppose I would rather be TASERed than shot with a 9mm or .40 caliber handgun though.
The phrase that stands out for me is Rak's "we don't have all the details", and I yield to that.
The officer are not allowed to make judgment calls they're suppose to back off and buy time until a negotiator can arrive. They try to avoid "judgment calls" that lead to everyone dead.
I didn't realize that that is the case. I believed that the first responder has fairly broad discretion until others arrive at the scene. The cop job is tougher every day. cn
It is up to the first responders judgement, you are not required to wait for anyone. Here all alaska state troopers have hostage training, it's a crash course pretty much. You are always supposed to error on the side of caution. But every law enforcement agency has a different policy.
